VOL. 1. 



September/ 1901. 



NO. 1. 





POUI/rRV IXVKSTIC,.\T( )R. 



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BufF Wyandottes_ 
Buff Leghorns^ '_\ 

S. <■. It. l.r'.-hoiris, S. 1'. W. l,..L'h.irMs: DiicUs 
;ui<I Cuimsi-^. \'<iiiiij; stork for siilf ;ifliT 
Nov. 1st,. We will now sell 4 choir.- l,.'^'llol ii 
(•oc-U,(Bull) at ttfiiK'h. Hiiiucsiiiiil lloii>lmi~ 
-■r.-iii.: all prizr « iiiii.-i-.. Our Wliitrs im 
llawUs ami VVykcir -liaiii; our Itrowni art- 
Hr.ir.' -,lr:nri Oil".-, 1 ; UiilVsaif Harris U.irn.s. 

Am. .111. ail. I II W rilv IIS for lial'.'ain^ 

Mr. A. BLOOMER t, 80M, Lebanon, Kaa. 




GUARANTEED 
^■ROUPCURE -^ 



Let The 
HensLdij 



■illlli' ^^^^u 



but Hatch Chickens by Steam 

Kt economlcHl method 



EXCELSIOR Incubalof 

Simple, yet thoroaghly dorablp; ahsola 



pki:h at Ih.' least .'xpciiMe 
y littler lirrtt-olass tiatetiti 





lilp; ahsolnteir 
pr.ip.irtiim ii< 



i. D. W.llALL. BiisniDcsMolilea, Io»a. 

200 White Plymouth Rocks 

FOR SAl.K. 

Dur spiTiall V. White liird.s;i lari-'r size 
winter layers. I'lin-s Tfir earh; $1! per IJ. 

F J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr. 




A Fall Fair 



Is a jlooci place to show 
your poultry and other live 
slock, but fur uity's sake do 
not take them there lousy 

Lamberts Death to Lice 
Remedies an* adiipteii forex. 



my- 



thiii^' anywheie. Sample lOi 
M pajro book free. 

D. J. LAMBERT, 

An/tanaug, R. I, 



Choice 
Cockerels 

& 
Stock Eggs 

for 
Haichingm 



The Result of 25 
Year's Breeding. 

Line Bred at the 

American Poultry 

Farm. 



•il anil While I'lyn, until Kii 
Iver Wvamliittes. Ulilte 
IS. iMilii.'ii .'-iel,ri..-lil llaiilii 



Belgian Hares, Jersey Oaf tie. 

F. M.MUNGER& SONS, DeKalb, III. 
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 



HERE is an Opportunity 



To ohtaiu 

S. C. B. LEGHORNS 



Two Clicks :iii(l ten Hens of suj;. 
DOWiSI. Scud for iUu.stfatecl catalu 



merit fur .>alc WAY 



GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 



C c^o^ Silver Liaced Wyandottes ^<^^ 

With Royal Blood in Their Veins. 

See this — Wintiers at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebra.ska State show 
at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st. 2d. 3d cockerel, 1st, 
2d. ,5d pullet. 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 92'^ was cut one and 
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights. 
This makes him a !M'4 point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte 
breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy 
andottes. we can. I. & IS. M. CO^^ER, Pouca Neb. 



K.N 
If pri 



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iln. fi 
rs; h^i 



a specially fur Hi y...irs Now ullerini: line 
exhibition anil irranil br edinu' stock of both 
I'.HIOand IIHtl hatch iil moving' price If taken 
soon. Send for llUlstrHted circular with 
lialf-tonos of meritorious birds. Address. 

M. L. EDSOIN, Jacksonville, III. 

?• Buff P. Rocks 
. Exclusively... 

We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
These, together with our own prize 
winners, gives us the best flock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please you both in ((uality and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
frotii winners. Pekin ducks. Toul- 
ouse (locsc for sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 

Clay Center, Neb. 



^o$ BLOOD TELLS. ^©^ 

Scientific breidine- and square dealing have made Whitney's National 
Strain line bred Harred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb lirown IvCg- 
horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If you want 
birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular 
and prices. Address. J. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. ( ). box I. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : 

- ^BREEDERS 0F:= 




THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 2.S0 young and 
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two j-ears. aiso have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise, Nebr. 



Friend, Nebraska. 



White riynunith Ilocks. Wliito Holland TurWeys 
I'ekin liucks and Toulouse Ceese. .\t Nebraska 
Slate Show, I'.iOI. we won 1 hen. 1 cock. 1 pen, :i cock- 
erel. Entered three sincle birds and one pen, so 
got prize on every entry. Won 3 pen, H cock, and 
missed the *r, special by 'j point at Orete. Neb,. De- 
cember. ISIOO. Best display. 1 pen fowls, i pen 
chicks, 1 and 2 hen. 1 cock. 1 and :) cockerel at Sew- 
ard. Neb,. Nov. liiou. S'ock and egj;s In season. 



Please mention the Invk.stic.^tok when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser and us. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR 

^ ^ For Pra.ctical Poviltry R^aisers. 5 5 

>h. 1. CLAY CENTER, NEBR., SEPTEMBER, I'lOl. N< >. 



(S)®^.®®®®®®®^^®^-®®®^-®^-®®®®®®-®^®^-®®®®®^? IS) 



Three Requisites of Success. 










^ By R. Upton, Fainbupy, Neb. | 

both, large and small, are run on 
strictly business principles, as theii 
success, year after year, denotes, and 
the profit realized from them shows 
conclusively the ability of the men 
running them. 

When this ability can accumulate 
money it is turned into capital, which 
is invested in enlarging the plant, 
and the business continues to grow in 
proportion. 

There is a class of enthusiastic nov- 
ices who write to know if they can 
make a living at the poultry business. 
They might as well ask if they can 
make a living at watch making. A 
living can be made at watch making 
by one who knows all about it, but 
for one who knows nothing about it, 
it would certainly be a complete fail- 
ure, and he would soon be in the 
poor house, for he would not know 
how to begin. 

One can make a living at the poul- 
try business — if he knows how. No 
novice can do It, and we are frank to 
say so, but it will at least cost the 
novice less to begin and try to learn 
at the poultry business than in any 
other direction. It is rather strange 
that a man should expect to succeed 
in a business in which he has no ex- 
perience, yet we find every day men 
rushing into poultry keeping, certain 
that they will succeed, without a mo- 
ment's experience in poultry raising. 

Now, when any pursuit is prosper- 
ous, it does not attract out attention 
specially, because we see at a glance 
that with its system and business 
principles and the business principals 
running it, it is bound to succeed. 

We therefore pass it by and stop at 
a well-equipped plant, where we real- 
ize at once that plenty of capital has 
been invested, and where in appear- 
ance everything should be prosperous, 
but where, on the contrary, everything 
is a failure. The capital in this case 
is being sacrificed through the lack 



(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 

Failures in the various pursuits call- 
ed "business," or, in other words, 
mercantile ventures, are usually at- 
tributed to three causes — first, lack of 
ability; second, lack of capital; and, 
third, too much competition, whereby 
the supply is rendered greater than 
the demand, and hence a cutting of 
prices to get rid of an overstock, 
which results in such a sacrifice that 
the firm cannot prosper, and therefore 
fails. 

Raising poultry for profit, when it 
takes the nature of a business, can 
be compared to other pursuits of a 
similar object, and must, like all mer- 
cantile ventures, be run on business 
principles, or certain failure will be 
the result. The majority of poultry 
plants are run for profit, and are 
either a distinct business by them- 
selves, or a part of a general dairy, 
fruit or farm business. The minor- 
ity are run at a loss, and are usually 
conducted by wealthy amateurs who 
enter into the pursuit of a fad, or to 
gratify a love for poultry keeping, or 
perhaps to improve the different 
breeds, willing to sacrifice the money 
for the good of the industry, and with 
no idea of profit. 

Raising Poultry for profit is subject 
to two or three influences which gov- 
ern any other business pursuit. It 
requires ability and capital, but so far 
has not been affected by the third, 
namely, competition, over-production 
and its consequent disasters. 

The first quality necessary therefore, 
either in any ordinary business pur- 
suit, or in raising poultry, is ability. 
There are thousands and thousands of 
small flocks of poultry throughout this 
country which add many welcome dol- 
lars to the other crops of a farm and 
produce the bulk of all our eggs. There 
are also a few hundred large poultry 
plants, housing from three hundred to 
a thousand or more head. These, 



of ability to turn it into a profitable 
channel. 

Raising poultry is a peculiar and at 
the same time a fascinating pursuit. 
The person who enters it must, above 
all, have a great fondness for it. It 
at no time becomes mechanical or 
commonplace. 

The foreman of a canning factory 
would not therefore succeed in rais- 
ing chickens if he ran them on the 
same principles he had been running 
his canning room. 

As each season comes round there 
is something new, something different 
to learn about chickens. As a rule, 
it is all in the line of improvement, 
and with an aim to be more success- 
ful each (year. When diaaster and 
bad luck overtake the breeder, it is 
his great fondness for the pursuit 
which carries him through. He must 
also have a sufficient quantity of com- 
mon sense and knowledge of his busi- 
ness to be able to make up losses and 
finally come out with a prosperous 
season. 

The secret of the failures of well- 
equipped poultry plants, where cap- 
ital is plentiful, lies in the fact 
that the owners think to make a 
profit by hiring some man (of course 
a poultry man preferred) to run the 
establishment and make it succeed for 
them. This is not an impossible thing 
to do, but one of the first requisites 
is the poultryman, or, in other words, 
the ability. 

First class poultrymen out of em- 
ployment are as scarce as hens with 
teeth. Again, a first class poultryman 
hired by a man who knows nothing 
about raising poultry soon becomes a 
second class man at everything. 

There may be exceptions to this 
rule, but they are scarce. 

Of course, there are many instances 
in other business enterprises where 
one man invests capital and another 
man tries by ability to make a profit 
for the concern, but in such a case 
the capitalist must have confidence in 
the ability of his partner to make a 
success, or he would not entrust mon- 
ey to him. So it should be in the 
poultry business. 

If a capitalist hires a poultryman 



to provide the ability, which means, 
or should mean, successful experience, 
the former ought to get a fair return 
for his wages at least; but the truth 
of the matter is that there are no 
first class poultrymen to be had. 

They are either all working for 
some one else or are in business for 
themselves. 

The second quality necessary for a 
successful poultry plant is capital. 
Without this all the ability in the 
world cannot succeed. The capital 
may be great or small, but capital it 
must be, and available at the start. 

There is really more chance for a 



POUT.TRY INVESTIGATOR. 

other may fail who invests largely and 
goes into the venture on an extended 
scale. One should learn to creep be- 
fore he walks in this as in any other 
business. Master the numerous de- 
tails step by step, and eventually mas- 
ter the business. 

There may not be any very large 
fortune in poultry raising, but there 
is a handsome living for one who has 
the love for the pursuit, the ability 
to raise and care for the stock, and a 
small capital to start with. 

These three things must go hand in 
hand; separately, they cannot bring 
success. A. UPTON. 



ing they will lead the leghorns. The 
pullets lay at four to six months old. 
I had one lay at four months, five 
months steady and hardly missed a 
day. They are very hardy birds, not 
subject to disease like other varieties 
and always on the go. These points 
are bound to put them to the front, 
ahead of all others. This is an im- 
portant point and they will sell where 
others will not. 

To new beginners: If you are 
thinking of starting in the poultry 
business, select some good leading 
breed. There are cheap and dear birds 
in all varieties. Get good ones, go 




5^e Auditorixjm at Lincoln, Nebracska, 



The auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. is one of the larsrest con- 
vention halls in the west. This hall has been secured by the Ne- 
braska Stall" Poultry Association for its annual exhibit, which 
will be h.ld Jan. 13. 14. 15. 16 and 17, IWi. It is a model place to 
hold .1 poullry show, and everythinp points to there beinir one of 
the largest shows ever held in the west on the above dates at Lin- 
coln. Nebraska leirislators are loyal to the iwultry industry and 
annually appropriate $1,U00 to this association for exhibition pur- 
poses. "Nobody need go away without the nionej- they earn in 



premiums. The cash is always ready, and we pay out in i 
iunis more money every year than any other association 
kind in the U. S. The Nebraska State Poultry Associatic 
tends a cordial invitation to all fanciers to show with us this 
ine winter. We will treat you nice: come and see if we di 
The semi-annual meeting of the association takes jilace : 
state fair srrounds on Thursdav. Sept. 5. I hope to see all 
bers present. L. P. HARRIS. 

Pres. Nebr. State Poultry Associatio 



man with capital who is willing to 
learn by experience than for a man 
with ability and no capital. 

At the beginning of one's career in 
poultry raising, there are houses and 
yards to make, stock and eggs to be 
bought, and a living to be paid for 
before any returns can be counted on. 
Investment of capital should be by 
easy stages, never putting in more 
money than you can control. One 
man may succeed with a hundred 
hens who invests a few hundred for 
their housing and keeping, and an- 



THE BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

There is no breed in America to- 
day that has made as much headway 
as the Orpington in the last two years. 
While yet a new breed, they are com- 
ing to the front rapidly. As a table 
and market fowl they are unsurpassed, 
with smooth, white, pinkish legs. 
They are large, the cocks weighing 
ten to twelve pounds, cockrels, nine 
to ten pounds; hens, eight to ten 
and pullets seven to nine pounds. 
They make good mothers and for lay- 



slow and stick to it. 

Yours respectfully, 

A. L. HOUSTON. 
Keota, Iowa. 



Do not fool away your flock of poul- 
try because you can't sell at once or 
at a big figure. A good flock is good 
property in dull times. 



Stop the first symptom of disease 
unless you wish an "eternal worry." 



Inspect your flock often these days. 



^ Barred Plymouth Rocks of Today. ^ 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 5 

^ O' blood elements in his fowls subjected 

to his method and ideas of breeding. 
This may take one year; it may take 
^ *~, T TTi TTit^-L. ^i_i.i- «^ ten— depending upon his judgment 

^ By U. LU- LUhltney, Chatham, O- iV and intelligence and also the material 

^'^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^'^'^ he has to work with. Great care and 
**▼▼*▼▼*▼*▼▼▼**▼*▼*▼▼▼**▼ * intelligence should be used in the 
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) proved a decided failure, and the choice of blood as a foundation. If 
The past few years have been char- cause is not difHcult to find. I was in blood can be procured that has been 
acterized by a steady and marked im- t°° ^'^ a hurry for satisfactory re- bred along these lines until it has 

suits. The American people are al- become subdued, and takes kindly to 
provement in the methods of mating ^^^^ j^ ^ j^^^^y ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^i^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^ 

and catering to thoroughbred fowls, things move. They do not take kindly and annoyance can be saved. 
Much more of thought and system is to slow but sure methods in any line As a sample of what can be accom- 
in evidence. The better class of of employment, and right here lies plished by intelligent line breeding, I 
breeds have cut loose from old worn the secret of their aversion to line wish to call your attention to the il- 
and unsatisfactory methods and have breeding. For the benefit of those lustration of "Queen Mary" in this is- 
shown their intelligence by their new who have had no experience in line sue of The Poultry Investigator. She 
and progressive ideas. Fancy poultry breeding, I will hint at a few of the is the seventh generation removed 
culture of today is fast taking on the more salient points to be kept steadily from the foundation cross of a line- 
serious and thoughtful attention it de- in mind in its successful operation, bred strain of Barred Rocks known as 
serves. It is no longer the simple Probably the better way with most the "National strain," the foundation 
means of recreation for the invalid, breeders is to start with a single pair, of which was made from a single 
the child, or professional man, as for- thus saving much attention, labor male and female, and no other blood 
merly. It has asserted its right to a and care. The selection of this pair added up to the time she was pro- 
place among the legitimate and pay- is a very important consideration. A duced, except two males containing 
ing industries of the age in and of mistake here means failure or a loss 75 per cent of pure National strain 
itself. of much time. There must not be the bleed before they were used in the 

Among others, the Barred Plymouth least suspicion of serious defects or breeding pen. Her sire contained 87% 
Rock fowls have been receiv- disqualifying tendencies. Size, con- per cent of same blood as the founda- 
ing their share of deserving stitution, blood elements, all must be tlon cock seven generations back and 
attention. We are of the opin- of the very best. The first year's her dam contained 75 per cent of same 
ion no other breed requires more production of chicks must not be blood as the foundation hen seven 
judgment or intelligence in its sue- criticised too close. If you get a pair generations back. She has won seven 
cessful production. The later meth- or more which at maturity are the first, three second and several third 
ods of mating are seriously handicap- equal and resemble their sire and dam prizes, and scored by two judges 
ped by the previous handling of the in shape, color and general makeup, (Felch and Northrop) to 94 points, 
breed, as old tendencies are in evi- you can feel yourself fortunate. In I desire those who have heretofore 
dence, and a disposition to revert to case you do not, especially in color, been so determined in their opposi- 
former systems of mating very annoy- don't feel disappointed or discouraged, tlon to single mating and line breed- 
ing to the hopes of champions of pro- They will come if you have the pa- ing, and *hose alarmists who have 
gressive line breeding. Perhaps no tience to wait. The more important rushed into print with the intelligence 
breed is more so, from the fact that features to be avoided are crooked that inbreeding reduces size and con- 
they are a made breed and were ere- backs, beaks, wry tails, weakly con- stitution, to point out the weak points 
ated from foundation stock, possess- stitutions and disease of any kind. It in this pullet. Her weight when pic- 
ing marked extremes in color and these crop out your doom is sealed ture was taken, one and one-half years 
have been in the past almost univer- with that pair as a foundation. The ago, at eleven months of age, was nine 
sally bred along these lines. While I only safe thing to do is to start over, and one-fourth pounds, and she has 
have no radical views regarding the If you are so fortunate as to start sisters and daughters as heavy and 
double or two-mating system of breed- right, the rest, while not easy, will her equal in every way, and some her 
ing Barred Plymouth Rocks, and not come. Line breeding requires pa- superior, except in comb, and as pro- 
wishing to be understood as in any tience and judgment above everything ducers of eggs this strain of Rocks has 
way belittling that system (for I else, and is a slow but sure way of few, if any, superiors. The pullet 
know by past experience most of our making the most possible out of your whose picture is presented has pro- 
highest scoring birds have been so matings when blood lines once become duced 56 eggs in 56 days. Many of 
produced), I believe the time is com- firmly established. I seek no quarrel her sisters and daughters are as good, 
ing when such practices by our more or controversy with the breeder of and perhaps, were they tested and a 
progressive breeders will become un- Barred Plymouth Rocks who chooses record kept, her superior. It has 
popular. Line breeding is fast receiv- to cut cross-lots and by the two- been my experience in line breeding 
ing the attention and consideration it mating system of breeding produce 50 that to be assured of success requires 
deserves by those who have intelli- per cent of standard colored birds. If strict attention to every little detail, 
gently given it time to assert its su- he chooses to sacrifice half his pro- No guess work, no item of care oi- 
periority, and many old and sup- duct for the privilege of saving a judgment must be overlooked. Houses, 
posedly correct theories have been ex- year or two of time, he is the loser, ^^^^^^ feeding, mating, and, above all, 
ploded and proven fallacious. not I. 

I am free to admit my first attempt Now. to come down to solid facts, P^t'e^ce, is required. Never give up 
to produce Barred Plymouth Rocks I will say no breeder has any reason is 1-he price of the production of line- 
by the standard or one-mating system to expect good results from his mat- bred fowls. Be sure your foundation 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



stock is 0. K., then go ahead. If 
yon have patience and good judgment, 
each year maltes their production 
more easy and the Quality produced 
of a higher degree of perfection. 

With the hope the above remarks 
may he of value to the breed and the 
fancy in general. I am, yours for bet- 
ter and higher scoring fowls. 



CURB FOR INDIGESTION AND LEO 

WEAKNESS. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

As soon as you see a fowl in this 
way. or off their feet, give ten drops 
of Higgerson's cholera cure, Ave drops 
of camphor, a teaspoonful of castor 
oil, all mixed together, once or twice 
a day. Four to six days will cure. 
Don't feed anything. 

A. L. HOUSTON. 



OVER-CROWDED COOPS. 
About this time of year the new 
crop of poultry needs looking after. 
The brooder chicks will be outgrowing 
their coops, also the hens have wean- 
ed their broods and the chicks are pil- 
ing up here and there. The sweat- 
ing process in small coops at night 
and the cool mornings do not average 
up good. The sooner we get the new 
crop to roosting in the larger poultry 
house the better, but do not shut the 
house up on the winter style until we 
have winter. Lots of trouble grows 
out of cooping them up too close in 
the fall months. We have never yet 
picked a sick chick off the apple and 
plum trees in the fall. It seems to be 
good for them to grow up where the 
air is pure and plenty. Twice we 
have gathered them up in the fall and 
stored them away in their winter 
quarters, both times we were too good 
to them and they got sick on our 
hands. They get the sneezles and a 
variety of complaints and finally got 
the roup. We don't pick them off the 
trees so early now and we don't shut 
the house up so closely. We remem- 
ber one fall we could hardly get the 
half grown chicks to perch on the 
roosts. We put a small pet pig in 
the house and every chick was glad to 
roost. Our doctrine is that fowls are 
clothed with feathers to protect them. 
A chick hatched in the fall will feath- 
er out very quickly. In various ways 
nature Is getting ready for winter. 
We haven't so much faith in hot 
houses for poultry in winter as we 
did at one time. It is true that a 
warm house and suitable feed will 
bring some winter eggs, but taking 
everything into consideration, is It not 
very profitable Wouldn't the flock be 
healthier if we conformed to nature's 
plan a little closer. By all means 




SIR HENRY. 
Score, 95!^, the foundation of Mr. G. B. Clary's flock 
ntinif something fine address him at Fairbury. Nebr. 



have the poultry house comfortable, 
but do not shut off the ventilation 
in order to have the house too much 
of a contrast from out of doors. We 
have noticed lots of warm houses 
where the flocks were allowed to run 
in the cold all day. Can't see any 
good logic in this; would prefer aver- 
aging thing up a little better. 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 
Among our advertisers you will 
find the name of E. B. Omohundro, of 
Bowling Green, Mo., a breeder of 
White Rocks and BlacK Langshans. 
Mr. O. has been a very successful ex- 
hibitor and has won highest honors 
in the best of company. You will find 
his stock strictly first class and up to 
date, and you will be treated right if 
you place your orders with him. 



Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Wells own a nic3 
tri-colored house cat. A few days ago 
she became the mother of flv? kittens. 
In a cay or so after the iidve'.it of 
tbr kittens an old hen with motherly 
notions spied the little felines and 
when mamma cat returned to he- ba- 
bies she was surprised to find biddy 
in full possession of her home and 
children. She lias continued ever 
since to watch over the young family 
with as much care as though '.hey 
were so many chicks. The kittens 
have learned to come when she calls 
and if one of them wanders too far 
away biddy tenderly, with her beak, 
will roll the little fellow back in the 
nest again. The cat nurses them, but 
the hen does the rest. 



Ix)ok up the advertisement of 
E. W. Orr of Clay Center, Neb., if 
you wish to buy Buff Wyandottes 
that are buff. They breed nothing but 
the best and are reliable people to 
deal with. 



We have with us as a correspondent 
J. W. Whitney of Chatham. Ohio. Mr. 
Whitney has spent years in the breed- 
ing of thoroughbred poultry, and is 
expert authority on the subject of 
mating, and his services are in great 
demand during winter and spring 
months. His article this month con- 
tains a good many good things, and 
his remarks are worthy of careful con- 
sideration. His stock is first class, 
line bred, and "down to date." 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Poultry Cultvire for Women 

By Mrs. Mattie Webster, Belmont. Wis. 



Editor Poultry Investigator: 
Women anxious to earn money for 



poultry culture, but are deterred be- 
cause they have so little outdoor space, 



themselves are to be found in all might find a small pen of fowls a 



pocket money. Suppose your begin- 
ning must be small, so very small 
that it must necessarily consist of a 
sitting of eggs from some reliable 
breeder's yard of thoroughbred fowls, 
do not be afraid to make the venture. 
Buy the eggs and set them under 
some good old Biddy that you bought 
for a few cents, and when the 
chicks hatch, furnish them with 



classes of society and in all conditions pleasure and a profit. It is surprising ^ ' , . n,„„ tv.^ 

. ,.„ -, ,. ti.- ^ ■ . ■ • V, « v.- 1 "iry, snug coop, and give them the 



of life. Sometimes this desire is en- what can be done with a few chick 
tertained because circumstances make ens iu a very limited space. While 
self-support necessary, but often wo- dressmaking, millinery work and 
men who are not dependent upon many other like occupations exclusive- 
their own efforts for a living have ly for women are very confining and 
this wish, born of an independent wearing on nerves and general health, 
spirit to have some money of their poultry raising is a very healthful 
"very own," earned by themselves, work; so much of one's time, if en- 
Pick up any one of the many maga- gaged in it, is spent out of doors in 
zines for ladies and many inquiries the fresh air and sunshine. If one 
will be seen upon its pages as to ways has a love for the beautiful, a flock 
and suggestions for earning pocket of thoroughbred fowls, uniform in 
money, and many different plans are size and color, will delight the eye, 
unfolded and work described that are and because of a love and admiration 
designed to accomplish the desired for and a pride in such a flock, much 
end, in reply to these queries. A wo- pleasure will be found in working 



best of care; remember they are the 
foundation of your future flock. Wo- 
men whom necessity compelled to 
make just as small a beginning as 
you would have to make have through 
careful management, wise planning, 
stick-to-it-ive-ness, perseverance and 
determination, become well known, 
successful fanciers, and stand today 
witnesses to the fact that poultry cul- 
ture is a profitable business. 

What these women have done you 
may do if you have their determina- 
tion and perseverance. 



man may have a good husband 
comfortable home and have all 



among and for them. Caring for a 
pen or two of fowls means work. 



mediate needs supplied and yet have pleasant work, but often hard work; 
little money to expend for the many but I do not mind it for I enjoy be- 



We take pleasure in referring to the 
advertisement of the Midland Poultry 
Food Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and 
can say this company are surely put- 
little things so dear to the feminine ing out among my birds and I know "ng up a good food and are good peo- 
heart. that I shall be well repaid for the Pl^ to deal with. You will find their 

Perhaps pocket money could be had labor of my hands, as poultry cul- balanced rations not only good, but 
for the asking, but an independent ture is a profitable occupation or Profitable to feed. This is proven by 
woman feels a reluctance to ask for business as well as a pleasant and their satisfactory sales and^ ___'°_' 
money to buy that which is to give healthful one. Should the women de- 



creasing demand for their goods. 



pleasure only, and might not be sirous of earning pocket money have Look them up. 



thought useful or necessary by the 
good man of the house. 



a home on the farm, then indeed, are 
her chances excellent to make a suc- 



Among all the breeders in Nebraska 
A man and his wife are partners, cess of poultry raising, if the venture there are none more enthusiastic 

is made. Her advantages over her sis- than Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, 
ter in town or village suburb are Neb., and there are none that breed 



whether this fact is recogniezd or not, 
and should, as in all other partner- 



ship business, have equal rights and many. Perhaps the farm fowls are con- a better class of stock than what she 
privileges. If the business is suffi- sidered her especial property, and has in her yards. Many of the speci- 
ciently prosperous to justify the head although hitherto unappreciated and mens came to her direct from England 
of the firm an indulgence in luxuries, unadmlred, now represent her capital and are as good as money could buy. 
then also should some of the "divi- for a beginning in better fowls with Those wanting something "gilt-edged" 
dends" accruing therefrom find their better accommodations. Then the try her. 
way into the pocket of the "lesser" farm wife has nearly all necessary 

member of the firm. This is as it food for her fowls right at hand, and We call your attention to the ad- 
should be; but, alas, not always as it no ready money must be paid out for vertisement of F. H. Shellabarger of 
is. Hence, woman's desire to engage them. If the business is to be con- West Liberty, Iowa. He Is known all 
in something that will bring in money, ducted in a business like way, as over the states as a first-class breeder. 
This wish is nothing to be ashamed every business should be, all articles an honest and painstaking poultry 
of. used for food for the poultry should Judge, and if you doubt his popularity 

Among all the occupations and work be charged up to them, and all eggs read the list of his shows this season 
open to women, there is none more and fowls consumed on the home table and be convinced, 
pleasant, suitable or profitable than credited to them. On town or village 

poultry culture. Women are well lots not so great or immediate profits You will find in our columns the 
adapted to this work because of their will be realized because of the outlay advertisement of George H. Stahl, 
love for pets, their painstaking per- in cash for all supplies, but if rightly Quincy, 111., manufacturer of Incu- 
formance of little duties and their managed the work will grow into a bators and brooders. This is one of 
persevering efforts to maintain clean- money making business, improving the oldest companies in the states 
liness and neatness in all places that from year to year just in proportion that put out these goods, and wher- 
know their presence. Some of the to the time, energy and brain work ever you go you will find the Excel- 
would-be money earners may be so spent upon it. My sisters, if you are sior incubator and brooder. This is 
situated that it Is impossible to en- willing to work, and have a love for proof positive that their goods are 
gage in the work of raising poultry, fine fowls, try poultry culture as a popular. The company are thorough- 
but many who think they would like means to earn the much longed for ly reliable and send out good goods. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



How to Succeed with Poultry. 



By Mrs. Bettie Glover Mackey, Clarksville, Mo. ; ^ 



(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 

It Is always a pleasure to me to see 
a good poultry journal launched on 
the sea of life, and if any word of 
mine ran give it smoother sailing than 
it would otherwise have, the word is 
always cheerfully given. I hope that 
The Investigator will be in reality 
what its name indicates, and that it 
will be published in the Interest of 
more and better poultry by the masses 
and not in the interest of a few fan- 
ciers who can spend hundreds of dol- 
lars in advertisements. Do not un- 
derstand me as objecting to these 
fanciers or their advertisements; they 
are all right. But they can live and 
thrive regardless of obstacles and dis- 
appointments, while the amateur, 
either on the farm, as a market poul- 
tryman, or as a fancier, needs encour- 
agement, instruction and words of 
cheerful sympathy. And the amateur 
of today is blessed far beyond his 
power to appreciate the blessings. 
Only we who commenced almost a dec- 
ade ago can see the advantage the be- 
ginner of today has over one of twen- 
ty years ago. He is reaping the bene- 
fit of our experience and disappoint- 
ments. And yet every one must have 
a personal experience before he can 
attain success. 

Perhaps it will be well to give in 
this, the first issue of The Investi- 
gator, an inventory of what I believe 
to be essentials to success in poultry 
culture. I may not give them all, but 
the elements and articles I shall men- 
tion are to my mind indispensable. 
First, a good stock of practical com- 
mon sense. There are a great many 
learned people in the world who never 
can amount to anything in a business 
way. Some of the brightest intellects 
are financial failures simply because 
they have no practical sense. Again, 
I do not believe that financial suc- 
cess is the highest degree of attain- 
ment in any department of life. True 
success is to so live that the world 
will be better for our having lived 
and labored in it. 

If financial prosperity can be at- 
tained as we work to achieve the 
highest point of excellence in our vo- 
cations, all right, but let our first ob- 
ject be to strive for the best results 
to the world. With a good stock of 
common sense our next necessary cap- 
ital will be a few dollars, not many. 



I believe the investment of a large 
amount of money has stranded the 
barque of more amateurs than the 
lack of funds to carry on the business 
ever has. Decide what you wish to 
do, that is, what branch of the poul- 
try business you wish to take up, 
and be sure, don't take up too many 
branches or breeds. If you love the 
beautiful and are quick to appreciate 
color and form and can be unselfish 
enough to see the faults of that which 
belongs to you, and also discern the 
good in stock not your own, you will, 
other things being equal, make a suc- 




Heii bred by A. lT,,i,„i, Fairburv. Ni-bi 



cessful fancier. But if you look only 
at fowls from a commercial stand- 
point, and think only of the money 
you can make out of them, caring tor 
nothing except the meat and eggs you 
can. get fron> tbem, do not think one 
moment of going into the fancy poul- 
nature and willing to become cultured 
Though if you have industry, patience 
and love the care of poultry, you may 
succeed as a market poultryman. 
However, one thing you will learn 
even as a market poultryman — that 
there is more money in an even flock 
of chickens than in one of many col- 
ors. It you decide you are fitted by 
nature and willing to bocem cultured 
in the knowledge of fancy poultry, 
make a small investment the first year 
in one breed of chickens, and one of 
turkeys if you are situated to handle 



the latter. And whatever of exten- 
sion you wish to make in the future, 
let it be more of the same breed, and 
if you find after a year or two you 
can add another breed with profit to 
your business, do not attempt to keep 
the two breeds on the same place. 
That is, do not try to keep them 
yarded in breeding pens separated by 
a fence only. Not that it cannot be 
done, but because you do too much 
work, and you can always find a 
lover of chickens who will handle one 
breed for you at less expense than 
you can raise them, if you consider 
labor and worry worth anything. 
Tour next need wHl be an In- 
cubator. If you are wise you will 
not attempt to sell any eggs the first 
season. Get the stock in the fall as 
early as possible and start the in- 
cubator in January. This will also 
necessitate a brooder, or perhaps two. 
In fact, I think two a necessity if 
only you have an hundred egg incu- 
bator. Crowding chicks does not pay. 
Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed is 
the next essential to raising chicks. 
And make up your mind that with all 
the work and precaution possible you 
will meet many disappointments. If 
you do not you will certainly be an 
exception to the rule. Don't be in a 
hurry to advertise. Wait until you 
have something to sell. Then when 
you do advertise don't expect the 
whole poultry fraternity to send you 
their orders exclusively. And don't 
advertise that you have all the good 
stock in the world, for smart people 
are afraid of such advertisers. Go to 
some first class poultry show not run 
by a ring in the interest of local fan- 
ciers. A state show is the most Im- 
partial I have ever attended. But if 
you canont go to the best, do the best 
you can and go to some show. If 
possible, get acquainted with the 
judge or judges, and get from them 
all the information possible. If you 
cannot do this, notice the blue ribbon 
birds and compare them with those 
that have no ribbons. You may not 
be able to detect the superiority of 
the first prize board over the fourth or 
fifth prize one. If you cannot do 
this there is always some one willing 
to show you the superior points of 
the first prize bird. If no one else 
will do it, I am very sure the owner 
of the bird will take pleasure in 
pointing them out to you (for your 
accommodation exclusively). Really 
shows are great educators, and I think 
every fancier should attend at least 
one show a year. 

If you find your birds are not first 
class, then determine to make them 
so. But remember that it does not 



necessarily follow that they are not 
first class because they do not win in 
the show room. These are the points 
you must study and learn to raise 
from the best birds, regardless of 
show record. In order to do this, get 
a first class judge to visit your wards 
and instruct you. But if you raise 
for market only it will not be neces- 
sary to spend money for the fancy 
points in fowls. Get some good thor- 
oughbred stock and raise all the 
chickens you can. Raise early chicks 
and sell as soon as possible in spring, 
as the early broilers bring the high- 
est prices. But be sure you keep 
enough of the pullets to make winter 
layers next winter, and enough of the 
late pullets to make early layers next 
spring. Keep enough yearling hens 
to have good healthy chicks next year. 
I like to raise from yearling hens and 
early pullets. Late pullets are not 
good breeders until late in the season. 
The first eggs are small and often 
unfertile, and if fertilized the chicks 
as a rule are not very strong. I have 
spoken of stock, of incubators, brood- 
ers and feed, but have said nothing 
about houses. 

I think a great deal more has been 
said about houses than has been sen- 
sible. If I were able to put up the 
fine poultry houses described in the 
poultry journals I should be able to 
retire from business, and would not 
build any, but would leave the busi- 
ness in the hands of younger and 
poorer people. What you need is to 
have plenty of house room and range. 
I prefer cheap, small houses to large, 
expensive ones. Have them warm in 
winter and cool in summer. Keep them 
clean and dry. Do not crowd too 
many fowls in a house. Writers to 
the contrary notwithstanding, I do 
not like a house too close in winter. 
I believe the fancier goes to one ex- 
treme and the farmer to the other. 
The fancier rears his chicks so ten- 
derly they have no constitution, and 
the farmer neglects his almost to cru- 
elty. Between these two extremes 
will be found best results. I have 
simply given general outlines in this 
and will be more explicit in future. 
I hear some one say, "She never 
said a word about being honorable 
in your dealings." No, I believe I did 
not, and I am inclined not to say any- 
thing for the reason that if you have 
come to years of maturity and haven't 
learned the only true success in life is 
obtained through honorable conduct 
in every department of business, it 
would simply be a waste of time for 
me to try to impress you with the 
truth at this late day. 
MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 

Clarksville, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Look up the advertisement of W. 
H. Bushell. He is the largest im- 
porter of Buff Orpingtons in the west 
and keeps nothing but first class 
stock. Mr. B. is a reliable business 
man and treats his customers in a 
satisfactory manner. His birds are 
winners wherever shown. If you 
want something right try him. 



Mrs. May Taylor of Hale, Mo., breeds 
Light Brahmas, Barred P. Rocks, S. 
C. B. Leghorns, each on a separate 
farm by a specialist. She is in a po- 
sition to furnish you stock equal to 
the best at reasonable prices, and 
Mrs. Taylor does an extensive poul- 
try business and gives the best of 
satisfaction at all times. 



A. J. Williams of Clay Center is an 
all-round pet stock breeder, keeps 
nothing but the best in bantams, 
hares and cavies. If you want a pet 
for the little child write him. 




David Larson, 

Wahoo, Nebraska, 

Expert Poultry Judge 

I have had years of experience in 
breeding, mating and judging. For 
reference lo ciualification, write PouL- 
TKV Invp:stigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
I am open for engagements. 

Grow Fruit mm 

Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps 
Poultr3-; gfreat combination. If you 
want the best fruit paper, at SOc per 
year, send for 

"Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. 
Capital City Poultry Ranch 

E. E. Smith, Prop. 

Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every 
1st at State Fair and State Show. I 
have the best in the west. 

E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. 



Those wanting good Light Brahmas 
will do well to write Mrs. Ella Thom- 
as at Quarles, Mo. She is an expert 
at breeding prize winners and her 
stock is in great demand. If you 
want something good write her. 

L, R. Oaks of Bloomington, Ind., is 
an old and reliable manufacturer of 
incubator and brooder supplies and 
are always ready to fill your order 
satisfactorily. Their goods are first 
class. 



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CATALOGUE FREE. 

Enf. Co.,Coliimbu>, 0. 



Flemish Giants... 

We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed 
byWINUSON, imported Sept. 1800. One of 
the largest and best Giant bucks of his age 
in America. His ancestors present an un- 
brolien line of England's best chanipions. 
S weeks old Giants $3 to $10 per head. You 
cannot get belter ones at any price. Dr. I 
C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb. 

300 Buff and Black 
Wyandotte Chicks. 

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
bition stock. Give me a chance to 
please you. 

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 

White p. Rocks Exclusively.... 

M3' Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
Lincolti, Nebr. 



If you are in want of a good leg 
band look up the ad. of Frank Meyers 
of Freeport, 111. He manufactures 
the Ideal Aluminum band. Your hum- 
ble servant has used several thousand 
of these bands and they have given 
good satisfaction and I can recom- 
mend them to all. Prices right. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
Sa.l\ita.tory. 

We present to the poultry reading 
public this month the first issue of the 
Poultry IxvksTic.ator. We ask you 
not to criticize us too harshly, as we 
are new and must have time to grow. 
We are aware that there is a wide field 
for a good, live poultry paper in the 
west, and it is our purpose to make 
the Poultry Investigator all that its 
name implies. We shall from month 
to month improve it and will push it 
to the front as fast as is possible. 
Everything will be done that can be 
done to make it pay its advertising pa- 
trons, and we want all poultry fan- 
ciers to feel that the Poultry Invest- 
igator is your paper and that its pro- 
prietors are your friends. We thank 
you kindly for the support you have 
given us in this, the first issue, and 
hope that from the results of our ef- 
forts we may merit a continuance of 
your patronage. 

Yours for success with poultry, 
L. P. HARRIS, Editor. 



These late hatched chicks should 
have extra good care. It will pay you 
to give them a little more of your time 
and more extra feed. There has been 
but few chicks raised this season and 
you will wish before next May comes 
that you had taken better care of the 
late ones. They will save you many 
dollars for your extra trouble with 
them. If they were worth a starting 
they certainly are worth maturing and 
if grain is expensive they will pay 
their way by taking good care of them. 



Watch the favor courting of the 
editor of one of our best poultry jour- 
nals this coming season and see how 
many best flocks he or his judges will 
find of one variety during the season. 
It will be too bad if you are not the 
last one he calls on. The same is ap- 
plicable to many judges in show 
rooms. The patrons of the first show 
he judges in the season are not in it 
with those of the last show. It is 
"the best class of Mediterranean," 
"the best class of Rocks," "the best 
Cochins I ever saw," everywhere he 
goes. They are lobbying tor a job. 



In Rega-rd to Advertisers. 

We are very careful in soliciting 
advertisements, to see that all are re- 
liable. If at any time anyone answer- 
ing any display advertisement found 
in the columns of Poultry Investi- 
(;aT )R is in any way swindled, will 
please write us at once, we will look 
into the matter, and if such an adver- 
tisement has been inserted for the 
purpose of defrauding our readers, we 
will drop the advertisement and pub- 
lish the swindler's name. We wish to 
keep our advertising columns free 
from all such advertisers, and when 
writing to an advertiser whose adver- 
tisement was found in these columns, 
we would ask it as an especial favor 
that you say you saw it in The Poul- 
try Investigator. 



Address all communicationsto 

Poultry Investigator Com, 

t'lav Conter, Nebraska. 



EDITORIAL. 



Don't allow your chicks to become 
stunted. A stunted bird is a disgrace 
to its owner and an unmarketable 
product. 



The value of the droppings depend 
upon the food consumed. Hens i,nat 
are fed upon bones and meat will dou- 
ble the value of the droppings com- 
pared with hens fed upon grain. 



No breeder of thoroughbred fowls 
can afford to have one dissatisfied cus- 
tomer. If you wish to please do not 
over-describe your stock, and educate 
yourself to know a good bird from a 
poor specimen. 



Young and growing chicks should 
be kept entirely separate from the old 
fowls during the next five months by 
all means. This is seldom done. A 
great many times you will find old, 
reliable breeders letting their chicks 
and fowls run together, but more espe- 
cially you will find this practiced 
among farmers. Young growing birds 
need more feed than old matured 
fowls, and if allowed to run together 
the fowls get too fat, and the chicks 
are robbed of the feed they should 
have, consequently they do not make 
the growth they should. It really is 
to your interest to separate fowls 
from the chicks and if you have plenty 
of room separate the males from the 
females. 



Don't allow your fowls to drink 
stagnant water. It will cause you 
lots of trouble. 



Pure bred fowls degenerate very 
rapidly under poor management. If 
the weakly, deformed, runty ones are 
not regularly weeded out, the flock as 
a whole will in time be no better than 
scrubs. 



Your fowls are moulting now and 
should have the best of care. Give 
give them the grond bone, plenty of 
good, substantial food that is not 
fattening. Be sure there is no lice to 
sap away their vitality and keep them 
where they can get plenty of green 
food and where they can get plenty of 
shade and fresh water. 

Many a valuable hen dies this sea- 
son of the year solely because they 
do not have proper care during this 
critical period of moulting. If ever you 
should take good care of your birds 
it is just now while they are putting 
out their new feathers. 



Now is a good time to sell off those 
culls. What are you keeping "chem 
for? They never pay you anything. 
They are only worth what they will 
fetch by the pound and the sooner 
you get rid of them the better chance 
your good birds will have and the 
faster they will thrive. So do not 
put off marketing them at once. If 
you are keeping fowls for the eggs 
only, be sure to dispose of all the 
males except those to be used as 
breeders. The others are a nui- 
sance and should be taken to market 
at once. See to it. Don't put it off. 
If you do you will not get the best 
results from the balance of your 
flock. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



When your poultry business gets 
dull take a good dose of printer's ink. 
If the first dose does not revive tlie 
trade, take a second. If followed up 
at regular intervals it is a sure cure 
for a dull or slow trade. 



Yes, the farmers are becoming fan- 
ciers. The farmers holding a poultry 
show a few years ago would have been 
a curiosity. Right now they are tak- 
ing a hand everywhere, even holding 
shows exclusively their own. This is 
as it should be. It makes a friendly 
rivalry in the right direction and will 
help both the city fancier and the 
farmer fancier. It works up a pride 
that will be a permanent good to all 
concerned. 




Some time ago we ordered a four- 
roller Century press especially for this 
paper, but owing to the machinists' 
strike in the east the press was de- 
layed. We have hardly had time to 
let the foundation set until we com- 
mence printing this paper. It has 
been a hurry-up job and possibly a 
few mistakes will occur. Hereafter 
we promise a nice job of printing on 
The Investigator. Our press is es- 
pecially suitable for bringing out half- 
tones in good shape and each month 
will mark an improvement in illustra- 
tions. 



This is the time when the flock 
wants watching on account of symp- 
toms of diseases. If you let roup, 
canker or diarrhoea get started in your 
flock now it will be almost an im- 
possibility to get rid of it before it 
will practically ruin your flock. We 
will soon be getting cold nights and 
the flock wants looking after. See 
that tUey do not huddle or too many 
get into your small houses and sweat, 
then run out in the cold morning air 
and catch cold; then in a few days 
you will see a lot of well developed 
cases of roup and you will wonder 
how these chickens came to have the 
roup. Be sure to keep them from 
sweating. 



Were Your Crops Injured 

liy tbr (houglitV Well, cvcu .so, you nrcdii't .starve to (k-atb. 

A good flock of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your 

groceries, aud leave a surplus besides. The 

Hacwkeye Ii\c\ib9Ltors 

will hatcli thcui foryuu, with less bother aud greater certainly than any 
otlierincubator sold to-day. Perfect regulation of temperature, veutilatioii 
and moisture. In actual results the Hawkeye takes a back seat for nobody. 
Three sizes — 60, 100 and 200 egg.s, at prices that are right. AVe lunke 
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatelieil. Our 
niiitto is 'The Havvkeyellncubators are Good Inciibator.s,"aiKl 
it means exactly what it says. Better seuj lor our cataloprin' 
S-p iiur special nlTers and guarantee. B nk free, or .send li)c 
amlgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry papi-i-. 

Hawkeye Irvc\ibator Co., 



Department 108. 



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Has the largest aggreg^ation of 
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All Varieties. 

Each variety is bred separately on 
a farm. No chance for tnixitig up. 
Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
Write your wants. Address, 

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I Buff Orpingtons ^ 
I White Wyandottes | 

h ^^ No better stock (J 

» I never have failed to win in ® 
largest shows. Birds score from ffl 
9(1 to 9.")';. ® 

C. ROCKIIILL, I 

Harvard, ^eb^aBka. * 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

FARM POULTRY 



Partridge Cochins 
Golden Sebright Bantanns 
Fancy Pigeons 

I will i-loso uiit my entire stock of Cochins. 
None lielter. At low prices. Tliey have al- 
ways won for me and will for you. 

Wm. HOLCOMB. Clay Center. Neb. 

Blue Barfed Plpoutti Rocks 

Choice brccdinfj and fine exhibition 
birds for sale. Winners wherever and 
whenever shown. Prices low. Must 
sell. Write for printed folder. 

M. M. HOLT, Marshalltown, Iowa. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We hove Quality a«id yuaiitity. 
Farm raised prize winning stock, 
cheap for quality If you want Rocks 
write us. 
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



so, try it and see. People never drove 

•>»- ^.„, ^ JC-, jiuu into our yard to ask about our mon- 
By Mrs. C. A. BlancKard. Friervd. Neb. , ,. , _ , , . 

, ,. . ., , ,, grel chirkens. But many a one drives 

As a usual thing the farm poultry f ^ . . ,, . »v, „ .. ,.„*»„ 

in to inquire about those 'pretty 

white chickens," while others -Will 
walk their horses by the place and 
watch the chickens. I am proud of 
our poultry. They are an o-nament. 
In noting the difference between 
town and country bred poultry, the 
farm poultry at most times of the 
year hunt a good share of their liv- 
ing. Pure bred will do equally as well 
on the same care as the mongrel. 
Many times a little different manage- 
ment will make either Uind pay bet- 
ter. If we live in a coa;itry where 
there is little gravel it pays to buy 
grit. If we want lots of eggs for 
hatching in early spring it pays to buy 
green bone or meat meal. ?3ut you 
can be sure the chickens would live 
and lay eggs without the m. 1 ater 
iji the sjaiiTi poultry tlni's a good 



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Silver Laced Wyandottes, White 
Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Black 
Le'ghorns and White Pekin Ducks. 
First class birds for sale. Mrs. Willie 
E. Tibbitts, Imperial, Neb. 



Cornish and White Indian Games. 

stock for Sale. 
.). C. INAUMAN, Clay CeBter, ISebr. 



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Kli-Fll 
•»1 Odendlll-'li liquid for 10 cows 
I.'-, days and a Sprayer, or i". rents per iniaft 
fur liipiid alnne. Address. 

The Vail Seed Co , 150 N. Delaware 

St., Indlatiapolis 
Special price on .5 gallnn cans. 



A. J. WTLTJAMS, 

. . .Breeder of . . . . 

Silver & Colden Sebright, 
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red 
Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 

Write for Prices. 

CLAY CENTER, NEB. 



Please mention the Invkstic.atok 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accommodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



the property of the wives and 

daughter.s of the farm. The farmer 

himself pays very little, if any, at- 
tention to it, except to scold if we 

visit the wheat bin too often. All 

work and no play makes the farm a 

dull place, while al! corn and no 

wheat and oats will not make the 

large frames and good muscles which 

we need in our farm poultry. 
We have less to contend with in 

many ways on the farm than the town 

poultrymen, while in others their 

birds are much safer than ours. 

Hawks very seldom bother theirs, 

while to us they are a very great 

source of annoyance. 
On the farm our poultry can roam 

at their own sweet will, and we want 

a breed that is fond of roaming and 

rustling. 

While we still had our flock of mon- 
grel fowls, with only a few white 

ones that we kept yarded through the 

breeding season, it was an easy mat- 
ter to see which were the rustlers. 

The mixed ones were on the roost at 
least an hour before the white ones 
in the evening and if the doors were 
left open they were out at first peep 
of morning. We were not long in dis- 
posing of all the mixed flock, and 
have never been sorry of our choice of 
White Plymouth Rocks. 

There is much room for improve- 
ment in farm poultry all over the 
country. Take note, any of you, in a 
drive anywhere you go, or any dis- 
tance, and count the farms that have 
pure bred poultry. We have driven Povi 
long distances and kept note a good siipply of fresh meat in the form of 
many times, and have found the pure bugs, flies, grasshoppers .md worms, 
bred poultry farms few compared The town breeder who is obliged to 
with the others. confine his poultry in small yards is 

This state of things is not as it also obliged to supply many of those 
should be. The Poultry Investigator things in order to make his poultry 
company is doing a fine thing, print- profitable at all. A dozen hens will 
ing this poultry journal, and in giving soon pick the gravel off a small yard, 
a subscription free with every order and as biddie has no teeth what would 
for Sure Hatch incubators. We she do without gravel? Simply die of 
know that their incubators go into indigestion, and we would say the 
many a home where a poultry poor thing had cholera. The same 
journal is not considered a neces- with houses. 'WTiile it may pay, and 
sity, so in this way our Poultry does pay, to have comfortable, warm 
Investigator will find a place In houses for poultry, many kinds of 
the homes of thousands. We hope pure bred poultry will give us as poor 
it will be the means of much improve- returns as mongrels if left to roost in 
ment in farm poultry. We should all the machine shed, corn crib or horse 
have our homes as comfortable as our stable. In fact, many of them prefer 
financial circumstances will allow. It having a hundred and fifty dollar 
is a duty we owe ourselves, our fam- binder to roost on in preference to a 
ilies and our neighbors. Farms are 
worth more in a neighborhood where 
things are neat and pretty. 

A flock of pure bred poultry is much 
handsomer than the usual mongrels 




Mrs. C. A. Ulan 
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common pole. Now, farm wives, get 
a coop of chickens or a setting or two 
of eggs, then some poultry netting for 
a yard to keep them by themselves, 
and in a year or two at least you can 



found on farms. If you do not think rid the farm of the mongrels. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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One DaLy's Work 

(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
Wliat ghall I write (or tiie Journal 
that will be of interest? is often a 
most perplexing question to tlie many 
writers, especially a beginner. I 
never could Write fancy articles, so 
witli the editor's permission I will 
simply tell what I have been doing 
in the poultry house. 

The hatching season is practically 
over and those of us who are so fortu- 
nate as to have an incubator for in- 
cubating don't have the question of 
how shall I keep down the lice and 
mites, as those of us who have our 
favorite biddies for setting, and to 
keep free from those dreadful pests. 
With me, I have not one of those 
much wanted machines, so use hens 
for incubating. These have a separate 
room, made by dividing part of one 
of the poultry houses. In this room 
are nest boxes for twenty hens, feed 
box and water fountain. I have taken 
one day for cleaning this room. All 
nest boxes were removed, then with 
an old broom the ceiling, sides and 
floor were thoroughly swept, and with 
a wash boiler full of boiling water, 
to which I added one quart of liero- 
sene and one quart of salt, I gave the 
room a scrubbing, as was each nest 
cleaned of nest material, every parti- 
cle of broken egg and dirt, and given 
a scrubbing with the same solution, 
inside and out, with a scrubbing 
brush, put in the sun to dry, then 
neatly piled in one corner of the room, 
ready for next spring's work. I did 
this in one day with my other house- 
hold duties, and was very tired when 
night came. Yes, and how refresh- 
ing was a bath, for I was not only 
tired, but dirty, too. I also give my 
poultry houses such a cleaning every 
two weeks, and the roosts are painted 









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each alternate week with Liquid Liice 
Killer. I know I have not lost a 
chick from lice or mites this year. 

If this does not find the editor's 
waste basket I may come again, if 
he will kindly correct my many er- 
rors. IDA E. BARD. 

Imperial, Neb. 



I. & N. M. Conner of Ponca, Neb., 
are visiting in New York for a month 
or so. No doubt they will see the 
good eastern birds and come back per- 
fectly satisfied that they have as good 
as are raised in Silver Wyandottes. 
Friend Conners surely may be proud 
of their stock. 



(It is just what we are doing in the 
poultry yards that interests all. Come 
again. We are glad to get these every- 
day experiences. — EDITOR.) 



Dr. I. C. Stephens, Carleton, Neb., 
breeds Flemish Giants of a superior 
quality and will sell reasonable. The 
F. Giants are the largest specimen of 
the hare or rabbit and are very hand- 
some and profitable. They are quite 
rare at present, but are fast coming 
to the front and will be as popular as 
the Belgian hare in time. 



William Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., 
is offering his entire stock of Partridge 
Cochins, without reserve, at prices 
that will astonish you. If you have 
use for P. Cochins, now is the chance 
of your life. 



I recently visited the yards of Mr. 
and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend 
Neb. I found they have a fine lot 
of White Rocks in the pink of con- 
dition—large, early hatched chicks, 
just the kind for the early shows. It 
you need any such, write them. 






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Malting Light BraLhmas 



By Mrs, Ella. Thonrva.s. 



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breeding Light Brahmas according to 
my idea and point of view. If I can 
be of use I am always pleased to do 
so, hoping always to lead out other 
and more experienced minds than my 
own, because I am anxious to know, 
too, all that is to be learned. Mr. A. 
F. Hunter of Farm Poultry used to 
condemn the line breeding, yet, in the 



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OVritten for Poultry Investigator.) always hide our light under a bushel, hands of a practical breeder, I believe 
After eleven years of study and ex- We western people can explode the it the only safe line of breeding out 
perience in mating Light Brahmas, I idea many eastern people have, name- Light Brahmas, or any other breed for 
still consider myself an amateur. Be- ly, that the wegjtern judges score that matter. Do not men follow line 
sides, in one sense of the word, that higher than the eastern judges. Judge breeding in horses, cattle, sheep, and 
is for years I have used one or two Felch has scored Brahmas for me, in hogs, and those who produce the 
points and pedigree as well as proper customers' hands, higher on yearling greatest specimens are proven from 
essential to success when it comes to birds than judges in our home scored some great sire or great dam? Why 
points and pedigree as wel as proper them as young birds; so has Pierce not our fowls? It must be done if 
line breeding, that I find many breed- and Butterfield. And birds sent out we would succeed. I condemn Cochin 
ers do not live up to. That is the by score cards from several of our shapes in our Brahmas, because they 
single mating in our Light Brahmas; home judges, scored in our yards, are the English and not the American 
they should have a universal bluish have gone to large shows east and type, not that I wish to condemn the 
undercolor. We should forever dis- south, where they scored one to one English birds more than they deserve 
card the idea that some are even now and one-half points more in our east- as compared with our American-bred 
advocating, and that is the white un- ern judges' hands. So I consider this birds. The English type, as I have 
dercolor for our exhibition speci- talk by people In our journals just so found them, were poor layers, poor 
mens. We must have a bluish under- much wind, as many people's fault- foragers. Our American type are rus- 
color. I say it advisedly, because finding of the birds we send them is tling. practical, vigorous birds, and 
time has proved to me that a uni- only wind and sometimes worse — great layers. They will make more 

fabrication, pure and simple. It is pounds of meat and lay more eggs in 
=^=^^^==^^^^==^=^=^^=r a year than any known breed. One 

objection some people find to Light 
Brahmas is the immense leg and toe 
feathering, but owing to their great 
size, marked vigor and hardiness and 
gentle practical qualities, they arc 
loved by all fanciers who have studied 
their gentle disposition, their response 
to kind treatment with evident af- 
fection. I can sympathize with the 
' utbusiasm of the general fancier be- 
l.'cause the number is not large, that 
proved exceptionally high scoring 
specimens, except where those who 
understood the art of mating for the 
best results, and who know how to 
breed their birds in line without in- 
juring their utility. 

Mr. I. K. Felch once spoke of being 




Cornish Indi.Tti r.amos 
Edirar, Nebr. Tliey havs 
show rood! for the past tiv 



versal blue undercolor is as essential 
as the blue undercolor of our Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. Unless we mean to 
still practice this double mating sys- 
tem in any breed we will lose hun- 
dreds of amateur breeders from our 
ranks. For they , after a year or two 
of unsuccessful breeding, buying and 
spending almost their last dollar in 
the hope of producing something wor- 
thy of the money they have expended, 
will give up in disgust and try some- 
thing else, and perhaps this something 
else will be to try to support several 
of the family by working by the day. 
Does this sound rather strong, brother 
and sister fanciers? It is putting the 
matter before you in a very mild 
form, indeed, so mild that many 

could tell of very miserable lives, not always that people aim to mis- 
even separations of families over represent us; it is ignorance of what amused because I referred to my first 
such a great stumbling block, and constitutes a bird of a certain score. 9.5-point cockerel being the siire of 
money losses, as I have just men- Some people judge a bird almost solely two 95-point cockerels, and the best 
tioned, the double mating system. But by the wing, others by toot-feather- one of those being sire of four 95- 
enough of this. It is not to harangue ing, etc. My idea cf a bird is one point and one 95^4-point cockerel. Yet 
the poultry fraternity that I have ded- with sections cut about the same when we practice what we preach, as 
Icated this article and placed it in throughout the bird. I would not give l did in this instance, and mated both 
the hands of one of our best and most a bird cut one-half point throughout the best 95-point cockerels to their 
beloved western judges, who is to edit each section for one-half dozen birds dame and produced the large number 
The Poultry Investigator and helps of cut one and one-half points in one referred to. If one of her eggs pro- 
more and better poultry, such as we or two particular sections and one- duced a 95-point bird, why should not 
have worked for, planned and dreamed half in the rest, or perhaps cut noth- others? Besides her pullets and those 
about for many years. May it en- ing in several places. I know how of her sisters in the same yard pro- 
lighten the eastern people in the next hard it is to overcome such defects duced 95-point to 96-point pullets. I 
few years fully as much or more than and get the progeny into a uniform had 94, 95 to 96-point pullets one 
the eastern people have aided the lot of birds, yet that is and must be 9G14 from the mating. They were the 
west for so long. The east is silently our aim in breeding for exhibition foundation of some of the greatest 
winning our laurels now, and have birds. A bird is good when scored or winners ever in this country. I feel 
been for some time, paying the west compared as a whole. sure because old hens four years old 

one-half the price they charge us for Our editor has asked me to give an have won, even in the very largest 
the same score. I trust we may not exhaustive article on mating and shows of the east. The past season 



POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR. 



15 




■as bred bv J 
le. Parties v 
■ correspond 



QUEEN MARY. 
. W. Whitney. Chatham. Ohi. 
ishing- advice or help in niatii 
nth Mr. Whitney. 



I had only three good yards mated, 

sold no eggs except to a few old 

friends to accommodate them. These 

yards contained birds descendants of 

the grandest blood I ever owned — ^the 

real cream of years of study and care, 

and I never had such promising 

chicks, but the severe drouth in this 

section has been most trying on our 

birds, so I cannot say what the out- 
come will be, yet they are very prom- 
ising now, though they have not 

grown as I expected them to. 
I am to keep my reservoir of color 

in my old hens — another idea that I 

know few practice, yet the only safe 

one. I consider it so important when 

I lind I have a hen or several hens 

that hold their color at two and even 

four years old like pullets, I always 

put them where every egg can be care- 
fully set and cared for, and in this 

way we can increase the color of our 

birds, or rather produce a strain that 

will not fade in one year. For such 

a mating to produce a large per cent 

of extra fine birds, I find we must se- 
lect birds to come as near standard 

requirements in each section as possi- 
ble. The cockerel should, according 

to my idea, be medium on legs, not 

too long or too short, standing well This 

apart, giving breadth to breast and do well 1 

body. A bird just standard weight 

or a little better, in prime condition, ' ~ 

that is, not too fat, the comb evenly faded look in the black points; they with the same solid black flights, not 
set and deeply serrated with seven do not become mixed up with gray a particle of white in either, pro- 
middle points and five side points, and white in wings and tails, but will duced from tihs old hen, and a pure 
comb to extend well back on top of breed black wings with the proper white with delicate bluish undercolor, 
head, though I find this a weak point, white vein, black tails to the skin, but had bad luck with both. One was, 
With many Brahmas the comb is too coverts edged with pure white like the killed and the other got a bone in 
short. I like small combs and I find hackles, and such pullets still retain his throat, so I could not relieve him 
that one weak point with many of my it even at four year old and will score and I lost him. I shall try to keep 
fowls is that the comb does not ex- 95 points, as old hens, under such these pullets to produce cockerels 
tend back as far as I would like. The judges as Pierce, Felch and others. I again, for although the pullets have 
head should be broad, short, with suppose these judges think them year- 
over-hanging eyebrows, and the high- ling hens, for as such they would pass. 
er and more oval the top of the head, I like the black in hackles to extend 
the more handsome it is, because It up about four-fifths of the feather, 
shows great vigor and intelligence. On such dark birds it is really proper, 
and a quiet practical disposition. A in my estimation, with pure white be black to skin, first row of coverts 
well developed throat, wattles and ear edging all around the feather, black the same, the row following edged 
lobes. Ear lobes pendulous and bright running to a sharp point in hackle of with pure white like the hackles, and 
red; a particular point, too, is a deep males, but broader and more rounded as many rows as come after, the same, 
bay eye, and not only in all males, in females. Wings solid black ev- In the hens I want every tow from one 
but in all females. A bluish under- cept the white vein at edge of each to three, whatever there are, edged 
color throughout the plumage in both feather, no gray should be allowed in with pure white. Breast broad and 
males and females — an even blue un- either males or females in the web of full, body long comparatively, wings 
dercolor, not a charcoal undercolor, the feather. This makes a beautiful well folded, giving depth to body as 
nor an inch and a half white next to wing and one hard to improve upon, well as breadth. Feet well feathered 
the skin, then a line of blue or black- unless we can get solid black flights, on outer and middle toe, and mottled 
ish undercolor, but a blue undercolor I have had them, lost a five-year- old 
from the skin out, one-third or one- hen this season that had them, and I 
half the length of the feather, the bave several pullets from her, but the 
other pure white. I know it can be back is full of black spots. I am 
produced and bred with satisfactory keeping them to experiment with and, 
results, for I have practiced it for five of course, have an idea of what I 
years, and am more pleased with this hope to accomplish with them, but tails, broad, deep breasts, proper 
blue undercolor every year. I find cannot make a report until some time length of body, etc., that characterize 
such birds do not get a washed-out, in the future. I had two cockerels the best Brahmas. I am a great lover 



black in hackles I found the cocker- 
els had deep bluish undercolor only, 
and were simply good in points 
throughout. I shall not give up in 
despair, but try again. Tails should 



with black. Hackles full and closely 
feathered, giving a close, well rounded 
hack. Many of the Brahmas of today 
show the loss of the broad head, heavy 
eyebrows, full throat, short, well- 
arched beak, broad and well spread 



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of strong color, but do not care to 
sacrifice the above to get color and 
leg and toe coloring. We should try 
to weed out all characteristics other 
than Brahma. The young breeder has 
much to learn, and who of us "knows 
it all?" Are not the best of us ca- 
pable of learning much more? I like 
the close-feathered Brahmas best, with 
rather a long body, longer thigh and 
hacks, closely feathered. But in 
breeding for heavy leg and toe feath- 
ering we do not see as many such 
close trimemd hocks as we would like. 
I believe our breeding for small 
combs, longer, heavier, fluffy bodies 
and immense foot feathering, has 
made our birds more Ck)chin shape 
and not such good layers; besides it 
is not the type that takes the eye of 
any true fancier. Let us stop before 
it is too late and breed for the true 
American type of Light Brahmas. 
After summing up this article, would 
you still ask what I like in my Brah- 
mas? Well, I have not gotten just 
what I want yet. I am glad I have 
not. I would have nothing to strive 
for. But in a few specimens I have 
something near it, and they are treas- 
ured by their owner. I might have 
had dozens of them now had I not 
helped others to lay a foundation for 
stock, that are in the front ranks of 
Light Brahma breeders today, and I 
am silently proud of the record they 
are making. To sum up what I want 
in my Light Brahmas: I want shape 
as well as color, and color as well as 
shape. I want a deep bay eye as well 
as serrated comb extending back prop- 
erly on the head, broad, short heads, 
well ovaled on top, good sized wattles 
and ear lobes. I want broad saddle 
as well as broad shoulders, with 
wing folded high enough to make 
broad, flat back, across the shoulders 
well rounded, yet broad as it sweeps 
in concave to tail. Color where it 
should be and plenty of it, and I like 
black in feet of females as well as 
males, and I believe It impossible to 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

get proper color anywhere in our 
males unless we are more particular 
of the color in our females. It is non- 
sense to believe the males must have 
the most color. For my part the pul- 
lets and hens I have with almost solid 
black flights, heavy nackles, edged 
with pure white, tails black to skin, 
legs and toes covered with feathers 
mottled with black, blue undercolor 
throughout tne plumage, are absolute- 
ly beautiful to me. I am cordially 
yours, MRS. ELLA THOMAS, 

Breeder of the "Mammoth Strain" 
Light Brahmas. 



NOTES. 

The cheapest and most convenient 
method of keeping a record of our 
flock so as to be able to tell the age 
of our fowls is as follows: 

In the fall, while the young stock 
is yet small enough that we can easily 
tell them from the older ones, we 
band all that were hatched the year 
before. If an odd year banding them 
on the left, if an even yeai' banding 
them on the right leg, and each year 
banding af'er this plan. In this way 
we can tell at a glance what age any 
fowl in the flock is. With either 
fancier or market poultry raiser this 
is of much value, as soon an expert 
would find it a difficult task to tell 
the age of a fowl simply from its ap- 
pearance. 

Bands without figures on can be ob- 
tained in large quantities for about 
one-half cent each, so that the cost is 
very little. 

Of those who sell all their old stock 
as soon as the young is ready to take 
their place the foregoing will, of 
course be of ' little interest, but to 
those who know the value of one and 
two year old hens as layers and 
breeders it should be of interest and 
may be of value. We have carefully 
studied the matter and believe that it 
pays to keep the hens, especially of 
the laying breeds, until their third 




The above is a cut of Mr. E. B. Omohundro's 
White Rock cock, "White Chief." score. 9*'A by 
Myers. 93J2 by Ropp; first at N. C. Mo., poultry 
show in 1900, also at Lincoln county poultry 
show in 1900. If you want something- nice write 
Mr. Omohundro. BowlinK (Jreen, Mo. 



year, and as a breeder from which to 
raise large, strong, healthy stock the 
hen in her second or even third year 
is much better than in her pullet 
year. R. R. FRENCH. 

Ford City, Mo. 



E. A. Peglar of Lincoln. Neb., can 
be found at his place of business with 
a full line of poultry supplies, incu- 
bators and brooders. Anything in his 
line you can get as good as can be 
found and as cheap as can be bought 
anywhere. 



Rev. G. W. Chamblin, Uniontown, 
Kan., writes he has a fine lot of Ham- 
burgs that show up fine at this writ- 
ing, and he will make very reasonable 
prices to customers. We trust the 
reverend will receive the support and 
hearty co-operation of Hamburg 
breeders in his efforts to organize a 
Hamburg club. Come one, come all, 
and join hands with Rev. Chamblin. 
Look up his article on the same. 



Poultry Supplies, 



We keep a full lino of all standard floods, as follows: 



Ideal Leg Bands, 
Smith Seal Bands, 
Score Cards, 
Standards, 
Oyster Shells, 
Lime Stone Grit, 
Mica (irit, 



Humphrey Bone Mills, 
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AS SEEN THROUGH 


OUR SPECS 


^ -« v< v< By H&ttie Byfield. 



(Written for Poultry iQvestigator.) 
There is an anxious inquiry for 
something new under the sun, but I 
don't believe we find much in poultry 
literature, leastwise in that ema- 
nates from our pen. We have quit 
giving our newest discoveries to the 
public as a surprise, feeling all the 
while that we are benefiting the whole 
poultry-loving world by so doing. 
Nowadays when we publish our latest 
discovery it is with the certain knowl- 
edge that it is ancient with a great 
many people, therefore the only people 
the wonderful discovery can benefit 
will be amateurs in the chicken busi- 
ness, but there are plenty of novices 
eagerly searching for the time-worn 
articles that resemble each other so 
nearly, no difference who edited them. 
Every day we meet people who ques- 
tion us as to our methods of disposing 
of lice, chicken cholera, etc., just as 
if these questions had not been dis- 
cussed from every point of view since 
ever people became aware that poultry 
raising was a business worthy of at- 
tention. I I 
The day was when we read the ad- 
vice that was time-worn to many 
with great interest. It was new to us 
and now we could have done without 
it is not comprehensible, therefore if 
we repat ourselves we may be sure 
that to many the lines will be new 
and helpful. Just now we would like 
a little advice on fortifications. We 
have neighbors, too, who would like 
a share. The mysterious disappear- 
ance of many chickens is the cause of 
our anxiety. Watch dogs, light roost- 
ing places and traps have availed us 
nothing. Our neighbor discovered 
that a pet cat had robbed him of 125 
fine thoroughbreds. We banished 
cats altogether and are resorting to 
poison and traps for rats and mice. 
A dog also assists in catching rats. 
A huge Newfoundland dog is turned 
loose to do guard duty at night, but 
our heart is heavy over our losses. 
Tell us, how shall we fortify? 

The moulting season has begun and 
much depends upon the management 
of our fowls during the present 
month. If we manage rightly our 
hens will have new feathers and be 
ready to begin the egg-laying busi- 
ness in October. While the hens have 
their clothes off is a good time to 
thoroughly cleanse them of vermin. 
There are many ways of doing this. 
If Liquid Lice Killer is used one 
must use caution. We never had any 
loss from its use, but very often we 



POUI.TRY INVESTIGATOR. 

hear of disaster in other flocks. We 
do not always use Lice Killer, and 
when we do we repeat the treatment 
several times. Do you know we are 
so old-fogyish that we often resort to 
grease? We first clean every crevice 
of our houses, using the spray pump 
and coal oil emulsion flavored with 
carbolic acid, for the purpose. Then 
when the biddies go to roost, assisted 
by an agile boy that we raised our- 
selves, we give the hens each a turn 
at the grease pot. We allow a table- 
spoonful of coal oil to each cup of 
lard, also a few drops of carbolic acid. 
This mixture is death to scaly leg, so 
while we rid our flocks of lice we 
also put the feet and legs in shape. 
We visit all the old mother hens with 
our grease pot, greasing well under 
the wings, on the head and around the 



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is scarce. We can eat chicken if — if— 
well, won't some of our readers tell 
us how to fortify so that we may 
eat chicken? 

Notwithstanding the extreme heat 
the health of the fowls about here has 
been good. Small chicks thrived 
wonderfully, barring unseen enemies. 
Eggs hatched badly with the majority 
of people. Our turkey and duck eggs 
hatched well, which goes to show that 
some condition was wrong with the 
hens. Had we been alone in this re- 
spect we should have blamed our mat- 
ing, but we heard of poor hatches all 
about us. The vigor of the chicks 
that hatched was rather mystifying, 
considering the poor hatches. 




David Larson. Wahoo, Neb. The subject 
of this illustration has been a member of the 
State Poultry Ass'n for several years and one 
of its most foremost breeders. Mr. Larson is 
an expert in breediner and judg"ing" Mediteran- 
eans, in fact is a good judge on all variety of 
poultry. Any association needing a good con- 
scientious judge will do well to correspond with 
Mr. Larson. 



vent, as well as feet and legs. Later 
in the season the show birds and 
birds to be scored and sold will be 
subjected to many good foot baths. 
That pays for the extra trouble. The 
old hens will lay all winter and set in 
time to hatch your show birds if the 
proper care is given them during the 
moulting season. We all know it is 
the old hens that give us most of the 
show birds. 

If the fowls can be turned out of 
the pens but little extra care need be 
used in feeding. Nebraska hen pas- 
tures are provided by nature with two 
of the most perfect foods, namely, 
wild sunflowers and grasshopers. 
There never was such a country for 
poultry, even if the milk and honey 
that the human race so hanker ofter 



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are, in a word, a class of advertisers 
we all would like to reach, and the 
Western Fruit Growers of St. Joseph, 
Mo., is just the medium to reach the 
bulk of this trade. Try them. 



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to its readers the well known writer, 
Mrs. Mattie Webster of Belmont, Wis. 
Her writings are much appreciated by 
the poultry fraternity, and more so by 
those who are acquainted with her at 
her home and know her personally. 
She has had valuable experience and 
we will all profit by her candid, sin- 
cere methods in handling her subject. 
She is a breeder of White Rocks and 
White Wyandottes and appreciates 
the beautiful as well as the profitable. 

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THE POULTRY INDUS- 
TRY 

By Cortv RIckards. Osclen, Utah. 



(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
There is many a delicate girl who 
would think poultry culture a hard 
proposition from the fact that em- 
broidery, needle work, music and 
painting seem more like the work 
that should be given to a girl. Yet 
we know there are women who are a 
success in nearly all lines of business. 
We heard of three sisters who did 
work on their farm, using machinery 
and riding when doing plowing and 
the most of the work in planting, 
gathering grain, etc., etc. To the 
writer it would seem too hard to do 
as these girls did. They enjoyed and 
made a success of it, and each one had 
been a school teacher, so it was not 
lack of learning that made them de- 
sire outdoor work. 

The writer, on account of being 
oblig(?d to seek outdoor work to gain 
health, lost from bookkeeping in my 
father's office, went to Colorado, that 
land of sunshine, where an eastern in- 
valid could not think of remaining so, 
for one receives renewed energy and 
life and cannot long be idle in that 
high altitude. The writer ,from her 
earliest recollection, had a desire to 
make money, and the desire increased 
in Colorado. The outdoor air under 
a pine tree, with the wind blowing 
the leaves gently, made one feel like 
sitting and dreaming of a beautiful 
future and the many things most de- 
sirable in life. The writer looks back 
with much pleasure on those past 
thoughts. Some of the girls will ask. 
Did I realize my day dreams? They 
were not so unreasonable but that 
most of them have been realized. 
They were in most cases for a little 
home and poultry business, well estab- 
lished and paid for, so my expecta- 
tions have truly been realized, though 
it took years, and some days the 
work seemed so trying. We remem- 
ber when we tried to have beautiful 
pansies, and after so much labor and 
care of them to have a mother and her 
brood scratch them all up by getting 
into the garden through a gate that 
some one had left open. 

We have a great love for the beau- 
tiful, trees, flowers, books, music, 
painting, and we could hardly give 
up our flowers. Since coming to Og- 
den we have not had time for flowers. 
The business demanded every minute 
of our time. 

We started to make a success of 
poultry culture, and in order to es- 
tablish a business such as we aimed 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

for it took work, and while the writer 
gained in health, she could never do 
all that she wished. As stated, beau- 
tiful flowers and fancy work always 
delight and comfort me. However, I 
found, and still find, a great pleasure 
in fine poultry, and as that was my 
chosen line, I dropped the others and 
followed poultry culture, and while we 
feel advanced from our continued 
work, still there is so much ahead to 
reach out for and mistakes in the past 
that make the desire so great to keep 
climbing higher. 

Each year we have advanced and 
do not feel we are going back, but that 
we have a desirable poultry business. 
While the thermometer on our porch 
registers 101, we can hear the bid- 
dies cackle over the new-laid egg, and 
to count the number that are making 




the noise means that our busy workers 
are coining the cash in those lovely 
eggs, for that is what our customers 
call them, and we could sell many 
more even though each biddie on our 
place lay their share of eggs. 

Wo would like to have the farmers 
and the farmers' wives take a more 
practical view of the poultry indus- 
try and lay hold of new ideas and new 
breeds for the improvement and ad- 
vancement of chickens on the farms. 
The selection of a fine Leghorn cock- 
erel or two for breeding purposes 
would be a great step forward if eggs 
in large numbers are wanted, and eggs 
pay, especially to have them in winter 
when prices are high. Better still is 
the thoroughbred fowl. The idea is 
prominent among a large majoritj' of 
farmers that the thoroughbred fowl is 
all a myth. They seen no real merit 
in well-bred poultry. Ask them why 



there Is no practical value in a high- 
class fowl and they may tell you that 
after all your fussing a chicken is 
but a chicken. They may ridicule 
him who has a natural love for the 
feathered tribe and dub him a "chick- 
en crank," but as some have grace- 
fully put it, "It takes a crank to make 
the wheel go around." 

If there is no utility in cultivating, 
the feathered thoroughbred, is there 
any in the culture of other pure bred 
live stock? Let us consider the Mor- 
gan, the Percheron, the Clydesdale 
and the lithe thoroughbred that steps 
a mile in 2:03 is of no more account 
than the raw-boned, discouraged horse 
hitched to the old worn delivery wag- 
on; the Durham, the Jersey, the 
Guernsey, the Galloway of no more 
value than the native scrub cow. Is 
there nothing, too, in the beaatiful to 
appeal to our finer senses, and to pre- 
sent to us an argument of merit? 
The writer has had years of prac- 
tical experience with nearly every va- 
riety of poultry. Here in Ogden, 
Utah, eggs sell readily at good prices. 
There is especially good sale for win- 
ter eggs. 

The Jersey cow for butter and 
plenty of rich milk stands ahead, as 
do the Brown Leghorns for egg pro- 
ducers. We have bred Leghorns for 
over fifteen years and have had a pul- 
let who was a first premium bird lay 
274 eggs in one year. It costs no more 
to keep such a hen that it does one 
that will not lay more than SO eggs in 
one year. Think of the difference. 

In order to have the best results 
on the farm the ground must be cul- 
tivated right. The same interest must 
be taken in poultry, the houses clean- 
ed and kept free from lice, good 
houses and nests provided, a variety 
of food. Cheap stock that do'not lay 
are expensive in the end. It is not so 
much a Question of the cost as any 
grain, and poultry are dear if results 
are not obtained. 



Why Do I Keep Poultry 

(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
In the first place, I am a farmer's 
wife, and what farm is complete with- 
out poultry. Oh, yes, at first I kept 
dunghills. But a poultry loving sis- 
ter said, "Why not keep thorough- 
breds? The cost is no more when It 
comes to feed and buildings, and your 
profits are double." I took the advice 
given me, and at first I got one pen 
of S. L. Wyandottes, five hens and a 
rooster. My, oh my, they were lovely 
to look at and they have proved them- 
selves lovely in more than one way. 
I have found them good layers, winter 
and summer, good mothers, good rus- 



tiers, very tame, will stand confine- 
ment the best of any breed I know of, 
and a good table fowl, with yellow 
legs and sweet, juicy meat, I was not 
satisfied with one pen, so I have a fine 
start in Buff Leghorns and Black 
Langshans. I believe the Buff Leg- 
horns to be the world's egg machines. 
Buff Leghorns will commence to lay 
when five months old, six weeks ear- 
lier than other breeds, and when my 
heavier breeds are wanting to set they 
keep right on laying. Leghorns for 
eggs and S. L. Wyandottes for an 
all-purpose fowl. I know the Buff 
Leghorns to be better than the Brown. 
They lay just as well and a larger 
egg, and they are larger than the 
Brown or White Leghorns. The first 
year I kept thoroughbreds my profits 
were small, with a good income the 
second, and there is pleasure in rais- 
ing thoroughbreds as well as money. 
Now, my poultry-loving sisters, make 
a start. First study your surround- 
ings, then your climate, make a choice 
of some breed that will thrive both 
winter and summer. The Rose Combs 
for cold winters and the Single Combs 
for light winters has been my experi- 
ence. Of course, one with means can 
build for the Single Comb varieties, 
but when the comb freezes the lay- 
ing stops, or that has been my experi- 
ence, 

I have found the White Pekin ducks 
as profitable as chickens, and they 
are in good demand the year around. 
One can get good prices for them and 
they are very hardy and thrive well 
in any climate. I don't consider any 
poultry farm complete without them. 
Some say I am a poultry crank, but 
I find pleasure and profit in poultry, 
so I am in the poultry business to 
stay. No, it is not all sunshine in 
the poultry yard. One must expect 
ups and downs, but if you once start 
and have the right kind of backbone 
you are sure to succeed. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

sible. 

The entry fee, which includes care, 
feed and coop rent, will be as follows: 
Poultry pens, $2 each; single birds 
in the open class, also turkeys, geese, 
ducks and ornamental fowls, $1 each; 
pigeons, 50 cents each. 

All fowls are to be shown singly 
or in breeding pens. A breeding pen 
will consist of one male and four fe- 
males. Prizes for pens will be award- 
ed on all varieties of poultry and 
ducks. Prizes will not be awarded 
for birds impaired in value for breed- 
ing purposes. 

Ine American Standard of Perfec- 
tion will be the guide in judging. 
Prizes for poultry in all the open 
sections, including turkeys, ducks, 
geese and ornamental fowls, will be: 
First prize, $4; second prize, $2; 
third prize, $1; fourth prize, very 
highly commended; fifth prize, highly 
commended; sixth prize, commended; 
seventh prize, diploma; eighth prize, 
diploma. In the poultry classes 



(Many thanks, Mrs. Tibbetts. We 
shall be pleased to have you tell us 
more of your experiences in the poul- 
try yards and shall be glad to hear 
from one or all our readers in this 
line. Do not be backward.— EDITOR.) 



The above cut is that of Mr. E. B. Omohuii- 
dro's White Rock hen. "BeUe ol Pike." .scored 
bv Myers 94'2. 93!i by Rapp. She wins 1st at 
N. C. Mo., show. 1900, 2nd at Lincoln County. 
1900, Poultry show; 1st at Quincy, 111., in 1»99. 
scoring- 94';. 



Parv-AmericaLn Exhibition 

Undoubtedly one of the grandest 
displays of poultry to be held this 
year will be at the Pan-American 
exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., October 
20th to 31st. 

The following from the official pre- 
mium list gives full information in 
regard to entries, prizes, etc.: 

Class e; — Entries in this class will 
close September 16th, but should be 
sent as long before thja date as pos- 



there will be eight awards, and a di- 
ploma given with each award. Birds 
entered in the open sections cannot 
compete in the pen sections. 

The prizes in open classes for pig- 
eons will be : First prize, $3; second 
prize, $1.50; third prize, 75 cents; 
fourth prize, very highly commended; 
fifth prize, highly commended. 

Premiums in this class will be paid 
October 31, 1901. For premium list 
address Frank A. Converse, Superin- 
tendent Live Stock Division, Pan- 
American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y, 



19 

I I will exchange 9T 

\ Belgian Hares ^ 

I for ^ 

\ White Wandotte Pullets^ 

! I have also some nne 

I LIGHT BRAHMA HENS OW 

>. Mrs. Hattie Byfield.L^ 

McCook, Neb. 0^ 



for Sale. Good ones. 




1892. 1901. 

Mammoth Strain 

Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- 
ners in America's leading shows of 
hundreds of prizes in my own and 
customers' hands. The "Common 
Sense" remedies for poultry are "per- 
fection" when properly used. Chol- 
era Cure kills all disease germs and 
makes blood, botie and feather. Hun- 
dreds of poultrymen claim they are 
making poultry breeding easy and 
practical by their use. A sample of 
either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid 
for SOc. Yours for success, 

MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Queries, Mo. 

_ /v/-v|r| For the next si,\ty days I will 
I I II In I sell toy fine Barred Plymouth 
lj\j\Jn.» Rocks Cociierels and Pullets at 
one Iiiilf price as I have sold my place. I 
li.ue some fine large March and April Cock- 
erels now ready to ship and will guarantee 
s ititfdction with every sale. 

L. D. GREEM, Red Oak, la. 



^ BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

^ EXCURSIVELY. Our Buff 

Wyandottes are bre^i from 
best strain obtainable and 
in lin^. We breed the pure 
;;olden Butf. not ihe dark 
red. Tiiey'ie prize winners. 

^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

'jyigMB^'C Chester While Hogs forsale 




Rosecomb White Leghorns. 

Needing room for young stock, will 
sell part of my this year's breeders, 
including 1st cockerel St. Paul last 
February. 

J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D. 



M ORPINGTONS \ 
J and COCHINS. \ 

\ Bred from my own Importations. ^ 



J I won more premiums than 

J any two other exhibitors at the 

( Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- 

5 fore buying anything write me 

{ — it will be a pleasure to give 

\ you prices. 

\ IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. 
{ 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

If you want winners bred from win- 
ners that will win for you, write tne 

FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center/ Nebr. 



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F. A, CROWELL, 

GRANGER, MINN. 

Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff 
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; 
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and 
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will 
please you. Circular free. 

Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
st«ck for sale. 

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb 



F. H. SHELLABARGER, west^uberty, 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 

for20years. We liiive therji that are up to 
dale in size, stiape and color. Write me if 
you ne«'d any. iOtli annual circular wliich 
fully describes our Breeding stocit is free. 
Mention this Journal and address as above 



0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-^\ inning 

IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. 

Sto-k for sale at all tin.es. El'Ss in season. 

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo. 
G. B. CLARY, Falrbury, Nebraska. 

( Chalk White Wyandottes, 
Breeder of ■! Mammoth Light Brahmas 
( Buff Orpingtons. 

Exhibited at four shows. 1900-lSIOl. Won 39 
regular premiums. Errs and slock in sea- 
son. Sallsfactlon assured. 



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Editor Poultry Investigator: 

And Nebraska is to have a new 
poultry journal. Well, we hardly know 
which way the congratulations belong. 
To the people of the state, who will 
surely appreciate the efforts of the 
hustling Sure Hatch people or the S. 
H. Company itself for being located 
among such a wide awake, hustling 
poultry people. We believe the con- 
gratulations belong both ways and we 
give them without stint. 

We have known the Nebraska poul- 
try people for many years by reputa- 
tion, a few personally. They were a 
success unto themselves long before 
they had any poultry paper to help 
them out, and long before the incu- 
bator factory opened up for business 
in their midst. 

We hardly know what to write to 
a fraternity of this kind, for although 
the paper is a "new beginner," the 
most of the people who read it are 
not. The number can be counted in 
three figures who began at the be- 
ginning when I did and before. But 
as I don't know it all yet and am al- 
ways on the lookout for new i'tems to 
help me out, especially in artificial 
hatch( /, we expect to learn much 
from an exchange of ideas in the 
months to come. We will wait and 
watch and when we have an idea that 
we think will help some one out of a 
difficulty we will send It along. 

Just now the question of shipping 
coops is uppermost. Those advertised 
on the market cost too much, besides 
they come in different sizes and un- 
less you are in the business on the 
wholesale order you don't know how 
many of each size to order. You 
don't know how your own orders are 
going to run. You don't know 
whether you are going to have the 
most orders for single birds or for 
pairs or for trios or pens, and you 
may order a dozen coops that will be 
of no use to you. 

Now we can get berry boxes, egg 
cases, peach crates, and even tree 
wrapers made of thin wood, and in 
bulk, so that a few minutes time only 
suffices to nail them together, and I 
have often thought why can't some 
enterprising firm make chicken crates 
all the same height and width and 
in lengths that could be cut easily, 
charging so much per running foot 
for top, bottom and sides, and end 
pieces out of heavier stuff, each end 
piece to take the place of partition 
of a coop if more than one apart- 



ment is needed. Those extremely 
thin boards can be sawed easily, at 
home, by putting two or three of them 
together and sawing through three or 
four at one time. Anybody can use 
a hammer and saw, that is anybody In 
the hen business can, and these coops 
could be cut and made at home as 
easily as those elaborate affairs that 
cannot be changed to suit the num- 
ber of fowls sent. 



R. R. French, the White Leghorn 
man from Ford City, Mo., is with us 
with a trial advertisement, and we 
know he is a good breeder, as we have 
his stock in our yards and they are 
fine. If you want a SQuare deal we 
would recommend you to Mr. French. 



If any of our readers want a leg 
band that will surely stay on, and 
one of the most essential things in 
having a band is to know positively 
that it will stay, try W. H. Smith &- 
Co.'s, Blithedale, Mo., seal leg band. 
When once put on it must be cut oft 
if removed at all. Their advertise- 
ment is in this paper. Look it up. 



Frank Patton of Surprise, Neb., 
writes us that he has this season the 
best Buffi Rocks he ever raised, and, 
readers, you know what this means. 
When you show against Patton It 
will take a gem to win over his. 
Friend Patton always breeds winners, 
and is no afraid to show them and 
always carries home the most of blues 
in his class. 

The 5th of August we visited the 
Capital City Poultry Ranch, three 
miles west of Lincoln. I was shown 
the finest lot of Pekin ducks I ever 
saw. E. E. Smith, the proprietor, 
knows how to raise ducks to perfec- 
tion. Watch him sweep the platter 
clean at the State fair. 



A large number of our personal items 
were omitted from this issue because 
of lack of space. They will appear in 
our next issue. 



BUFF COCHINS 

ExclHsively. 
Just What You Are 
Looking For .... 

The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
ners in any company. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 




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For 25 Cents. 

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR, 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Standard Silver Wyandottes 

Two fine flocks on separate farms. 
Lt. Brahmas, Barred Plymouth 
Rocks, S. C. B Leghorns, each 
kind on separate farm, cared for 
by specialist of that kind. Esgs 
carefully packed, have shipped ov- 
er 200 this season. Not one brok- 
en. Stock of the above varieties 
$1.00 and $2.00 each. A sure cure 
for Roup SO cents post paid. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176. 



Mammoth Light Brahma 
Exclusively.. 



Barred P. Rocks and 
Cornish Indian Games. 

8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
ners in ever)' exhibit where we ex- 
hibited winning- highest awards. 

Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska. 



MaDimoth Bronze Turkeys, some 1 year 
old. Stock for sale. Younjr stock tor sale 
after September 1. Write, desr-ribing what 
you want. " E. W. MATHENY. 

(Jlay Center, Neb. 




The SMITH SEALED 
LEG BANDS. 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



SHOW DATES 



Before banding your 
birds don't tail to send 
tor c;it;ilcisue. They are the only band that 
can't he beat. 10 for 25c, 25 tor oOc. 100 for 
JI.50 Plain sealer and 100 bands SI. 75. Send 
stainD for two samples and price-list. Hun- 
dreds of testimonials received. Greatest 
show band on eartli. 

W. H.SMITH & CO., Blythedale, Mo. 



BARGAINS 

IN BREEDING STOCK 

At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I 
have a few birds that I used in my 
breeding pens this season that I will 
sell at a bargain. They are hens and 
two cocks. White Plymouth Rocks, 
Empire strain. Write for prices. 

Young stock. White Plymouth Rock 
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes 
for sale this fall. 

MRS, MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMONT. WIS. 




My stock is equal to any in the 
west. My prices are right atid I 
will treat you right. Prices on 
application. Write. 

John A. Liing^ 

HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 



WEST LIBERTY, la., July 29, 1901 
— List of shows I am to judge for the 
coming winter: 

Plow City Poultry and Pet Stock 
Association, Moline. 111. — Dates, No- 
vember 26 to 30. H. E. Biggs, secre- 
tary, Moline. 

Yorkville Poultry Association, York- 
ville, 111.— December 2 to 6. A. P. 
Hill, secretary, Yorkville 111. 

Missouri State Poultry Association, 
Chillicothe, Mo.— December 9 to 13. 
C. W. Nuss, secretary, Tina. Mo. 

Columbus Junction Poultry Associa- 
tion, Columbus Junction, la. — Decem- 
ber li, 13 and 14. H. L. Duncan, sec- 
retary, Columbus City, la. 

Upper Iowa Poultry Association, 
Mason City, la. — December 17 to 20. 
John D. Reeler, secretary, Mason City. 

Des Moines Poultry and Pet Stock 
Association, Des Moines, la. — Decem- 
ber 23 to 28. Charles H. Clarke, sec- 
retary, Des Moines, la. 

Iowa State Poultry Association, 
Bloomfield, la. — December 31 to Jan- 
uary 3, 1902. S. J. Henderson, Bloom- 
field, la. 

Galena Poultry Association, Galena, 
111.— January 6 to 9. F. H. Turner, 
secretary, Galena, 111. 

Muscatine County Poultry and Pet 
Stock Association, Muscatine, la. — 
January 8, 9 and 10. G. M. Porter, 
secretary, Muscatine, la. 

Aurelia Poultry Association, Aure- 
11a, la.-^anuary 13, 14 and 15. H. B. 
Green, secretary, Aurelia, la. 

Luverne Poultry Association, Lu- 
verne, Minn. — January 16, 17 and 18, 
N. R. Reynolds, secretary, Luverne 
Minn. 



North Dakota State Poultry Asso- 
ciation, Fargo, N. D. — January 21 to 
24. Samuel F. Crabbe, secretary, 
Fargo, N. D. 

Monona County Poultry Association, 
Onawa, la. — January 28 to 31. 0. M. 
Willey, secretary, Onawa, la. 

Southeastern Wisconsin Poultry As- 
sociation, Delavan, Wis. — February 4 
to 8. E. J. Scott, secretary, Delavan, 
Wis. 

Very truly, 

P. H. SHELLABARGER. 



JACKSONVILLE, 111., July 29, 1901. 
— Mr. L. P. Harris: Dear Sir — Your 
favor of 26th received. Success to 
you in your new calling. As you re- 
quest my show dates tor 1901 and 1902 
I give them to you below. Respect- 
fully yours, 

D. T. HEIMLICH. 

Bunceton, Mo., August 29, 1901. W. 
B. Kerns, secretary. 

Rockford, 111., September 4, 1901. 
J. B. Whitehead. 

Pueblo, Colo., September 23-27, 1901, 
State Fair. J. F. Munsey. 

Booneville, Mo., November 2o-29, 
1901. H. P. Mason. 

Bowling Green, Mo., December 2-3, 
1901. L. T. Sanderson. 

Kirksville, Mo., December 4-7, 1901. 
F. A. Buckingham. 

Springfield, 111., December 7-12, 
1901. J. Lauterbach. 

Jacksonville, 111., December 12-14, 
1901. F. C. Brewer. 

Hoopston, 111., December 16-18, 1901. 

Wenona, 111., December 18-20, 1901. 
U. R. McAdams. 

Table Grove, 111., December 23-28, 

1901. W. D. Hall. 

Salina, Kan., December 30-January 
4, 1902. L. D. Arnold. 
Whitewater, Wis., January 13-19, 

1902. Will A. Cowles. 

QUINCY, 111., July 29, 1901.— Mr. L. 
P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.: Dear 
Sir — In answer to your kind favor of 
July 26th, wil say my show dates as 
contracted for the present time are: 

Pan-American Poultry Show, Octo- 
ber 20-31, 1901. 

Cleveland, December 4-8, 1901. 

Elgin, December 23-26, 1901. 

Peoria, December 26-29, 1901. 

Illinois State Poultry Show, Joliet, 
second week in January, 1902. 

Cedar Rapids, third week In Janu- 
ary, 1902. 

These are the only shows that I 
have contracted tor. Please make 
note in your journal that it will be 
impossible for me to accept any fur- 
ther contracts. I have refused at 
least a hundred. My time is so taken 
up with other business that it is im- 



I'on.TRV IXVHSTIC.ATOR. 

^ Brief Busir^ess Co^tchers. ^ 



30 WORDS 

SINGLE INSERTION 

50 CENTS 



rndcr tVicsc heading's cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in- 
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 
No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
uniform in size and style. A clianj,'e in makeup 
allowed each quarter. 



30 WORDS 

WITH INVESTIGATOR 

1 YEAR $3.00 



BCFK I'r>YMOUTII UOCK Cockerels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prices. Ailjert K. Swctt. :ili4 Mosley St., 
k\gin. III. 

BLACK LANGSHAN. W. I'. Rock.ill old 
stock for sale at $1.00 ench. young wliilc 
Heklns ducks (i for W 00 uli from high scor- 
ing stock. Mrs. Henry tfhrader. Berlin. 
Nebraska. 

BUFF roOHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- 
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
winners. For sale, -'ohn A Johnson, Pilot 
Mound, Iowa. 

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 



lOOS. S. HAMBlUtOS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
condition fastiionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rev. li. A. Chamblin, Unionlown, 
Kansas. 

IF YOU WANT the blood nf Boston and New 
York winners in Barred Hocks. S. C Brown 
and White Leghorns. I l>ave it and can 
please you in stock at low prices. Eggs in 
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
treville, Md. 

SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels 
»1.23each Pullets ifl.OO. PairsJ2.00. Trios 
$a.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock 
Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. 
Holt. Utica. Minn. 



SPECIAL HAR(;AINS In ButT Wyandottes. 
pure Huffs Winm-rs at Chicago and Cedar 
Rapids. I"wa. Also a line line of Bantams 
such as tiame Cochins. Sebriglits and Jap- 
anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, I)e 
Witt, Iowa. Bo.N -26. 

BLUE BARRED P. ROCKS. Choice breed- 
ing and fine ixliil)iiion l>irds for sale. Win- 
ners wherever arul wln-inever shown. Pric- 
es low. .Musi Mil. Wriie for printed fold- 
er. N. M. doit. Marsljalilown, Iowa. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin- 
er than ever, superior feathering, "^hape 
and color. Always satisfaction gUJiran- 
teed. U, J. Slianklln, Wanbeek, Iowa. 



possible for me to do any judging. 
With kind regards, yours very truly, 
THEO. HEWES. 



November 11-13. 1901— Tabor County 
Poultry Association, Tabor, la. E. H. 
Harrison, secretary. 

November 14-16, 1901 — Mercer Coun- 
ty Poultry Association, Princeton, Mo. 
Mrs. E. D. Loe, secretary. 

November 19-22, 1901— Harrison 
County Poultry Association, Gains- 
ville, Mo. Mrs. E. A. \v'iIson, secre- 
tary. 

November 26-29, 1901— Galesburg 
Poultry Association, Galesburg, III. 
D. E. Blick, secretary. 

December 3-6 — Harvey County Poul- 
try Association, Newton, Kan. C. M. 
Glover secretary. 

December 6-9 — Kansas City Poultry 
Club, Kansas City, Mo. C. S. Hunt- 
ing, secretary. 

December 10-14 — Missouri State 
Poultry Association, Chillicothe, Mo. 
C. W. Nuss, Tina, Mo., secretary. 

December 18-21 — Bloomington Poul- 
try Association 'bloomington. III. 
Israel Root, secrevnvy. 

December 23-28 — Des Moines Poultry 
Association, Des Moines, Iowa. Chas. 
H. Clark, secretary. 

December 31-Jan. 3, 1902— Iowa State 
Poultry Association, Bloomfield, Iowa. 
S. J. Henderson, secretary. 

January 6-11, 1902— Illinois State 
Poultry Association, Joliet, 111. C. E. 
Ellsworth, Danville, 111., secretary. 

January 13-18, 1902— Nebraska State 
Poultry Association, Lincoln, Ne- 
braska. L. W. Garoutte, secretary. 

January 20-24, 1902— National Fan- 
ciers' Poultry Association, Chicago, 
111. F. L. Kimmey, secretary. 

January 23-27, 1902— Interstate 
Poultry Association, Wabash, Ind. B. 



F. Clemans, secretary. 

January 30-Feb. 2, 1902— South Da- 
kota State Poultry Association, Mitch- 
ell, S. D. C. C. Bras, secretary. 

August 20-31— Iowa State Fair. 

September 2-6 — Nebraska State Fair. 

September 9-13 — Missuori State Fair. 

September 16-20 — Indiana State Fair. 

September 20-Oct. 5— Illinois State 
fair. 

October 7-12— St. Louis Fair. 

October 21-23— Pan American Expo- 
cition. 

Ottumwa, la. W. S. RUSSELL. 



Editor Poultry Investigator: 

KILDARE, Okla., July 29, 1901.— 
Mr. L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb. — 
Dear Sir: Yours at hand. Our time 
is so taken up with farm and stock 
interests that we shall Judge no shows 
this season unless it may be one or 
two as an outing. 

Very truly, 
JOHN C. SNYDER. 



SHOW ENGAGEMENTS— 1901-1902— 
TOPEKA, KANSAS. 

Clay County Poultry Association, 
Clay Center, Kansas, Nov. 26 to 29, 
1901. Mrs. J. W. Pinkenton, secre- 
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

California Poultry Fanciers' Club, 
California, Mo., Dec. 3 to 6, 1901. R. 
M. Ramsey, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
judge. 

Grand River Valley Poultry Asso- 
ciation, Albany, Mo., Dec. 13, 1901. R. 
R. French, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
judge. 

Jefferson County Poultry Associa- 
tion, Valley Falls, Kansas, Dec. 16 to 
19, 1901. E. S. Mitchell, secretary; C. 
H. Rhodes, judge. 

Pottawattamie County Poultry As- 
sociation, Onago, Kansas, Dec. 20 to 



Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er & 
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas. eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackej's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackej-, Proprietor. 
CLARKSVll,i,E, : : : : MISSOURI. 



Single Comb Brown L eghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. Rickards, 

SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 

Ogdeti, Utah. 



POUITRVHEN :Z', -T^Z 

unless ppijWTCn neatly. I do it 
it is mill 1 LV „-ell and use good 
cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accommodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



I'On/rRV IXX'KSTIC.ATOR. 



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21. 19U1. Mrs. Minnie Oliambers. sec- 
retary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Manhattan Poultry Club, Manhattan, 
Kansas, Dec. 23 to 25, 1901. W. H. 
Lamb, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Delphos Poultry Ass'n. Delphos. 
Kansas. Dee. 26 to 28. 1901. E. M. 
Swain, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Republican Valley District Associa- 
tion, McCook, Nebraska, Dec. 30, 1901, 
to January 4, 1902. B. G. Gossard, 
secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Kansas State Poultry Association, 
Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 6 to 11, 1902. 
Geo. H. Gillis, secretary; judges, C. H. 
Rhodes, L. P. Harris. 

Nebraska State Poultry Association, 
Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13 to 18, 1902. 
L. W. Garroutte, secretary; judges, W. 
S. Russell, C. H. Rhodes. 

Central Oklahoma Poultry Associa- 
tion, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Jan. 21 
to 24, 1902. H. P. Stephenson, secre- 
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Rooks County Poultry Association, 
Plainville, Kansas, Jan. 27 to 28, 1902. 
M. Melott, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
judge. 

Pondre Valley Poultry Association, 
Greeley, Colorado, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, 
1902. R. T. Armstrong, secretary; C. 
H. Rhodes, judge. 

Kansas State Agricultural College 
E.xhibit, Manhattan, Kansas, February, 
1902. School of instruction in judging 
poultry. C. H. Rhodes, judge and in- 
structor. 

Ravenwood, Mo. Dates 

C. H. Rhodes, judge. 

Orrsburg, Mo. Dates, 

C. H. Rhodes, judge. 



Red Oak, Iowa, Nov. 23 to 28. J. M. 
Scott, secretary. 

Hebron, Neb., Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. F 
P. Hensel, secretary. 

Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8, 9, 10. G. W. 
D. Reynolds, secretary. 

Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 13 to 16. 

Malvern, Iowa, September 3 to 5. 

Montgomery County Fair, Septem- 
ber 17 to 20. 

J. E. THOMPSON, 
Malvern, Iowa. 

We will judge at the following 
shows this winter: 

The Pan-American, Buffalo, N. Y.', 
October. 

Mount Vernon, November 19-22. 

Cleveland, O., December 4-10. 

Mansfield, O., November 27-30. 

Richwood, O., December 18-20. 

Van Wert, O., first week in Janu- 
ary, 1902. 

Pittsburg, Pa., second week in Feb- 
ruary,' 1902. Yours truly, 

IRA C. KELLER. 

Prospect, O., August 7, 1901. 




INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU BUY.^ 

'9wantP'iri'iJBtiiiiiHr.i tu te perlclW datistie^i bbffiff . he\ Bpend their monev . iDvesUgste U»<« 
cliiiJLSOt nil liicubatorH in.Uheu decide. We l-elieve you wil 1 tindlhat the 

SURE HATCH EMGUBATORS 

AND C4IMMON 8ENPE FOLWINO HROOOEK8 "e ^rWng better eaitsfacMoti 
ibHn any other made. It'a becauee tbtry are so simple, Bt^nsible and ompc. ^^7 '"4" . °^. 
busy people, who haveVt time to fuss and bcher. "Our cataloKUe U ITKh-E. We Uon t 

»— . - — Mk voato pay for it. Isn't 1 1 worth fiiaminlngt 

SURE HATCH INCUBATOR COWPANY, CLAY CENTER. NEBRASKA. 



Tj ij rj l« For the next (iU days I wil 

i OUltrV ijlippllGS.. t Shell in lots of 500 pounds o 



will sell Grit and 
or over at great- 
ly reduced fig-ures. It will pay you to lay in 
your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 

E. fl. PEGLiEt^, 241 S 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. Box 463. 



1 1 3 



THE IDEAL 
Aluminum 
LEG BAND. 



Is tlie iioknuwIei;t'd leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiKide witli a double /•hncli 
and i'i guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
on. It is absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say: 

Yeinioatb.Me.-Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been tboroughly testing your 
leg band also others of the latest make. Tlie Ideal Aluminum Leg B;ind is certainly ttie 
best one that I have ever used and I believe 1 have u.sed about all of them. Please snip 
me 1000 as follows: 200 No. (i, 60 No. 7,400 No. 8, 100 vo. 9. 200 No. 10. M No. 11. ,,,„,^„„„ 

Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome. 

Prices of bands, po-st paid. 13 for 20c. 3;i for a.if. 5(1 for fi.-.c. 100 for *1. r>00 for U, 1000 for h. 
Send 4c in postage f.ir eirruhir of Barred Plymouth Kocks and sample bands. 

FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Pari, III. 




Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and Black Langshans 

We have some e.xtra bargains in our this years breeders that we would 
be glad to tell you about and if you will drop us a card we will tell you 
what we have for sale and probably can do you some good. Rocks scor- 
ing to 1)4 points and Langshans to 95,'i points by Harris. Young stock 
for sale and at a bargain considering- quality. 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



No Kggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
young chicks for sale in pairs and 
trios. Bred from the best matings of 
imported stock. I have hundreds of 
February and March hatched chicks 
for sale. Mention this Journal. 
W. H. BLSHELL, IMPORTER A^D BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA. 



Buff Orpingtons 



THE COMING BREED 



White Leghorns. 

Layers and winners. An inducement to 
buy at once and of us— tested breeders, hens 
$8. $10 and *rj per dozen. Cocks *1.50 to iii.M 
each Scott isli Terrier puppies $i. 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM. 

R. R. Fri;iich, iWgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



Please mention the InvE.STIg.\TOi< 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



RUFF P RnnK^ E.xcluslvely. Pure 

durr r. nuuj^ Burdick gow Nug- 

gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
can be found, and are up-to-date in 
every respect. Some fine specimens 
for sale: reasonable prices on applica- 
tion. Address 

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANriOTTES. E. 
1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. II. Mills. Poultry 
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 



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Imported Buff Orpingtons. 

Ar<i wlnniTs lit li. 1'. U.. Madison Siiiliuc. 
Wash.. N. .1. Keotii. Iowa city Iowa SMiti- 
Shows. Orpliiglon *" to $30 per trio. Will 
close out xll the Kocks, Hradley Kus. -uid 
Lathans Strains. One pair of I vr nla hliinv 
hlrds for sale cheap, fli io92'2. A line lot of 
yoUDR show birds In both varieties. Always 
win; sure to please. Uetter get In the push. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 

SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 

.S tiraiid Ureeders for sale at a bar- 
gain. Also TOO selected Laiigshati 
chicks. Address, 

BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvllle, lud. 



POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind tliat win and lay e},'{;.s. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 500. 



Barred P. Rocks... 

Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 

In the show room the)- have shown 
their excellence, have scored f roni 9U II' 
94 by prominent judges. Write vpants. 
C. F. HINMAN, Friead, Nebraska. 



Buff P. Rocks. 

Motto: — "tiood stock at moderate 
price." Stuck for sale after Sept. l.s. 
W. D. SWAIN, PaHora, la. 




THE FEED, NOT THE BREED 

Is responsible for results. 

ThTBALANCED RATION 

For Poultry is here at last. 

The M Egg Hen is now a 



Midland Formulas... 

Ready Mixed. 

1. Nursery Chick Food. 

2. Orowins Chick Food. 
■I. Fattening Chick Food. 

4. Egg and Feather Pro. 
duclne Food. 

5. Nursery DuckllngFood 
0. GrowlngDui-kllngFood 
7 Fattening Duck ling 

and Gosling Food. 
s. Laying Duck Food. 

9. Stock Ducks' Summer 
Food. 

10. Growing Gosling Food 



Uur elTorts to furnish the poultry world with a complete food 
for a speciHc purpose, and built on a scientific and practical ha. 
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success. Our food is now being used by the most pr gresslve 
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time Every can is euaranteed or money refunded 
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^ ROUP CURE -^ 



J. D. W.HaLl. IluxCODesMolues, lowa. 

200 White Plymouth Rocks 

FOK SALE. 

Our specialty. Wliite birds;i laree size 
winter layers. Prices 75i' eaeli ; $6 per 13. 

F. J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr. 




A Fan Fair 

Is a -nod plai-e 10 slinw 
.vnni ..nullrv and rillu-r liv. 
s n U. Iiul fnr l.ilv's saki. d, 
nol laki- ill. ■Til Iheri^ miusv 

Lambert's Death to Lite 
Remedies an- ad .iili-ci fon-v. 

lliin;.' anvwln-i'e. .-^airiple llic, 
W paire lin..k fn^i-. 

D. J. LAMBERT, 

Appanaug, R. I. 



choice 
cockerels 

& 
Stock Eggs 

for 
Hatchingm 



The Result of 25 
Year's Breeding. 

Line Bred at the 

American Poultry 

Farm. 



I'roni Haired and Wliiie Plymouth RorUs. 

WliUe anil Silver Wyandortes. While and 

Hniwn ■..■'.'lioins. (Jolden Seliri'_'lit Hantams. 

nriin/... Turkeys, and Pearl Cuinias. 

Belgian Hare*, Jersey Cattle. 

Valualii.^ c'ii.^iilar. 

F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalb, III. 



BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 



Ill' 



of priz«--winiiin;; anresliTs; liave made tli 
aspech.lly f..r l!l years Nnw nlTeiini; fine 
«.\hll)llliili anil L-'ranil lir eilin;; sli.ek of bolli 
1900 and I'.KII baleli at leiivin- price if taken 
.soon. Send for Illustrated circular Willi 
half-tones of ineritoi lous birds. Addre.ss. 

M. L. EDSOM, Jacksonville, III. 



^ Buff P. Rocks 
[hI Exclusively... 

We have Jiid(,'e Harris' entire stock. 
These, toffether with our own prize 
winners, gives us the best tlock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please j'ou both in quality and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
ouse (Jeese for sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



Let The 
Hens Lay 

■UK' ^ '•^u 



I but Hatch Chickens by Steam 

g The best, surest and most economical method 
2 of hatching is with the 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 




CEO. H. STAHL, 

114-122 S. 6th St., 

Quincy, III. 




HERE is an Opportunity 



To obtain 

S. C. B. LEGHORNS 



Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY 
DOWN. Send for illustrated catalog-ue — it's free. 

GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 



c^0^ Silver Liaced 'Wyandottes ^o^ 

With Royal Blood in Their Veins. 

Ste this — Winners at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebraska State show 
at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerel, 1st, 
2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 925+ was cut one and 
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights. 
This makes him a !)4J4' point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte 
breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy 
andottes, we can. I. & N M. CONNER, Ponca Neb. 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Are better than ever as thej' have farm range. Have 280 young and 
liO old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
tirsts and part second in state show the last twto years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 



o-Or 



BLOOD TELLS. 



C^-O-O 



Scientific breeding and s(iuare dealing have made Whitney's National 
Strain line bred Barred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb Brown Leg- 
horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If j'ou want 
birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular 
and prices. Address, .T. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. O. box I. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. 




Blaachard, : : : Friend, Nebraska. 

S3BREEDEUS OF f=' <■ 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland 
Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska 
State Poultry show 11)01 we won 1st pen, 1st 
hen, 1st cock. 3d cocUrel, which was a prize 
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska 
State Fair, '^d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 
1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock- 
erel—a first prize on every bird entered. 
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 



Please mention tlie iNVKsric.^TdK when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser and us. 




Vol. 



Clay Center, Nebraska. October, I90I 



Interior View of tKe Lincoln Auditorium. 




This month we present to our readers an interior view of the Lincoln Auditorium where the Nebraska State show will be held next Jan. 
We last month ffave notice that the show would be held Jan. 13 to 18, but at semi-annual meeting at State Fair it was changed to comply with 
state law governing it, to Jan. 21 to 3ft, 1902. Be sure to remember the dates and to show with us. L,. W. Garoute, Secretary, Lincoln, Nebr. 
L. P. Harris, President, Clay Center, Nebr. 



CHICKEN FIXINGS 
FOR. WINTER, v v 



By ^ "^ 
HATTIE 
BVFIELD 



Sod buildings for poultry have been 
denounced as unhealthy, wet, rat 
breeding and vermin infested places, 
the only merit being that they -were 
warm, until the rats had filled them 
with air-holes. 



We once had a good sod chicken 
house. The roof was made of boards 
covered with tar paper, and well 
sodded. Inside it was plastered in 
rather a poor fashion ; water would not 
freeze in that house, roup and disease 



were unknown. In the big deep win- 
dows the hens that were not laying 
sang all the winter days. Wheat was 
worth a dollar a bushel, but the hens 
paid their way and some more. That 
house was comfortable for the chick- 
ens and a comfort to me, but the rats 
came, and poisons, cats and dogs 
seemed useless — a real rat dog I could 
not use because it would tear the house 
down. The sod house eventually fell 
down because of the perforations in 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



the walls. I was forever discouraged 
from building sod buildings, although 
no other had been so comfortable. 

A few weeks ago I visited a lady who 
lived in a pretty house newly papered. 
The house was built on a stone founda- 
tion and the exterior corresponded 
with the interior in attractiveness; 
the window seats were deep and full 
of blooming plants. "Of what mate- 
rial is this house constructed?" I ask- 
ed. "This is a sod house," she replied. 
"It has stood for nine years and there 
is no visible signs of decay. The ce- 
ment on the outside prevents the 
weather from destroying it." "But 
the rats?" I queried. "Don't you have 
rats?" "Oh, yes. but the stone founda- 
tion and the cement prevents their 
working into the walls; we keep cats, 
of course, to help." 

Then we can have thick, warm sod 
houses, and have them durable. That 
house proves it, and if we can have 
the sod houses we can have plenty of 
winter eggs. There are a whole lot of 
people who could not afford lumber to 
build. Cement is not expensive, and 
in many places stone for the founda- 
tion could be had for the hauling. But 
laying the question of expense aside, 
the sod house is a good house if well 
built. Cemented on the outside, it 
■would not be damp. If window and 
door frames are well fitted a sod house 
can be successfully fumigated, and no 
Uouse that is too open for that opera- 
ton is fit for a chicken to dwell in. I 
am told that "ivory cement" is dis- 
tasteful to insect life. Of course, it 
would be if applied when moist, but 
friends tell me that insects dislike to 
roam over its smooth surface. Now, 
say what you like, there is nothing in 
common lime to discourage the pere- 
grination of bedbugs, neither their 
rapid breeding. Whitewash highlv 
flavored with "carbolic acid" is an 
able assistant in destroying vermin. 
Carbnlized lime, -with a proportion of 
one ounce of carbolic acid to the 
bushel of Urae, is not much good; mul- 
tiply the acid by six and then it will 
do the work. 

A neighboring poultry man Intends 
building a winter poultry house of 
"adobe brick," but unless such a house 
were cemented outside and in, it would 
be worth little more than tough sods. 

If one's means allowed of a stone 
building or buildings it would prob- 
ably be better, but we prefer the sod, 
If it can be made rat proof, to any 
cheap frame. 

Feed will be high In this section. 
Wheat, unthreshed. if it can be bought 
at a reasonable figure, will be best for 
the poultry people. Threshing out their 
own wheat makes the hens lay. Bran 
and shorts for the mashes will be hard 




A flock i)f White W.\ 
E. E. Smith, proprietor. 



ndottes owned by' the Capitol City Poultry Ranch, Lincoln. Ni-b.. 



to obtain unless shipped in. Some of 
the country people are disposing of 
their chickens because they won't lay 
without feed, and they have nothing to 
teed them. We never saw feed so high 
in price that well hens would not pay 
for it. A woman complained to me 
that she got no good of her fowls be- 
cause she had nothing to feed them. 
This looked foolish to me, for if she 
had fed, the eggs she could have sold 
would have brought back the price 
of the feed. We never could get into 
the new -way of giving mashes at 
night. We think the morning best, 
and as the mashes are soon digested 
the fowls are not discouraged from 
scratching by their light, warm break- 
fast. A cold hen is not very ener- 
getic; does not seem to understand 
that scratching has anything to do 
with her blood circulation. The warm 
breakfast makes her energetic and 
bran mash alone is not all she craves. 
Straw in the poultry house, in the 
scratch pen and in the yards is what 
we want — so much straw that Biddy 
cannot get a kernel of grain unless 
she earns it by the sweat of her — well, 
a hen has a brow, hasn't she? 

I wish some of the poultry folks 
would discuss dogs, the different 
breeds and their merits, in the poul- 
try yards. We have a splendid New- 
foundland. He sucks eggs and likes 
ducks to eat. As a watch dog, his ap- 
pearance and bark would discourage 
thieves. Dogs are an adjunct that no 
poultryer can be without. We know 
that, but our own experience with 
them has been discouraging. The fer- 
rets were not better and they utterly 
failed to rid the place of rats. Ferrets 
catch rats, but the rats do not flee, as 
we were led to believe they would. 

In building and in all our arrange- 



ments, safe grounds against thieves 
and vermin ought to occupy a large 
share of our attention. Thieves are 
perhaps rare, and yet when we least 
expect it a raid is made. Vermin is 
generally plentiful. Skunks and 
weasels are great pests and if we 
could keep dogs that would destroy 
them. We would not hear much about 
bad luck. 

Who has had experience with ce-. 
ment floors? Somebody tell us about 
them. It will be of general interest, 
we feel sure. HATTIE BYFIELD. 



NOTICE. 

We show on the front page of the 
Investigator this month a cut of 
White Pekin ducks enjoying a morn- 
ing swim on an irrigation reservoir at 
the Capitol City Poultry Ranch. E. E. 
Smith, proprietor, Lincoln, Nebr. 




The first B. p. Rock hen at Friend. Nebr.. at 
tale show, 1901. Owned and bred by C. F. Hin- 
nan. Friend. Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



NEBRASKA JTATE FAIR 

The Largest aLnd Best 
Show This Fall. 

The Nebraska State Fair has come 
and gone. It was held in Lincoln, 



Cock — First premium, Robert Black; 
second premium, Robert Black. 

Cock — First premium, Robert Black; 
second premium, Robert Black. 
S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS. 

Pen fowls— All to Eggart. 

S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. 

Pen chicks — First premium, S. H. 
September 1 to 6. It was a most Poultry Co. 

wonderful success. One of the best Fowls— First and second premiums, 
attractions was the large and fine s. H. Poultry Co. 

display of poultry and pet stock Pullets— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
which numbered over 1,600 specimens try Co.; second premium, J. A. Bridge. 
In all and they were all Nebraska Cockerel— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
ralsed; stock firms out of the state try Co.; second premium, .1. A. Rudge. Eggart. 
for some cause not being shown— Hen- -First premium, S. H. Poultry 
every exhibitor was a Nebraska Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
fancier. There was a large exhibit of Cock— First premium, S.' H. Poultry 
Belgian hares and some very fine Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
specimens. This exhibit took up BXTFF WYANDOTTES. 

nearly one-half of one of the large pen chicks— First premium, S. H. 
wings of the building and the hares poultry Co.; second premium, S. H. 
had many admirers. There was a fair Poultry Co. 

exhibit of pigeons and pets. Four In- pen fowls— First premium, S. H. 
cubator firms were represented In the poultry Co.; second premium, H. C. 
exhibit and it was by great odds the Young, 
best exhibit ever made In the state. Pullet— First premium, S. H Foul- 



.4.NDULUSI0N. 
All to E. H. Eggart. 

HOUDAN. 
Pen chicks — Second premium, D. W. 
Evans. 

Pen fowls — First premium, D. Lar- 
son; second premium, D. W. Evans. 

Pullets — First and second premium, 
D. W. Evans. 

Cockerels — First and second pre- 
mium, D. W. Erans. 
Hen — First premium, D. W. Evans. 

ROSE COMB W. LEGHORN. 
Pen chicks — First premium, E. H. 



Pen fowls — First premium, E. H. 
Eggart; second premium, Casper EMce. 

Pullet — First and second premium, 
E. H. Eggart. 

Hen — First and second premium, E. 
H. Eggart. 

Cockerels — First and second pre- 
mium, E. H. Eggart. 

Cock — First and second premium, B. 
H. Eggart. 

SINGLE COMB W. LEGHORNS. 



Pen chicks — First premium, Casper 
In the poultry display there were try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Dice; second premium, J. Cook John- 
many new fanciers and many of them try Co. son. 

carried home the blue ribbon on their Cockerel— First premium, S. H. Pen fowls— First premium, J. C. 
stock. Poultry Co.; second premium, S. H. Johnson; second premium, L. C. Hunt- 

There were 1,360 specimens in poultry Co. ington. 

poultry, 54 ducks; 24 geese, 170 Hen— First premium, H. C. Young; Pullet— First premium, J 
pigeons, 95 hares, 4 incubator dis- second premium, H. C. Young, 
plays, 158 B. P. Rocks, 78 Buff Rocks, Cock— First premium, F. H. Brown; 
80 Buff Wyandottes, 60 S. C. W. Leg- second premium, S. H. Poultry Co. 
horns, 70 Brown Leghorns, 62 White BUFF ROCKS. 

Rocks, and so on, nearly every variety pen chicks — First premium, G. H. 
fairly good Green; second premium, Albert Le- 
mon. 
Pen fowls-First 



being represented by 
exhibit. 
Among the best displays were B. P. 



C. John- 
son; second premium, Casper Dice. 

Hen — First premium, Casper Dice; 
second premium, L. C. Huntington. 

Cock — First premium, Casper Dice; 
second premium, J. C. Johnson. 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN. 
Pen chicks — First premium, Jennie 
premium, Albert Birdsall; second premium, E. H. Eg- 



Rocks, Buff P. Rocks, Buff Wyan- Lemon; second premium, S. H. Poul- gart. 

dottes. Golden Wyandottes, Buff Coch- try Co. Fowls— First premium, E. H. Eg- 

ins, S. C. W. Leghorns and Brown Rillat- First premium, S. H. Poultry gart; second premium, Jennie Birdsall. 
Leghorns. In all the above were Co.; second premium, S. H. Poultry Pullet — First premium, Jennie Bird- 
specimens fit to show among the best Co. sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart. 
and win. Cockerel— First premium, S. H. Poul- Cockerel — First premium, Jennie 
The new breeds were fairly repre- try Co.; second premium, S. H. Pwal- Birdsall; second premium, E. H. Eg- 
sented, namely. Buff Orpington, a very try Co. gart. 

popular breed; the Partridge, Wyan- Hen — First premium, S. H. Poultry Hen— First premium, Jennie Bird- 
Co.; second premium, S. H. Poultry sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart. 
Co. Cock— First premium, Jennie Bird- 

Cock— First premium, S. H. Poultry sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart. 



dotte and Klondikes. 



LIST OP PREMIUMS. 



Co.; second premium, Albert Lemon. 
BLACK JAVA. 



Pullet— First premium, J. A. Rudge. Rudge. 



HOUDANS. 

Cock— nrst premium, D. Larson; 
second premium, D. W. Evans. 
C. I. GAMES. 

Penfowls — First premium, Robert 
Black; second premium, Cottle Bros. 

Pullet — First premium, S. H. Poul- 
try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Eggart. 
try Co. Pen fowls— First premium. 

Cockerels — First premium, S. H. Eggart. 
Poultry Co.; second premium, Robert Pullet — First premium, E. H. Eg- 



S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 
Pen chicks — First premium, J. 



Hen— First premium, J. A. Rudge; 
second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
Cock— First premium, J. A. Rudge. 

WHITE MINORCA. 
Pen chicks — First premium, E. H. 



E. H. 



Pullet — First premium, H. C. Young; 
second premium, J. A. Rudge. 

Cockerel — First and second, J. A. 
Rudge. 

Hen— First premium, H. C. Young; 
second premium, A. P. Hollenbeck. 

Cock — First and second, A. P. Hol- 
lenbeck. MINORCA. 

Hen — First and second, Joseph Hill- 



gart; second premium, E. H. Eggart. men. 



Black. 

Hen — First premium, Robert Black; Cockerel — First and 
second premium, Robert Black. mium, E H. Eggart. 



second pre- Cock — First premium, Joseph Hill- 
men. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




The poultry fanciers at the I'lJl Nebraska Stale I"air. A j. .11 v set iif cranks that 
can tell a good chicken a mile away. Let us meet a^ain at the State Poultry show. 



W. P. B. SPANISH. 

All to R. Striker. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE. 

Pen (hicks — First premium, Casper 
Dice; ffcond premium, A. C. Cook. 

Fowls — First premium, A. C. Cook. 

Pullet — First and second, F. B. 
Duey. 

Cockerels — First and second, Casper 
Dice. 

Hen — First premium, A. C. Clark; 
iiecond premium, Casper Dice. 

Cock — First premium, A. C. Clark; 
second jremium, W. B. Swisher. 
GOLDEN WYANDOTTE. 

Pen chicks — First premium, S. H. 
Poultry Co.; second premium, Ethlel 
Payne. 

Pen fowls — First and second pre- 
mium, S. H. Poultry Co. 

Pull.^ts — First and second, S. H. 
Poultry Co. 

Cockerels — First and second, S. H. 
Poultry Co. 

Hen— First and second, Ethiel 
Payne. 

Cock — First premium, S. H. Poul- 
try Co.; second premium, BIthlel 
Payne. 

SILVER LACE WYANDOTTE. 

Pen chicks — First premium, P. W. 
Doyle; second premium, J. A. Le- 
mon. 

Fowls — First premium, F. W. 
Doyle; second premium, A. R. 
Smythe. 

Hen— First premium, T. E. Wheel- 
er. 

Cock— First premium, T. E. Wheel- 
er. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK. 

Pen chicks — First premium, C. A. 
Blanchard; second premium, E. O. 
Spencer. 



Pen fowls — First premium, J. A. 
Rudge; second premium, S. H. Poul- 
try Co. 

PulletB — First premium, C. H. 
Blanchard; second premium, E. O. 
Spencer. 

Cockerel — First premium, C. H. 
Blanch.ard; second premium, E. 0. 
Spencer. 

Hen — First premium, C. H. Blanch- 
ard; second premium, C. H. Green. 

Cockerel — First premium, E. O. 
Spencer; second premium, S. S. Hall. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Pen chicks — First and second, T. L. 
Nerval. 

Pen fowls— First premium, T. L. 
Norval. 

Fowls — Second premium, S. H. 
Poultry Co. 

Pullets— First premium, T. L. Nor- 
val; second premium, C. R. Coffin. 

Cockerel — First and second, T. L. 
Norval. 

Hen— First and second, T. L. Nor- 
val. 

Cockerel— First premium, E. M. Cof- 
fin; second premium, T. L. Norval. 
WHITE LANGSHANGS. 

Pen fowls— First premium, J. A. 
Wheeler. 

Pullet — Second premium, J. A. 
Wheeler. 

Hen— First premium, J. A. Wheeler. 

Cock— First and second, J. A. 
Wheeler. 

BLACK LANGSHANG. 

Pen chicks— First premium, .T. C. 
.Tohnson; second premium, Alhert 
Lemon. 

Pen fowls— First and second, Albert 
Lemon. 

Pullets— First and second, J. Cook 
Johnson. 



H. 



H. E. 
S. H. 



Hol- 



L. J. 



L. J. 



A. 



Cockerel — First premium, J. Cook 
Johnson; second premium, Albert 
Lemon. 

Hen — First and second, Albert 
Lemon. 

Cock — First premium, J. C. John- 
son; second premium, R. L. Ball. 
PARTRIDGE COACHINS. 

Pen chicks — First premium, H. C. 
Bowman; second premium, S. H. 
Poultry Co. 

Pen fowls — First premium, S. H. 
Poultry Co. 

Pen pullets — First premium, H. E. 
Bowman. 

Pullet^Second premium. 
Poultry Co. 

Cockerel — First premium. 
Bowman; second premium 
Poultry Co. 

Hen — First and second, S. H. Poul- 
try Co. 

Cock — First premium, W. F 
comb. 

WHITE COCHINS. 

All to S. H. Poultry Co. 
DARK BRAHMAS. 

Pen chicks — First premium, 
Barger; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 

Pullet — First and second, L. J. 
Barger. 

Cockerel — First premium, 
Barger. 

Hen — First and second 
Rudge. 

Cock— First premium, Robert Black; 
second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 

Pen chicks — First premium, Casper 
Dice. 

Pen Fowls — Second premium, Cas- 
per Dice. 

Pullet— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
try Co.; second premium, Casper Dice. 

Cockerel — First premium, S. H. 
Poultry Co.; second premium, Casper 
Dice. 

Hen— First and second, Casper 
Dice. 

Cock— First and second, Casper 
Dice. 

GEESE. 

First premium— Mrs. M. M. Kirk- 
patrick. 

PEKIN DUCKS. 

All to E. E. Smith. 

B. B. RED GAMES. 

Fowls — First and second, Sure 
Hatch. 

Chicks— First premium. Sure Hatch. 
W. C. BANTAM FOWLS. 

First and second— Sure Hatch. 
PEKIN BANTAM. 

First and second— Sure Hatch. 
S. S. BANTAMS. 

First and second— Sure Hatch. 
G. S. BANTAMS. 

First premium — Sure Hatch; second 
premium, Mrs. KIrkpatrick. 



PET GAMES. 

Pen chicks — First premium, 0. Hoff- 
muster. 

Pen fowls — Second Premium, Ridge- 
way Poultry Co. 

Pullet — First premium, 0. Huflmus- 
ter; second premium, Sam'l Forrest. 

Cockerel — First and second, 0. 
Huffmuster. 

Hen — First premium, Sam'l Forrest; 
second premium, S. Abbott. 

Cock — First premium, Sam'l For- 
rest; second premium, S. Abbott. 
B. B. RED GAMES— BANTAMS. 

All to Sure Hatch. 

S. S. HAMBURGS. 

Pen fowls — First premium, J. A. 
Rudge. 

Hen — First and second, S. H. Poul- 
try Co. 

Cock— First premium, S. H. Poultry 
Co. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

and of others set later every egg 
hatched. At ten weeks old they are 
ready to market and at five months 
old they are matured. Their business 
is to lay eggs and this they do to per- 
fection. They lay all winter and from 
first of April to moulting time every 
duck will lay an egg every morning. 
Such laying I never heard of before. 
English breeders claim that eight year 
old ducks will lay as well as yearlings, 
so age is no bar to their usefulness. 
Breeders of Pekins had settled down 
to the idea that their favorites were 
the "whole thing," but Indian Runners 
are casting a shadow over them as 
general purpose ducks and as layers 
have simply left them in the shade. 
To show the profit in Indian Runners 
compared with Pekins, I give here- 
with the result of a test made by 
Dayton Bros.: 



leave feed, given them, uneaten, to 
range, which seems to suit their na- 
ture better. 

In quality. Runner eggs are much 
like hen eggs, not strong like other 
duck eggs. We have cooked dozens 
of them and prefer them to the hen 
eggs. 

These ducks are bound to become 
very popular. They are very beautiful 
and very profitable and all lovers of 
the almighty dollar will love them, 
for they are manufacturers of the 
"long green." They are here to stay. 
Try them! THOS. H. MILLS. 

Port Huron, Mich. 



INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. 
In spreading a knowledge of the 
good qualities of this very beautiful 
and wonderfully profitable duck, I feel 
I am doing some good, for by only 
reading of them will many become 
aware of their profitable qualities and 
be induced to try them. 

Indian Runners were brought to 
England from India by a sea captain, 
hence their name India, and Runner 
from their way of running over the 
ground instead of waddling like other 
ducks. In England their good qual- 
ities quickly captivated duck fanciers. 
Individual ducks there have made a 
record of 225 eggs a year. In this 
country a flock — not picked layers — 
have made a record of 192 eggs per 
duck per year. In India they were 
bred for their laying qualities, no at- 
tention being paid to color, and they 
vary somewhat in color in a general 
flock, some being fawn and white and 
some gray and white, while some come 
with pure white wings, while others 
have dark feathers in wings and 
drakes come with blue wing bars 
which is a big disqualification. In 
others the white becomes mixed with 
the fawn, giving them a mottled ap- 
pearance. Don't think from this that 
they don't breed true, for with careful 
mating they breed very true and it is 
only by careful selection and culling 
that we advance with any breed or 
variety. 

Standard weight of drake is 4% lbs.; 
duck, 4 lbs.; but many far exceed these 
weights. 

Our first drake at Detroit, January, 
1900, weighed 6 lbs. and ducks 5%; 
5 3-4 lbs. When young they grow very 
hardy. The fertility of Indianan Run- 
ner eggs is remarkable. Out of 36 
eggs set at one time we got 35 young 




A prize winning Barred Plymoutli Roclt 
iwned and'bred by C.F. Hinman, Friend.Nebr. 



Egg production — Pekins, 112 eggs 
per year. 

Egg production — Runners, 192 eggs 
per yeaer. 

Food consumption one month, per 
100— Pekins, 2,250 lbs. (about); Run- 
ners, 1,500 lbs. (about. 

Time required to reach market size — 
Pekins, 10 weeks; Runners, 10 weeks. 

Time required to reach maturity — 
Pekins, 6 to 9 months; Runners, 4 to 5 
months. 

This is an interesting comparison — 
an average of 192 eggs from a general 
flock is extraordinary and throws the 
work of the speckled hen away in the 
shade. It will be seen that the cost 
of producing a Pekin egg is nearly 
double that of producing a Runner 
egg. Runners given a range will pick 
up their own living and often will 



STATE FAIR AT YANKTON, S. D. 
South Dakota State Fair came off 
September 10 to 15, and as it hap- 
pened it was a bad week, as it rained 
from Saturday to Tuesday night and 
but few entries were made to what 
there would have been had the entry 
days been pleasant. Still there was 
a fair show, the most noticeable be- 
ing that of the poultry department. 
The poultry business in the Dakotas 
is in its infancy as compared with 
other older states, yet there was quite 
a creditable exhibit and some very 
fine specimens, especially, in B. P. 
Rock, Golden Wyandotte, White Wy- 
andotte, Buff Wyandotte and Buff P. 
Rocks. There was the best trio of 
B. B. Red Game Bantams shown 
for some time. Owing to the man- 
ner of making entries and keeping 
books it was impossible to get list of 
awards so they could be published. 

There were three incubator com- 
panies represented and each made a 
creditable hatch on the grounds, 
namely. Sure Hatch Incubator com- 
pany, the Klondike Incubator com- 
pany and the Cypress Incubator com- 
pany. The little chicks bursting 
forth from their pent up quarters in 
the shell interested large crowds of 
people, who took away with them 
quantities of advertising matter and 
will in the near future be raising 
poultry by artificial means. 

Much credit is due the superintend- 
ent, H. S. Fletcher, of Watertown, S. 
D., for his courteous treatment to all 
and the able manner in which he 
cared for every thing in his depart- 
ment. He certainly is the right man 
in the right place. 

L. P. HARRIS. 

Blue Barred Bocks 

The Kii\d Thatt Wins 

1st at Peoria: 1st at Geneseo; 1st at Cedar 
Falls; 1st at Daveuport; 1st at Mason City; 
1st at Mars>ialltown ; 1st at Ottumwa. A fine 
lot of bpeeding and exhibition birds for sale, 
including early chicks for the fall shows 
Write for prices and folder. 

J. M. HOLT, Marshalltown. Iowa. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



October Essenti^s 

By Mrs ELLA THOMAS. 



fowl for exhibition, if not cut for 
creamy color in back and on wing- 
bows, must be kept out of the sun ex- 
cept late of an evening, and even 
black or buff breeds have a richer 
sheen when kept out of the sun. It 

the hens show a disposition to begin 

^^^^ ~~ laying change to another house, for 

The lovely fall weather is here now males score the highest. Our poultry laying retards the process of moulting, 
with all its varied foliage of trees and journals, our poultry shows, our sensi- because it takes the life principal that 
flowers, but most of our fowls show ble, practical breeders, are the founda- ^^j.^^ ^^Q white of the egg in large 
the effect of the intense heat of sum- tion of our large numbers of profitable, quantities from the system. That is 
mer and need extra care and feed from beautiful breeds now given in the ^^y sweet milk is so essential. If the 
now until winter. I have been very Standard, all gradually climbing for fowls look pale or get pale in comb 
busy going over all my chicks with a the pinnacle of fame in poultry cul- f^om confinement take a quart of vine- 
heavy coat of insect powder, literally ture. Let us be full of emulation for gar and add old irons to it; give two 
filling the plumrge full of it to get rid the common good, feeding neither envy ^^ f^^^. tablespoonfuis of the liquid to 
of every semblance or vestige of ver- nor spite, nor accusing each other of gach gallon of water until the comb 
min. This will greatly aid the chicks having an "ax to grind," but cleave to ggjg j^g proper color. This prepara- 
to develop bright, beautiful plumage eirh other as they do in any other ^jon should not be given unless needed 
and retain the deep, glossy sheen the brotherhood. I believe the most of our ^o white fowls or those having white 
new feathers, just now coming in, old breeders take this broad-minded j^ plumage, because it gives them a 
should have. Nothing causes so much view of the work before us, else why brassy look on back. Pure, fresh water 
loss to the color of the plumage as so much accomplished in the past two .^hy^ plenty of grit and greed food 
lice constantly sapping the feithers. years? We must be mutual and in- of some kind makes a perfect bill of 
My next work was culling out all the separable friends to accomplish what fare for fowls for exhibition, unless 
young stock I do not care to keep over we have undertaken, not only the per- you are to give meat and cut bone, but 
to sell as breeders and exhibition fecting of our breeds, but a bond of j (jo not like either, unless cooked, as 
stock and for next season's breeders, friendship's union of the hearts of the ;(• increases the size of the comb too 
I find this very interesting work, yet noblest men and women on every part much. My laying or outside stock get 
full of anxiety lest I should do as I of our globe. When we take this view the range of the farm, to prey on the 
once did— sell off culls whi'.e yet fry- of the matter, brothers and sisters, we insects, eat all the refuse, such as po- 
ing size, my best fowls — but mistakes put our beloved vocation on a plane tato parings, apple parings, scraps 
like this cannot so often happen to the that is equal to any in the world, for from the table, parsley, cabbage leaves, 
experienced and painstaking breeder, it will be God-like. How many Chris- (.tc, all dumped into a large kettle, 
and I can now, even at this stage, se- tian men and women will work to this cooked and thickened with bran, salt 
lect my Brahmas and Barred Ply- end? To those who do we can prom- added. This, fed in the morning, is 
mouth Rocks with almost an assurance ise them their names will go down in all they get, and kafiir corn or corn at 
of selecting the poorer specimens, yet history and be enscrolled in letters of night. 

all who breed Light Brahmas know it gold on the very pinnacle of Fame's No theory should be considered in 
is not the easiest matter in the world, temple. our poultry culture that cannot be put 

I have too much color in a few this Now, I have my next duty to per- in practice. To practice what we 
season instead of lack of color, and form. It is to put my fowls that I preach is what counts. Our efforts 
that was caused by my lack of experi- wish to exhibit to themselves in yards should be directed by reason, and the 
ence in breeding for the bluish under- with the house filled in with from four work of each season should show some 
color spoken of in the September num- to six inches of sand; it is so easily improvement over that of the preced- 
ber, but it takes time to do all things kept clean for the fowls and for my ing season. To excel is one of the in- 
well, and I hope to aid others who feather-footed fowls I put nothing else, centives of the true breeder and fan- 
might make the mistakes I have made because I do not want them to scratch, pier Good luck and reason, or proper 
in the past. When we bring together The Barred Plymouth Rocks I put four management, are very intimate ac- 
as breeders fowls whose ancestors or six inches of straw, to induce them quaintances— in fact, mutual friends. 



were noted for deep color, we may get to scratch; it makes the feet and legs 
too much undercolor in the progeny, so bright and clean. My Brahmas I 
causing so much black in hack as to wash the feet and legs in strong soap- 
disqualify the birds, but if such birds suds when I put them up. rnd if they 
are pullets I retain them, for no money show scaly legs or feet I dip in a 
could purchase them all, for I keep strong solution of tobacco juice first. 
them as a reservoir of color exclu- then wash the feet, then pull out, one 
sively. because you know the male is by one, all the brother feathers in the 
half the flock, and he should never be feet and all that look soiled and 
a disqualified bird, even to bring back broken: in fact. I generally pull out 
or ret-'in rich, black markings. Rather, all the feathers in wings, tails, hackles 
I select the cockerels with as intense and outside fluff feathers. Jerking out 
black points as possible, yet a very with a quick, upward jerk a very few 
slight bluish undercolor throughout at a time. If done properly it does not 
the plumage. You see, I am perfecting give much pain, and the fowl, if fed 
the male first, knowing that when I sweet milk with a little lime in sun- 
can produce perfect Brahma males I flower seed, linseed meal, etc., will 
can have the females something near mnult quickly, alternately feeding 
it, because as a general rule the fe- wheat or kaffir corn, oats, etc. Any 



MRS. ELLA THOMAS. 




January, 1101. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




h. Lincoln, Nebr. 



An IncxibaLtor Talk 

Incubator talk seems somewhat out 
of place at this time of the year, and 
yet, for those who are not already in 
possession of an incubator, it is the 
proper time for them to begin looking 
them up, in order to determine what 
kind they want. 

During the fall fairs and winter 
poultry shows many of the different 
makes are on exhibition, with good 
long-winded people in attendance to 
tell of their excellent qualities. While 
for the defective points you have to go 
fishing yourself. We have used ar-' 
tificial methods of hatching for sev- 
eral years and would not go back to 
the hens. 

Many people have such funny no- 
tions about just the proper place for 
things. If they cannot have just what 
they consider the proper place for an 
incubator they won't have one at all. 

This calls to my mind a gentleman 
who came to our yards last spring to 
purchase a cockerel. He asked to see 
our incubator, and when shown it 
said, "Why! Can you run it there?" 
I told him that was the only place in 
the house I could find room for it, 
so there was where it had run and 
done nicely, even if one corner of it 
was four feet from the cook stove. 
He remarked: "Well, if you can run 
an incubator in a place like that I am 
going to have one." At one time we 
run two small machines in place of 
the large one we now have. We have 
run those machines in all parts of 
the house where it was convenient to 
have them sitting. An incubator is a 
very nicely finished piece of furniture 
and is no disgrace to the sitting room, 
if that is the most convenient place 
you have in which to run it. 



There is no little or dirt except at 
hatching time, and one can have a 
basket or box for the shells and need 
have no dirt them. I hear some one say 
lamp. Yes, there is always a lamp, 
but if it is kept proper there is no 
smudge from it. If lamps are allowed 
to become so miserably filthy and 
dirty as you see them sometimes they 
cannot help but smoke, and it is no 
disgrace to the lamp, but to the one 
that runs it. If you want an incuba- 
tor, just hunt out the one you like the 
best and buy it. Sit it wherever it is 
convenient, give it proper attention 
and you will see that it will do its 
part. This incubator work is no long- 
er an experiment, but an established 
fact. Incubator inventors are obliged 
to run their machines in all conditions 
of wind and weather before they can 
place them on the market, therefore 
we are pretty sure of getting some- 
thing that will hatch chickens in 
whatever kind we choose. 

MRS. IDA BLANCHARD. 



UNITED FANCIERS' POULTRY AND 
PET STOC KASSOCIATION, 
RED OAK, IOWA, 
Will hold their annual poultry show 
at Red Oak, Iowa, November 26 to 30, 
1901, with the following judges: 
Mrs. J. J. Buchin, Pierson, la.; J. E. 
Thompson, Malvern, la.; Curtis Green, 
New Providence, la. 

J. M. SCOTT, Secretary. 

DODGE COUNTY POULTRY ASSO- 
CIATION. 
The Dodge County Poultry associa- 
tion will hold its first annual exhibit 
at Fremont, Neb., on January 8, 9 and 
10, 1902. J. E. Thompson, judge. 
Competition open to the state. For 
particulars address G. W. D. Reynolds, 
Fremont. Neb. 



SELECTING AND PREPARING THE 

WHITE LEGHORN FOR 

THE SHOW. 

With the show Leghorn the head 
and its appendages are of much im- 
portance, but not "the whole thing. " 
I'he carriage and "station" of this va- 
riety are one of its chief attractions 
to those who are viewing them in the 
e.\hibition coops. Besides the well 
formed comb, not too large and coarse, 
the smooth white lobe and clear white 
plumage, which many seem to think 
the first essential, let us look to the 
breast, see that it is well developed, 
round and full, when viewed from in 
front, one side and aDo^'e. Look now 
to the carriage of the head, neck and 
tail and that the back is short, espe- 
cially in the male, and that the tail 
does not cut into the saddle or cush- 
ion and form a sharp angle. Now, 
if the bird is well up in other stand- 
ard points it is worth putting into 
perfection for the show. 

The first thing is to tame them; 
if they will not tame they will not 
show to any advantage. Train them to 
so carry themselves as to show off 
every good point to the best advan- 
tage. If one carries its tail a trifle too 
high, stroke it down over the back 
and tail so as to teach it to carry it 
lower. Induce it to carry its head 
well up and somewhat back and thus 
throw its breast well out. Handle them 
every day, teach them to be perfectly 
at home either in the exhibition coop 
or in your hands. 

Now for the final preparations, the 
finishing touches, just before the show. 
If the birds are very dirty they should 
be thoroughly washed in soap and 
water and rinsed in bluing water; 
if only a little dirty in spots, use a 
sponge, washing the dirt well off, then 
spongiag the surface of the feathers 
all over with bluing water and dry- 
ing. 

The legs should be thoroughly clean- 
ed and oiled with sweet oil in which 
a little coal oil has been put. The 
face, comb, wattles and beak should 
receive very much the same treat- 
ment. 

The feeding of birds for show is 
very much the same as feeding them 
for health, growth and good condition 
for any other purpose. If you want 
good white lobes on your Leghorns 
try feeding them white feed. If you 
think this an old fogy notion — a theory 
exploded years ago — just try it for 
yourself or if you prefer go on feed- 
ing your yellow corn, etc., and let the 
fellow who does feed white score one- 
half to one point on lobes over you. 
R. R. FRENCH. 

Ford City, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



^Packing Eggs... 



By Mrs. B. G. MACKEY. 



Certainly the editor may be con- 
gratulated on the first issue of Poultry 
Investigator. The writers all take 
hold of practical work and write in a 
plain, common sense manner. My ex- 
perience teaches me mat the little ev- 
eryday care and attention of fowls is 
very necessary, and that in the most 
commonplace things we often need in- 
struction, as amateurs. Even experi- 
enced poultrymen can sometimes learn 
from those he considered his inferiors 
in knowledge. 

However, 1 never write for the ben- 
efit of the experienced fancier. Still 
if I happen to tell the amateur some- 
thing the fancier has not learned 
long ago he is welcome to the infor- 
mation. This is the season for the 
amateur to look about for breeding 
stock for next season. There are ad- 
vantages and disadvantages in buying 
in the fall, the advantages being you 
can get the stock very much cheaper, 
and should get choice stock; the dis- 
advantages being the risk of taking 
them through the winter. But it is 
well to get rid of all your surplus as 
early as possible, and this will give 
you room to care for your imported 
birds. Do not make the mistake of 
trying to keep too many hens during 
the winter. I believe there is more 
profit in taking good care of a few 
hens than in many neglected ones. 
Most chickens and turkeys are now al- 
most through moulting. Chicken hens 
are beginning to lay. I do not know 
how the market is generally, but I be- 
lieve every person can create a special 
demand for his or her produce in any 
line if they only make it above the 
grade put on the market. There is 
never a time when I cannot sell my 
butter and eggs above market price, 
and the customer comes to the house 
far them. Any man or woman can, 
by close attention to details, soon 
command a higher price for the eggs 
they take to market than is given to 
the general market man. 

The following rules are very simple, 
but it is very necessary to observe 
them If you wish highest market prices 
for eggs. Always gather the eggs 
fresh. Do not wait to have a large 
number to take to town, but take 
them when fresh and on days when 
there will be a demand for them. Most 
farmers' wives send or take their eggs 
to market Saturday. Unless you have 
them previously engaged there can 



scarcely be a worse day. Why? Be- 
cause every one else takes their eggs 
tnat day, and generally eggs are cheap- 
er Saturday than any other day in the 
week. Now if you will take your eggs 
from Thursday morning until Friday 
afternoon, I mean any time interven- 
ing between Thursday morning and 
Friday afternoon, you will find you 
will get from one to three cents more 
on the dozen. Or if you take them 
about Tuesday you will generally get 
the highest price. The reason is clear. 
People generally use more eggs Satur- 
day and Sunday than any other days. 
But they either buy them Friday or 
very early Saturday morning, so those 
brought in after early morning must 
lie over until next week, and in hot 
weather this is very inconvenient to 
the groceryman doing a small business. 
In extreme cold weather it Is just as 
inconvenient, as they are liable to 
freeze. The better way is to have 
them engaged for certain days, and 
take them at the appointed time. 

Yet I am aware tnat there are 
times when the price is very low. 
Still at these times the cost of pro- 
duction is very little, in fact, on the 
farm absolutely nothing. From the 
time grass and clover are plentiful on 
the farm a flock of one hundred hens 
may be k pt without a special feed 
until cold weather sets in. For these 
hens will catch insects, eat grass, clo- 
ver and seeds, with waste grain, for on 
a grain farm, as one where stock is 
fed, there is always enough that oth- 
erwise would go to waste to furnish 
the necessary grain food for one hun- 
dred hens during the spring, summer 
and fall. Until I was able to sell my 
eggs the year around above market 
price, I managed to keep eggs fresh 
and sold only when prices were good. 
One asks how I did this? I will ex 
plain first, though six and eight cents 
a dozen seems low, yet during July 
and August one can afford to taken 
even these prices, though it has been 
years since I knew eggs to be as low 
as six cents on the market. Still I 
may not be well posted, as I never take 
eggs to market now. The first of Sep- 
tember I begun to pack eggs, and af- 
ter that time always received good 
prices. I hear some one say, "I don't 
have any use for packed eggs." Neither 
did I until I learned how to pack them. 
I am surprised that so few people 
know this simple method of packing 



eggs. I use either a keg or a very 
large stone jar. I suppose a square 
box would do just as well to pack in. 
Have either very dry sand, sawdust or 
oats. Wheat bran or hay chaff will 
do for packing material. When you 
have from two to ten dozens eggs, de- 
pending on how many eggs you get 
daily (I generally packed every other 
day), beat the white of an egg for 
every dozen eggs to pack, but just 
as you would for cake. Glaze each 
egg thoroughly with beaten white. I 
applied with my hands. Put the eggs 
thus glazed on a table and let them 
dry thoroughly before packing. Then 
cover bottom of vessel in which they 
are to be packed with packing mate- 
rial mixed with salt (I think a pint of 
salt to half gallon of packing ma- 
terial; I never measure, but put in 
what I think enough to keep material 
cool). Put the eggs in, small end 
down. My reason for this is, the 
small end contains the white and the 
yellow will never settle if packed with 
small end down. When I begin pack- 
ing I first use a two or three gallon 
jar. When this is full I use the packed 
eggs and pack the fresh ones. I con- 
tinue to do this until cold weather; 
then I use the packed eggs and sell 
the fresh ones, as there is a very just 
prejudice to packed eggs. I seldom 
have offered them for sale, though 
once I did sell twelve dozen at twenty 
cents per dozen. I could have sold 
them for fresh eggs, but I asked the 
groceryman to examine and tell me if 
he could find any difference between 
them and fresh eggs. He said he could 
not and paid me twenty cents, while 
a neighbor living not three miles from 
me took much less per dozen and lost 
half of the eggs she packed in salt 
and lime. Discretion must be used in 
packing. Everything must be bone 
dry, so to speak. The eggs may be 
packed just close enough not to touch 
each other or sides of jar. Each layer 
must be well covered with packing 
material. Put it on so it will be be- 
tween all the eggs and between eggs 
and jar. Let it be a full half inch, 
it will not hurt, on top of the 
eggs. Then put another layer of eggs, 
and cover in same way. Do not let 
eggs come closer than one inch to 
top of jar. Cover to top with packing 
material, put a plank top on jar and 
weight top down heavily. Keep in a 
cool, dry place. If you have a dry 
cellar this is the best place to keep 
them. I would not advise keeping 
those packed in very warm weather 
during the winter, but you can keep 
them fresh by using the packed ones 
and packing the fresh ones. If the 
family is small you can watch the 
market and sell when eggs are scarce. 



between the first of October and 
Thanksgiving. Before taliing to mar- 
ket wash each egg with clear, tepid 
water and a clear white cloth. Dry 
with a towel. If properly packed you 
can boil and eat eggs in March packed 
in November, provided they have been 
kept in a perfectly dry cellar and not 
allowed to freeze. It will surprise you 
when I tell you that a city lady taught 
me to pack eggs by this method. She 
bought them in the fall when they 
were cheap and packed to use when 
they were high in winter. Of course 
the cold storage process prevents low 
prices prevailing during summer, and 
also prevents the excessive high prices 
that once ruled in winter, but this only 
evens up the egg money and does not 
injure the business at all. 

As long as the United States im- 
ports eggs there will never be an over- 
supply. Now is the time to plan for 
the early chicks next spring. True, 
the excessive heat has prevented us 
from doing much needed work. This 
will have to be done later. I think 
the vermin have not bothered chicks 
nearly so much this season as usual. 
The exceedingly dry weather has pro- 
vided dust baths in profusion and 
chickens have taken advantage of 
them. On account of high prices of 
food it will not pay the fancier to 
keep any culls through the winter. 
But it will pay farmers who raise 
market poultry to buy some of these 
culls to grade up his mongrels. The 
fancier may preach that it is dishonest 
to sell one or two dollar chickens, but 
I must say that all the dishonesty has 
not been centered in dollar birds. I 
could tell of fifty dollar pens of B. 
P. Rocks with feathers on the legs, 
not down feathers. But the point I 
wish to make Is that there are birds 
in every fancier's yard which are not 
worth high prices. True, those high 
up in the business may call them five 
dollar birds, but the fancier will not 
touch the high-priced man's five dol- 
lar chicken, for he knows that to him 
it is not worth a cent. If the amateur 
buys it he loses his money and his 
year's work, but grows rich in experi- 
ence. But the fancier not so high up 
in prices, who cannot afford to ad- 
vertise so much, can sell many as 
good birds for two dollars as the top 
man asks five for, and these are a 
real benefit to the market poultryman, 
who has only a mixed flock. Whether 
he buys only cockerels or both males 
and females, he can, by using these 
cheap birds, even up his flock in color 
and size until it will bring higher 
prices on the market. When he finds 
that he receives more money for an 
even lot of chickens than for a mixed 
lot, the argument for better birds is 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

convincing. He will not in all proba- 
bility, be satisfied next year with the 
same quality of breeding stock he 
bought this year, but will reach out 
and get something better at a higher 
price. He will create a demand in 
his neighborhood for better fowls. His 
ueighbors will buy cockerels from him 
at an advance over market price at 
first, until they, too, will decide that 
higher grades will pay better. So 
often by degrees and almost uncon- 
sciously the market poultryman be- 
comes a fancier, and all by being in- 
duced to buy a low-priced thorough- 
bred bird first. The fancier must buy 
the very best his money can reach, 
and then ne will often be sorely dis- 
appointed, but he must not give up, 
only try again. 

Some persons are natural fanciers, 
while others have acquired the charac- 
teristics of the fancier. Still others 
are not, nor never can be, made fan- 
ciers, but they can always have fried 
chicken before any one else and can 
raise hundreds of chickens to the fan- 
cier's dozen. All we can hope to do 
with such a one is to convince him 
that there is more money in an even 
colored lot of chickens than in the 
lot of all colors and sizes. Yet this is 
a benefit to him and to the fancier 
as well. True, the fancier cannot af- 
ford to advertise one and two dollar 
birds, nor can he afford to be at the 
expense of much correspondence and 
trouble of shipping in small lots. But 
there is always a local demand for 
these culls, and it is preferable to sell 
them at these figures to putting on 
the market, as many advocate. For 
unless they are decapitated they are 
bought for breeding purposes from the . 
market poultryman. Last spring a 
huckster went through our township 
offering an advanced price for chick- 
ens, turkeys and eggs, assuring the 
farmers who have thoroughbreds that 
not one would be sold as breeders, and 
that the eggs would be shipped im- 
mediately for culinary purposes. Not 
long after several of my friends in- 
formed me they had purchased toms 
from him guaranteed as pure Mackey 
stock, giving names of parties from 
whom he bought them. Some of them 
were as good birds as I had raiseu 
last year. He also sold cockerels and 
eggs to be used in breeding yards and 
for incubation. The parties paid him 
more than he could make by shipping 
and bought cheaper than they could 
otherwise have done. I prefer selling 
my surplus and culls where I know 
they will not be put out as Mackey's 
best, and think all fanciers feel the 
same way. MRS. B. G. MACKEY. 



II 
CHICKENS AND TREES. 

I had often thought that it would 
be fine if we could supply all our 
trees, especially fruit trees, with an 
abundance of poultry manure. I have 
almost let that idea pass, because in 
advocating such a policy too often we 
give the trees too much of the good 
thing, and thus do more damage than 
good. Let me apologize here for 
speaking about trees in a poultry pa- 
per, but any poultry yard is not com- 
plete without trees, no home is a 
model home without trees, no table is 
set without fruit; then trusting I am 
not intruding, I will pursue the course. 

I am a lover of trees, and so are 
chickens. I have known persons to 
shovel out the hen manure and waste 
it; others scatter it in the orchard in 
scoop shovelfuls, as if they thought 
ILke "Pat" did with the pills. When 
he read the directions to take three 
and expect relief in a few hours, he 
thought that to take more would bring 
results quicker and better, consequent- 
ly he took the entire box and did 
not have long to wait for results. So 
I say, the poultry manure is all right, 
but spread it sparingly. I remember 
that some six or seven years ago I 
had a pen of big Light Brahmas, and 
in order to keep them separate from 
the Langshans for breeding I made 
a little yard and enclosed therein a 
young pear tree. Just outside of the 
fence were other trees, just the same. 
The old hens used to pass much of 
their time by sitting under that 
little tree for shade. They did not 
scratch much, but how that tree grew 
that summer was a caution. I be- 
lieve it grew three or four times as 
much as the others. It was remark- 
able. Now there is two reasons. One 
is the manure, and the other, and by 
far the most important is the fact 
that the breathing pores of the under 
side of the leaves took in a great 
amount of plant food from the breath 
of the chickens that went up through 
the leaves. Thus you see plants and 
poultry go well together. Yes, to be 
sure, the turkeys and the cabbage 
seem to do well, or rather the turkeys 
do up the cabbage. On a farm don't 
fence up the poultry, but fence up the 
garden. The chickens will destroy 
many insects, furnish plenty of eggs 
and lots of things. Don't think be- 
cause biddy don't score 98 she does 
not deserve your friendship and care. 
The ten color hen is often nearly as 
profitable as the "up there." None of 
them can live on wind or roost on the 
fence always. Befriend your friends, 
the chickens. 

JAMES PEARSON. 

Germantown, Neb. 



t2 







GRADING 

Up the 
FLOCK ^ 




MATTIE 
WEBSTER 


»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦-I 



One engaged in any business, if in- 
terested in ttie work and alive to his 
or her own interest, feels disappointed 
and discouraged if the close of each 
year does not show that progress has 
been made. 

This ambition stimulates to the 
bending of every energy of brain and 
hand that its accomplishment may be 
possible, and it is with much satis- 
faction and self-congratulation that 
one sees the realization of this de- 
sire. 

In poultry culture every earnest, 
successful breeder feels this spirit of 
progress within, and all the planning 
and every day's work is a consequence 
of this desire. 

Seldom, at the close of one season,, 
does the breeder's flock show char- 
acteristics and qualities exactly as was 
possessed by the flock of the previous 
season. I say seldom, simply because 
others may have witnessed such an 
equality, but in my own experience I 
never have. If the flock, as a whole, 
does not show marked improvement, 
deterioration is plainly discernible. 
Breeders "grade up" their flock every 
year that the desired improvement 
may be attained, and not only is this 
"grading up" practiced by small 
breeders, beginners and amateurs, but 
by the successful, long-time breeders 
as well, whose fowls, to the inexperi- 
enced eye, appear already perfect in 
quality. Systematic grading up con- 
sists in a careful selection of the birds 
possessing finest quality or marked 
points of excellence, because of which 
they approach most nearly the perfect 
fowl as portrayed in the Standard of 
Perfection, and retaining these birds 
for next season's breeding pens. Often 
has it been demonstrated that "like 
produce like," and such being nature's 
law, the parent stock must be fine 
in quality it the young birds show 
excellence in form, plumage and gen- 
eral characteristics. Perhaps the be- 
ginner, of only a season or two in 
poultry raising, may have a flock that 
are pure-blooded or thoroughbred 
fowls, and yet, when compared with 
the standard birds of same breed or 
variety, they fall so far short of the 
acknowledged requirements of their 
particular breed that there is very lit- 
tle satisfaction or pride in the pos- 
session of such a flock. They may be 
thoroughbred and still be culls, with 
defects so marked that the prosperous 
breeder would, if the birds belonged 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

to him, doom them to the hatchet 
and the block. But beginners in poul- 
try culture cannot always afford to 
purchase the very best stock for the 
foundation of their flock, and so 
sometimes feel as if second-rate or in- 
ferior fowls must answer. Looking 
upon such a flock, do not be utterly 
discouraged and give up the business, 
but set your teeth hard and with a 
determination to have a flock much 
better in quality another season. Go 
to work inearnest, without any loss of 
time, for now is the best time to 
commence your work for improvement 
in the quality of your birds. 

Take your Standard of Perfection, 
the poultry breeder's guide (if you 
have not one, get it without delay), 
take your biddies, one at a time, and 
section by section, compare them with 
the description of the Standard's per- 
fect bird. Of course they will none 
of them very closely approach per- 
fection, but some will be mush better 
than others, and perhaps some will 
have disqualifying defects. Select only 
the first, even if very few in number, 
and reject the last, even if half the 
flock, and keep these best for your 
breeding pens the coming season. 
Study the advertisements of reliable 
breeders of the breed or variety of 
your fowls, and write to one of these 
breeders that you feel you can trust, 
explaining fully your plan for the 
bettering of your flock, telling of the 
most glaring defects of the females, 
and ask this breeder to send you a 
male to head your pen the coming sea- 
son. If a beginner, it is much better 
to trust to the greater poultry wisdom 
and experience of an old-time breeder 
than to use your own judgment in 
making a selection. Do not be fright- 
ened if the price far exceeds your idea 
of the value of a single bird, but re- 
member this bird is half your pen, 
and console yourself with the thought 
that you are doing your best to be- 
come a progressive breeder, and hope, 
work and watch for the great improve- 
ment in next season's flock. This sys- 
tem of grading up the flock should be 
practiced every fall; that is, a selec- 
tion of the most choice specimens of 
hens and pullets should be retained 
for the coming season s breeding pens, 
and if no desirable male is found in 
the home flock to head the pen, send 
for one as first advised. Certainly it 
is more preferable that the founda- 
tion stock should be as near perfec- 
tion as possible, but as it takes a 
nice sum of money to buy such fowls, 
many of our beginners may look may 
look with longing eyes upon such de- 
sirable birds, but must be content 
with others — thoroughbreds, yet lack- 
ing in quality, perhaps culls from the 



same yards that contained the mme 
desirable fowls. It is to encourage 
such beginners that I advise this grad- 
ing up, which patiently and persever- 
ingly practiced, season after season, 
will satisfy and delight you with its 
final results. MATTIE WEBSTER. 
Belmont Wis. 



I have though perhaps my experience 
with raising chickens would help some 
other women to raise them without 
hens, as I have done. I have not been 
able to have an incubator and brooder, 
so I have hatched chickens under hens 
every years; then I raise them by 
hand. I take a box that I can carry 
around and fix it so one side is six 
inches higher than the other and put 
a window sash on it. I keep my chicks 
in that until they are three weeks 
old before I let them on the ground. 
I put in some sand and earth and fine 
trash from the hay mow; I take them 
out of the box every night into a 
basket that has a piece of woolen 
stuff in it and cover them up warm. 
I have better success raising them in 
this way than with hens. If it is cold 
and cloudy I set a jug of hot water 
in with them. This year I had one 
bunch of forty-eight and raised forty- 
four of them. They are fine, healthy 
birds; of course, this is more work 
than a regular brooder would be, but 
I have learned to do a good many 
things for the comfort of my chicks 
without buying expensive thing-j: but 
thanks to my fowls I expect tc use a 
good incubator and brooder next year. 

Wishing every one success in poul- 
try for next year. 

NANCY WATSON. 



Delaware Poultry association, Dela- 
ware, Ohio, will bold their first show 
at Delaware, Ohio, November 26 to 29, 
1901. President, C. C. Reed; secretary, 
H. D. Courier; treasurer, S. S. Blair; 
judge, S. B. Lane. 

This is one of the largest county 
poultry associations in the state, hav- 
ing over 200 members, and there Is 
no reason why they will not have the 
largest local show in the state. Their 
catalogue will be ready for distribu- 
tion soon. 



SEND IN SHOW NEWS. 
Yes, our columns are open to the 
secretaries of any and all shows and 
you are free to use them to boom 
your shows. We will print full reports 
of any and all shows where the as- 
sociations take interest enough in their 
shows tc send in the reports and items 
of interest with list of awards. This 
paper 's your paper. See to it that 
your secretary is aware of this fact. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Po\iltry 'N Washir^gton 



By COR.A R.ICKARDS. 



Cora A. Richards, Ogden, Utah. — 
Dear iladam; 1 read your article in 
the poultry paper and take the liberty 
to write you whether you know any 
drawbacks in poultry raising in Seat- 
tle. There are so many ranches offered 
for sale, I am somewhat suspicious. 
Any information will be greatly ap- 
preciated. Respectfully, 

C. B. TUCKER. 

In answer to the above one can learn 
of success and failure in the same 
town. The right kind of climate is 
a great aid to successful poultry cul- 
ture. 

We have heard through parties who 
had poultry in Seattle that it was much 
harder to make a success with poul- 
try on account of so much damp, rainy 
weather. Here in Utah the climate is 
very favorable for successful poultry 
culture, prices for eggs always good 
and price of wheat very reasonable, 
being less as a rule than most places 
in the east. The great Salt Lake be- 
ing only about eleven miles distant, 
and the mountains three miles, gives 
pure air that is considered very 
healthy, our winters are mild, do not 
have much snow or rain, not as much 
as we used to have in Iowa and Ne- 
braska in the spring and fall. 

When a man cleans out his chicken 
house once a week, or as often as is 
necessary through the winter time, he 
says his chickens are supplied with 
fresh dirt, and they are, but the only 
advantage it is to the chickens is that 
it helps to promote cleanliness and 
gives them a chance to scratch, but he 
probably does not stop to solve the 
problem far enough, for he must re- 
member that earth has life the same 
as a person or animal, but on a differ- 
ent principle. 

Earth has life the same as all living 
animals and birds, and without it no 
creature could live, as it requires life 
to produce life. It is only living ob- 
jects of the animal and vegetable 
kingdom that can produce it, and it 
is the same with earth or dirt, from 
which all human beings, animals and 
vegetables are fed. If earth is taken 
from the ground (or in its natural 
state) and is placed in barrels or 
chicken houses, it becomes stagnant 
or dead, and not even a louse will live 
in it. 

The effect that chicken droppings or 
manure has on life, earth or the open 
ground, is that it will cause the land 



to become so rich and of such a na- 
ture that it will breed angle worms, 
also start up tender blades of grass 
to feed the grasshoppers and other 
living insects, which will be meat for 
the chickens and will promote life and 
cause ttem to grow to be strong and 
healthy; but if droppings are deposit- 
ed on dead earth, or that which is 
placed in the chicken houses, if the 
utmost care is not taken, disease will 
be the result, or lice will breed in 
fast numbers and destroy the life of 
the chicken. 

To sum up the whole thing in a 
few lines, chickens, to be raised in 
winter time, should have the privilege 
of the open ground, where every neces- 
sary of the open ground can be offered 
them. 

The next thing of special im- 
portance is pure, wholesome fresh 
air and moisture also; and I want to 
expressly impress upon your minds 
that wholesome air wants to contain 
a great deal of moisture and of the 
right kind, too. 

We know that plants and vegetables 
that are raised artificially in green- 
houses or hot beds, require moisture, 
as they are constituted principally of 
water, and they must have it in order 
that they may expand and be vigorous 
and healthy, and the reason that it is 
so is that where air is applied arti- 
ficially by the use of furnaces and 
stoves, that it becomes of such a dry 
nature that, unless they were watered, 
they would soon wither and die; but 
where they are raised in the open 
ground they do not, in most cases, re- 
quire to be watered or they seldom 
obtain it, as they receive moisture 
enough from the ground as well as 
what is in the air. 

Chickens do not require near the 
amount of moisture that plants or veg- 
etables do, hence a wet climate is not 
good. While water promotes and ad- 
vances life to the vegetables, if used 
in the same manner in the brooding 
houses by sprinking the water on the 
surface of the dirt, it would be de- 
structive and destroy the lives of the 
chickens, as there would be such damp- 
ness that it would cause all kinds of 
disastrous diseases, as well as breed 
lice by the thusands. 

Where chickens are confined to 
brooders or buildings that are heated 
by furnaces or stoves and are thus 
confined to dry, close air, it has a 



13 

tendency to cause the bones and mus- 
cles to become contracted and stunt 
or stop the progress of the chicken 
to a certain extent. 

Where chickens have their liberty of 
the open ground, with the natural 
moisture from the air and earth, it 
causes their bones and muscles to ex- 
pand, >ind they have every advantatge 
that can be offered them in this di- 
rection for being strong, vigorous and 
healthy chickens. 

The next and last thing of special 
importance is heat. 

Heat is something that is not to be 
trifled v/ith for it is one of the prin- 
cipal formations of all animal and veg- 
etable life, and with anything of so 
tender a nature as chickens and early 
vegetables the greatest care must be 
applied, and it is a well known fact 
that vegetables grown in the open 
ground are stronger in nature and far 
superior to those grown in hot beds, 
and it is the same with chickens, for 
the less artificial heat that is applied 
to them and the more natural heat of 
the warm sun's rays and having the 
privilege of the open, ground, the 
stronger and healthier they will be, 
and the faster they will grow. 

Heat promotes the life of chickens 
just as much as the food they eat, or 
the water they drink, and they must 
have it. It makes all the difference in 
the world how heat is applied to them, 
but it is not a complicated matter or 
hard work to determine whether one 
climate would be more favorable than 
another. We know that severe frost 
and cold of some climates in winter 
means much artificial heat to rear win- 
ter chickens. 

Our own experience has been that 
February, March and April chickens 
thrive best, for at that time we have 
it so that the little fellows can come 
out or. the natural eaith for awhile. 
Sheds can be arranged so as to keep 
them fjee from snow or such ground 
space as will give chickens access to 
sunshine and outdoor earth. 

Dry sand in sacks we have put away 
for winter use and for the early 
broods, but we have found it advisable 
to arrange for the outside ground as 
well and see that it is spaded up and 
left in a live condition for the early 
spring peepers. 

We do not neglect the fall work, for 
it may mean success for the next 
season. Without clean, dry quarters 
one need not expect to have success 
in any branch of poultry culture. 

The hens and pullets are carefully 
selected; what is wanted for next 
year's breeders. These are kept with a 
view to making the best profits for us, 
and if we do not make them comfort- 



H 

able and do the best we can for them, 
we may be the loser by not having the 
breeding stock in condition to lay the 
eggs that will hatch the profitable 
chickens, as the parent stock must 
never be neglected. Heace it will be 
necessary for the beginner to prepare 
ahead, and even now look to it that 
he is getting ready for next season's 
brood of chickens. 



After chickens have been in broop 
coops or roosting in trees it is some- 
times a hard matter to break young 
stock of this habit. Freqeutnly the 
chickens remain in such quarters un- 
til snow comes and covers the earth 
as well as the chickens in the trees. 

Fall rains, great changes in the 
weather from heat to cold is not sup- 
posed to promote the health of 
neglected poultry. 

We all desire to make money, 
if we work, to do a part of the work 
well, and then from needed care allow 
the profits to come up on the wrong 
side of the ledger it is the way those 
who claim chickens don't pay do it. 

At this time one should have com- 
fortable houses provided for the young 
stock, houses built on good dry soil, 
set up a little so the ground will drain 
off each way, as clay or such soil as 
holds dampness, loads of fine gravel 
should be hauled. 

The average farmer who has thought 
very little about chickens may say, 
"Bother the hen!" she has made her 
living around the barn and can con- 
tinue to do so. The same farmer, 
however, may have a good stable for 
the horses and cows. The stable is 
well cleaned every day for the horses 
and kept in fine condition. 

There is nothing on the farm that 
needs care more than poultry and noth- 
ing that pays a better profit, counting 
money and labor invested. Until peo- 
ple understatnd that poultry demand 
attention and are the equal of any of 
the stock, they cannot be expected to 
pay a handsome profit. 

How many city people there are as 
well as farmers who do not cull out 
their stock; let cockerels and pullets 
run together, the good and the poor 
specimens. Some may understand me 
as meaning poor in flesh. It is the 
best specimens of the kind that should 
be saved; the disqualified birds as a 
rule should be culled out. If our reader 
knows what that means. 

A Brown I>eghorn, for instance, who 
has white under color, such a bird Is 
not worth keeping for breeding pur- 
poses. If one wants to improve his 
stock in standard qualities, such a 
pullet may lay as well. 

We receive many letters asking how 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

White can be bred out of the Brown 
Leghorn. We suggest breeding it by 
selecting birds as free from it as far 
back as possible. Young chickens may 
show white feathers and moult them, 
and when the last plumage comes 
score up. We would not advise cull- 
ing the stock so close if handling 
thoroughbred stock to sell or show; 
one may get deceived, as a friend once 
sold a bird cheap on account of a very 
poor comb. Later this same bird won 
over the former owner's stock in 
the show room. 

It is the finest thing in the world 
to interest one who loves poultry to 
raise exhibition birds. 

Thousands of people have only an 
eye to the fresh eggs and a few chick- 
ens for home use; whether it is many 
or few it pays to keep only the best. 
A yard of good size should be made 
for the cockrels and these put up and 
fed on considerable corn to make fat 
for market. The pullets then have 
more I'oom to do much better. Their 
main feed should be wheat, ground 
bone and all the green food necessary. 
If it is convenient have them where 
they can have a grass run. Alfalfa is 
the best of anything for green food, 
as it can be cut three times in summer 
and grow until winter, and when the 
snow melts green leaves peep out of 
the ground. It would pay to raise it 
in the east as well as in the 
west. People have visited our place 
from the east who had never seen 
alfalfa before. The roots run down in 
the ground so far that after a few years 
even in a country like this where 
irrigation is necessary, it don't need 
it. We have a field of it that has not 
been irrigated for eight years. We 
have it cut fine in summer and put it 
away for winter use. 

The Leghorn that is bred right is 
not so inclined to take on fat as the 
Plymouth Rock or large breeds of 
poultry. We would keep all pullets in 
a nice thriving condition by affording 
plenty of range on large yards. 

Mashes made of the different ground 
grains, such as ground corn, oats and 
bran, fed on clean boards, or better 
still, a trough, which every one ought 
to feed soft feed in. We advise wheat 
in the morning and mashes at night 
or as the last feed. 

The pullets if put in comfortable 
quarters and handled right and are the 
right kind of stock will soon give re- 
turns in eggs when eggs are high. But 
dont' think for one minute the neglect- 
ed pullet, crowded In a brood coop, left 
until the last thing and until it gets 
distemper or some other ailment, is 
going to give satisfactory returns. 

Many a breeder, even now, haa the 



nouses all cleaned thoroughly and 
some of the poultry yards plowed and 
sowed to rye. 

We are acquainted with a lady who 
hatched one thousand chickens by an 
incubator; six hundred have died from 
lack of proper care. The showing was 
fine, there was plenty of room, but 
fences were put up to fence in the little 
fellows so as to crowd the chickens be- 
yond reason. 

Why have chickens more than can 
be given proper care and proper food? 

So many people start out in the 
spring with a view to hundreds of 
chickens — some thousands — when they 
have no idea what such a number re- 
quire. 

Peoeple should plan for sufficient 
yard and house room, also consider the 
grain and food it will take to bring 
the stock to maturity. 

The pullets do not commence to lay 
until September, October and Novem- 
ber and unless cared for right will not 
do so then. 

CORA RICKARDS. 

Ogden, Utah. 



PIGEONS AT THE STATE SHOW. 
At a meeting of the board of man- 
agers of the Nebraska State Poultry 
association the , board made provision 
for an exhibit of pigeons at the an- 
nual show to be held in Lincoln, Jan- 
uary 21 to 27, at the Auditorium. 
Since that time John Haman of To- 
peka, Kan., has been secured to judge 
the pigeons, and as Mr. Haman is 
one of the best judges in the United 
States of these beautiful pets, it is 
safe to say that this attraction will 
be worth the going of many miles to 
see. No one who is not acquainted 
with the vast amount of money paid 
for pigeons every year could hardly 
believe themselves. It Is enormous. 
Remember that this attraction at the 
State Fair will be up-to-date and 
worth seeing. L. P. HARRIS, 

Pres. Neb. State Poultry Ass'n. 



The Delaware County Poultry and 
Pet Stock association has been organ- 
ized with over 200 members. They 
will give their first annual exhibition 
November 26, 27, 28 and 29. They 
have selected as poultry judge S. B. 
Lane of Spiceland, Ind. The officers 
are C. C. Reid, president; H. O. Cour- 
ier, secretary; S. S. Blair, treasurer; 
Amost Glover, G. L. Stayman, F. B. 
Karl, executive committee. Many 
good special cash premiums will be 
given. The success of the exhibition 
Is assured. Any information desired 
will be cheerfully furnished by either 
the president or secretary. The cat- 
alogue will be issued about October 1. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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AMONG OURSELVES 

Velma Caldwell-Melville. 



there was no excuse for complaint save sect Powder will set the lice to route, 
they grew so fat and their eggs came but the mites, oh! 
to lack fertility; then we adopted the There are simple methods for ex- 
White Rock, and the White Rock it is, termination, however, but it means 
just right in size, flavor of flesh, a eternal vigilance. Thoroughly im- 
bird easy to dress for table use, a per- mersing roosts and dropping boards, in 
feet beauty, tame, friendly, prolific fact every part of the premises, with 
layers, good mothers, good sellers, boiling water is a cheap and reason- 
either as market or lancy fowl— what ably sure method of getting rid of 

them, but the operation must be oft 

For all its blue blood, the White repeated. Then there is kerosene— not 

and, with so cheap, but efficacious if oft repeated 



And now it is the Investigator! 
We Uke the name; it sounds busi- 
ness like, and if there is a subject that 

will bear investigation it is that of ^^^.^ ^.^j, mortal ask? 
poultry raising. Of course, there aie 

fanciers whose methods will not bear j^Qg^ is a healthy bird, 
the searchlight of truth, and whose jjggent ^^re, "^n all winter egg pro- and thoroughly used. For those living 
practices are shady, to say the least; ^m-er. As much, however, can be said where they can get cedar boughs, a 
parties whose consciences allow them ^j ^jq^^ birds, and we hold that the strong tea made from them will ex- 
to pull off-colored feathers and other- poultryman who does not get eggs all terminate any vermin. If there are 
wise attempt to deceive; but such peo- ^^le year around has himself to blame other or better remedies we hope to 
pie are not numerous; indeed, we be- fj,,. j^ Qf course, not all the hens can hear of them through these columns, 
lieve as a class there is none more i^y all the time, but there should be Herein lies one strong argument in 
honest than the fancier; and as for the gome of them laying all the time. favor of the incubator; vermin do not 
business itself, it is straight, and the -^iiy Qot, plan for this by encourag- go with it. The poor little chicks are 
more we learn of it the better pleased i^g early moulting as well as by hav- not born with a heritage of lice and 
we are with it. ing pullets of different ages coming on fpites all ready to enter into. 

Our own start on this "fortune's all the while? And then the hens— For ourselves we are going to test 
highway" I?) was the purchase of a .^^e like two and even three year old the virtues of the wooden hen the 
hen— she was nothing but a hen— and ijens, a good sized pen of them. They coming season "for all that she is 
nine chickens. We made the invest- lay oftimes when the capricious pul- worth." 

ment during the temporary absence of let will do nothing but parade hei One of our hobbies is raising poultry 
the other one— our better-half, you rose colored comb and sing the latest for market; someway we never expect 
understand— and on his return had popular songs of Hendom, and they to raise any $100 birds for the trade, 
them domiciled in a barrel of straw, will sit when you don't want them to, though we have made fair profits on 
Almost immediately we added to our of course, but sometimes when you those we have sold and are not in the 
possessions by the purchase of a sit- (Jq. least discouraged along this line, 

inting hen and eonugh eggs to set As the autumn and winter comes on Only today we were reading of two 
her up in housekeeping in another bar- we hope the Investigator will give no brothers who, six years ago, went into 
rel. And between those barrels we uncertain sound on the subject of the market poultry business. They 
vibrated, dreaming golden dreams; no "Winter Care of Poultry." Never, un- were within three or four miles of a 
thought of up-to-date poultry houses, til the rank and file of chicken folk good sized town. 

incubators, brooders or any other mod- provide warm, well ventilated quar- Their yearly sales were as follows: 
ern paraphernalia of the poultry busl- ters, feed a well balanced ration and In 1896, $750; in 1897, $1,229.49; in 1898, 
ness disturbed our serenity; we en- intelligently fight vermin, will the $2,965.59; in 1899, $4,542.63; in 1900, 
joyed those chickens, dowdy little profits of the poultry business assume $5,062.08. We readily understand that 
mongrels as they were, as we could not anything like a proper magnitude. from such sales the profits must have 

now enjoy a pen of birds worth fifty We are not afraid to venture the been very satisfactory, 
dollars. Our next venture was the assertion that they are not one-half These men only have six acres of 
Black Langshans— beautiful birds they what they ought to be or will be when land; house room for 200 head of lay- 
were, with their glossy plumage and chickens are treated— well, humanely, ins stock, and brooder room for 2,000 
fine carriage. They were excellent There is enough vitality sucked out chicks. 

layers until over accumulation of fat of many flocks every night by mites Their sales were made by contract 
induced death on the nests. to, if properly utilized, fill the egg with hotels and the like. 

Somewhat discouraged, we went out basket once or twice a week. Even common market prices are not, 

of the business for a time, beginning Plenty of people say they have no however, to be despised, but one can 
again with the Black Hamburgs. Oh, mites, at least they never see any. soon build up a reputation and trade 
but that was an experience. We make Try rumaging about among your birds where he can regulate his prices for 
pets of every living thing, but we defy at night, handling them and the roosts himself. 

anybody to make pets or even "pass- pretty freely, and then see if there are "These men," says the Practical 
ing acquaintance" of that bird. The not almost unseeable little specks on Farmer, "are at present getting 35 
moment one .of us appeared at the your hands, or on your clothes, if they cents a pound for chickens, 30 cents 
gate of the run we were greeted by are light colored. Or, even in the day, for ducks and 28 cents a dozen for 
a chorus of unearthly shrieks and a lay white cloths where the chickens eggs.' 

terrible rustle of wings, and the roost and then examine them. We Let us go and do somewhat like- 
lot — a male and a dozen hens^ once, in buying sitting hens, became wise. 

flew to the remotest and highest point thoroughly infected with the pests be- Dr. H. P. Clark of Indianapolis, Ind., 
in the hen house. If we followed, the fore we knew it, one fine white hen is the publisher of a book entitled 
cries and wild dashing of bodies dying before her term of incubation "Rules of the Cock Pit." It is a rec- 
against anything and everything was, was over, literally devoured, so far as ognized authority on rules governing 
to say the least, disconcerting, and blood and vitality were concerned, by this sport. Price, 25 cents. We will 
again wo went out of business. the red mites. Lice have no terror for send this book and the Poultry In- 

The Barred Rock came in next and us compared with these. Persian In- vestigator one year for 25 cents. 



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Not many days ago we visited the 
yards of C. Rockhill of Harvard, 
Neb. We found everything kept in 
fine order. We also were convinced 
that Mrs. Rockhill is a thorough fan- 
cier and breeder of pure White Wyan- 
dottes and has a fine lot of chicks 
started that premise good. We also 
admired her Buff Orpingtons, of which 
she has a fine start. Mrs. Rockhill 
can show a large string of blue rib- 
bons she has won on her White Wy- 
audottes. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

PLEASANT OUT DOOR WORK. 

These pleasant days are just suited 
for oui door work, not too hot, nor 
too cold, but just comfortable to ac- 
complish the many little needs in and 
around the poultry house, for pres- 
ently it behooves every owner of live 
stock of whatever kind to be prepared 
for Jack Frost and those fierce wintry 
blasts, and it is well "to make hay 
while the sun shines." Now is the 
time to replace with new ones the 
broken window panes, plaster up the 
little crevices in the foundation of the 
poultry house if they are built on one, 
or if the house is old and boards full 
of cracks it can be made comfortable 
by covering with building paper, which 
is not expensive, if nothing better can 
be had use waste paper such a news- 
papers, etc.; tack on the inside by 
using lath or small bits of boards, 
these will keep it in place better than 
by tacking on the paper. Look closeiy 
that all is comfortable about the house 
that will add to the comfort of our 
feathered pets. 

Now let us think of a scratching 
shed — almost a necessity to poultry 
when Mother Earth is covered with 
snow. It we can't have one made with 
boards, there are many other ways to 
make them with very little expense. 
Some use muslin, but I found that tore 
so easily in our western country, so 
I will give the readers of this journal 
a description of hiw I made a scratch 
shed in a few years. I admit it was 
a description of how I made a scratch 
the purpose for a scratch bed I would 
have, although not a vistage of it re- 
mians, for a new poultry house was 
built in its place, but another one will 
be made same as the old one if boards 
are not forthcoming soon. I used three 
posts, set them quite deep in the 
ground; these made the corners 
and a corner of the poultry house made 
the fourth corner. To these posts I 
nailed boards top and bottom, also 
several on top full length of pen. I 
was now ready for small boards of 
all lengths that were laying around; 
these were nailed top and bottom to 
the long boards of pen, two feet apart, 
or less if they were not extra strong. 
I had one hundred feet of poultry net- 
ting not in use which I stapeled to each 
corner of pen, leaving what I did not 
need to go around pen. When the 
team was hitched to the wagon I had 
coarse tay hauled to the poultry yard 
(as we don't have straw). I then pro- 
ceeded to finish my scratch shed by 
firmly packing the hay all around tl)e 
pen, except th e south. With the re- 
mainder of the netting I stretched back 
as well as I could on the outside of 
bay to keep it in place and nailed end 



of netting to the poultry house. The 
top was made from the same way, 
only I did not use netting, using 
weights to keep the hay in place. 
Every day that it was too cold for 
my fowls to be out of doors and ev- 
ery day that the snow was too deep, 
I turned my fowls in the scratch shed 
where they were kept busy and warm 
scratching in a deep carpet of hay for 
the grain. I would scatter their sing- 
ing and laying as though it were not 
cold, and the owner was happy, too, 
for I had made a scratch shed without 
any expense or trouble to any one, for 
I did all the work except to haul the 
hay; for would you believe it, not all 
men like poultry, except when they 
can revel in fried chicken, and don't 
have time to fix necessaries for bid- 
dy's comfort. My shed not only was 
used for winter but of use as shade in 
summer by removing the hay from end 
and side. 

Well do I remember a lady once 
said to me she "wouldn't do such work 
^it made her hands rought and 
black"; such work was left for the 
men if they had time, if not it went 
undone. I admire all that is beau- 
tiful, even to white, smooth hands, but 
if mine are not kept white by the use 
of mittens and at biddy's expense, then 
black my hands must be. 

Every one with patience can make 
poultry pay, but not simply by admir- 
ing their beauty. IDA B. BARD. 



Barred P. Rocks can be had of H. 
I!. Louden of Clay Center, Neb., that 
are farm raised, strong and healthy 
and bred from prize winning stock. 
Louden knows how to breed Rocks 
as well as red hogs. 



Mrs. Flora Shroyer tells us she has 
a fine trade this season in Buff Rocks, 
Pekin ducks, and Toulouse geese. 
Mrs. Shroyer spares no money in 
getting good stock and has splendid 
success in mating and rearing. Her 
Buff Rocks are a sight to behold and 
will set some of the old timers to 
thinking when they meet her stock 
in the show room. You will surely 
find her there, too. 

I remember several years ago when 
I was at the State fair at Lincoln, 
Neb., I noticed in one coop three ex- 
tra large, extra fine Barred Plymouth 
Rock chicks. They were beauties in 
every particular and up to date. I 
found on making inquiries that Mr. 
C. F. Hinman of Friend, Neb., owned 
them. It is needless to say they won 
it all so far as the three could. I 
have seen his birds several times since 
in our best shows. They always get 
a place, and deserve it, too. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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B\iff Orpington Cock 




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Owned by W. H. Bushell. Da.vid City, Nebr. 



Mr. Bushell Sa.ys of Orpingtons. 

The Buff Orpington is of large size, vig-orous and liaxdy, of g-entle disposition, and is a wonderfully 
prolific layej-. It is a symmetrical bird with fine carriage, color a soft even buff, body very compact, with 
broad and deep breast, back short and oroad, legs short and heavy and free from feathers, ear lobes and 
face red, comb medium size. 

I imported some very fine females this spring from England, and have raised some splendid stock 
from them. I am importing now this fall from England, one Gold Buff Orpington cock bird 18 months 
old. He is winner of three first, two second premiums aud championship for best bird in show room for 
shape and condition. Also two spring cockerels, solid Buff birds, from two of the best breeders' j-ards in 
England- These birds are to mate up my own j-^ard^s for next year's breeding; also a pen of six pullets 
and cockerels of solid buff color. These birds, with what I have now in my yards, will put me in the best 
possible shape to furnish eggs of the best possible stock of Buff Orpingtons that ever came to the 
United States. 



Orpington Fowls 



Thos. H. Mills. 

Many of our readers have never 
seen Orpingtons and many inquiries 
are received every day askingr what 
they are like and in what respect 
they differ from the Buff Rocks. 
They are much like the Buff Rocks 
in color, but are different in shape, 
beiner shorter in leneth of body and 
leg-, more like Wyandottes in body 
than Bocks. They have single 
combs, red ears, white beak, pinkish 
white legs, and paler eye than 
Rocks. In size they are fully heavier 
than Rocks. Cocks will weigh from 
'> toll pounds; hens, 7 to 9 pounds: 
cockerels, 8 to 10 and pullets, 6 to 8. 
They are wonderful layers for a 
large fowl. They mature earlier 
than Buff Rocks, and lay more eggs 
in a year. During last winter we 
had seven Rocks, nine Leghorns 
and nine Orpingtons penned in one 
house. They were fed alike and 
cared for alike, and the pen of Or- 
pingtons laid more eggs than the 
other pens put together. They were 
just so much more profitable. 

The breeds used in the make up of 
the Orpingtons were Hamburgs, 
Uork.Mg, and Buff Cochins. They 
hue tVe great laying qualities of 
the Hamburg; the meaty qualities of 
the Dorkings and the size and color 
of the Buff Cochins. The object of 
Mr. Cook in producing these beauti- 
ful and wonderfully prolific fowls 
was to make a combination of merit, 
the product of which would be the 
long sought "ideal general purpose 
fowl." That he succeeded in a 
wonderful degree is attested by all 
who have given them a trial. The 
first importations were made in 
America in February, 1898. and were 
followed in March and April by 
other lots. They stood the long and 
trying sea voyage well and at once 
commenced to shell out the eggs, 
and their wonderful production was 
an eye opener to their importers. 
They have captured America by 
storm, their merit winning them 
thousands of stanch friends. Som 
objected to their white legs.but after 
a trial their objections were all gone. 
They have merit which will break 
down prejudice; money talks, and 
Orpingtons are money makers from 
start to finish. A fowl that can 
make money like Orpingtons will 
never go begging for friends. 

Last week I received a copy of the 
Home Garden, published at Moss 
Vale, New South Wales, It is de- 
voted to garden, fruit and poultry. 
The editor contributes an article 
under the head of Farm Poultry. 
He advises farmers of Australia to 
keep thoroughbred poultry. For a 
general purpose fowl he advises 
Wyandottes and Orpingtons as the 
best breeds. He says: "The Orping- 
ton is a large bird and matures 
quickly; they are good layers and 
make splendid mothers. The Plj'- 
mouth Rock is also an excellent 
breed when a good strain is kept 
but we do not consider them on a 
whole so good as the above mention- 
ed." This is a good testimonial for 
our American Wyandottes and the 



POULTRY INVF^TiG\Tor? 



Orpinfirtons from far away Australia and shows 
they can. adapt themselves to any climate and 
conditions. So the Orpinfftons have found 
friends in all parts of the world. Mr. Cook has 
e.xported a goodly number of them to South 
Africa and New Zeland and has only i^ood ac- 
counts of them. 

There is plenty of rooms for Oriiinsrtons in 
this country. The fowl that can make the 
most dollars will win. Some obsolete varieties 
or breeds will be dropped and the Or]>infirtons 
will take their place. Some say the OrpinBton 
can never become popular and attract attention 
when Huff KocUs are so i>o|iular. but the num- 
ber of Buff Kock breeders who Uave taken them 
up or are takintr them ui>, contradicts that 
statement. Many breeders of Bulf Kocks say 
the Rocks are not in the run with the urpinu- 
lons at all. There is room for both -lots ol 
room. They will take the place ol unpopuiai-. 
unprofitable breeds. The fittest will survive. 
i*oultry tiazette. 



NEBRASKA STATK i'OUL.rRY AS- 
SOCIATION SEMI-ANNUAL 
MKETING. 

The meeting of the Nebraska Stale 
Poultry association was held at Lin- 
coln on the State Fair grounds 
Thursday, September 5, in a tent ne.tr 
the Poultry Hall on the Fair grounds. 
Of the three hundred or more mem- 
bers of the association there were 
twenty-two present at roll call. 

The report of special committees on 
legislation appointed at the annual 
meeting last January was considered. 
Their special work was to secure the 
passage of a law so as to have the 
dates of holding the show come earlier 
in the month, at the discretion of the 
board of managers. The bill was 
prepared and introduced in both the 
senate and house. It passed the sen- 
ate and was reported by several mem- 
bers of the house to the effect that it 
had passed, but upon investigation it 
was found that it had been 'pigeon- 
holed," and lost sight of in the scram- 
ble for senator. So there is no al- 
ternative except to hold our show the 
same as has been before — the third 
Tuesday in January, which will be 
the 21st to the 25th. The ofiicers of 
the association are very sorry it has 
so happened, but it couldn't be help- 
ed, so must be endured, as to hold it 
on any other date without a change 
of the law regulating it would lose 
us our appropriation of $1,000 an- 
nually, and we cannot afford that by 
any means. 

The treasurer's report was read and 
showed cash on hand of $530.57. 

The matter of a permanent building 
for the state association on the fair 
grounds was taken up and after some 
discussion a committee was appointed 
to draw plans and solicit subscrip- 
tions and report the same to the state 
association In January, 1902. The 
members of this committee are 
Messrs. Lemen of Lincoln, Osterhout 
of David City and Mlckel of Lincoln. 




Some of Geo. B. Clary's prize ^ 



ers at Lincoln and Hebron, Nebr., 1901. 



Several communications from 
judges were read and referred to the 
board of managers. On motion the 
board of managers were instructed to 
set aside $25 of the funds of the asso- 
ciation to be used as premiums for 
best display of eggs at next winter's 
show, to be given as board decides. 

The meeting was harmonious and 
pleasant, the interest shown was good 
and the prospects for a big show are 
brighter than ever before. 

L. P. HARRIS. 



ness. I am confident if I had stuck to 
the brooder my losses would have been 
small. 

I have my incubator filled (200 ca- 
pacity) that will hatch the 16th day 
of September, and if it would interest 
any of the family, will let you know 
my success with fall chicks, but I as- 
sure you I will pay strict attention to 
my brooder and feed, for I know the 
Incubator will do its part if egg:5 and 
care are all right. 

VILLA HOLLENBECK. 

Salix, la. 



Thinking my experience with the in- 
cubator would be of some help, I will 
write a little. I have always raised 
chickens since a little girl from the old 
biddy, and I thought with an incubator 
I could do so much better, so 
sent for one in April. Every phon- 
ing for two weeks I sent to the depot, 
but to my great disappointment it did 
not come. Then I sat down and in 
a good-natured way roasted the com- 
pany, and to my great horror found 
out my dear husband had carried the 
order in his pocket all that time. It 
came, but too late for early chicks, and 
I find one can't work on the old plan. 
It's altogether new, and the hatching 
is the easiest part, but the most es- 
sential part is the brooder. It makes 
no difference how hot the weather is, 
it wants to be kept running and the 
chicks brooded until they are six weeks 
old; in fact, two brooders are needed 
with every incubator. 

I thought the brooder was too warm 
and put the chicks in coops In the 
daytime and in boxes at night, and 
with all of my unnecessary hard work 
lost over half of them. Handling 
them is very much against the busi- 




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AVOID MOISTURE 
and DR.AUGHTS 

M. yi. JOHNSON. 

If we avoid moisture and draughts 
we will then be rooting out a large per 
cent of all the failures. 

It is an impossibility to succeed un- 
less we guard against damp, sour quar- 
ters, and draughts through the coops 
or houses. Poultry is like people to a 
great extent, and we should not expect 
poultry to do the best in unhealthy 
coops or houses any more than we 
should expect to grow fat there our- 
selves. If poultry were kept dry and 
comfortable the "chicken doctors" 
would lose their jobs. Young chickens 
kept in damp, sour places get the 
bowel trouble; then the feed question 
is up. If the little chicks are kept dry 
and comfortable there is not so much 
in the feed. For the reason that they 
have bowel trouble we surmise that 
some kind of feed has done the mis- 
chief, when in fact bowel trouble is 
about all the indications that we have 
that the chick is sick. Piling up and 
sweating will bring it on; damp, sour 
Quarters will bring it on; getting wet 
and chilling will bring it on, and feed- 
ing them too soon after they are 
hatched will bring it on, but four 
times out of five the feed is blamed. 
Of course, it will not do to load them 
up with soft, sloppy feed, but if they 
are kept comfortable the feed question 
is not so important. So many get the 
idea that the feed should be soft, an 
idea growing out of "such little babies 
having no teeth." The chick's craw is 
for a purpose; it is a grinding mill, 
and it's on a line with nature for the 
mill to work. Small seeds, cracked 
grain and the like are nature's feed, 
and they will do their own mixing if 
water is handy. 

I did not intend to make a "small 
chick" lecture out of this, but damp, 
sour quarters and the question of feed 
get so mixed up that I thought calling 
attention might do some good. With 
grown fowls, damp quarters and 
draughts bring on colds, and the con- 
tinued exposure brings on roup, and 
prolonged exposure makes them rot- 
ten. I might say it brings on genuine 
consumption and not misname it very 
much. It debilitates the whole flock, 
brings on cholera and bowel trouble^ 
in fact, it aggravates all temporary 
ailments and steals the profits in poul- 
try raising. Fowls have feathers to 
protect them from cold, but are not 
protected from dampness; their feath- 
ers and body absorb the moisture. It's 
different with ducks; their feathers 
are oily and water does not make them 
so wet, but with hens we must keep 
them dry to succeed at all. Bare 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

floors or board floors should be dry, 
and as a precaution they should be 
covered with dust; straw and chaff ab- 
sorb moisture. Use anything that will 
take up the moisture and leave the 
hens dry. The old-fashioned straw 
sheds never bred disease, were a great 
place to breed lice and mites, but 
otherwise it was a healthy place for 
poultry. 

Before long now we will be housing 
our new crop of chicks. We should be 
at it right now, and they should be 
forced to take to the roosts. If we 
let them pile up in boxes here and 
there until winter is really here then 
we will have trouble on our hands 
with sneezes and colds, and possibly 
the roup. They should be made to 
roost before the nights get cold. It 
you can't make them take to the roosts 
any other way pen them up in the 
house. Turn in a pet pig or a pup; it 
nothing else is handy put a cat or 
some ducks in, anything that will 
make the chicks want to get up out 
of the way will answer the purpose. 

Don't kill them off with kindness by 
making the house too close and warm; 
gradually toughen them up for winter. 
If we are careful to get them into cold 
weather in a good, healthy condition 
we need not fear the cold if we keep 
them dry and away from the draughts. 
M. M. JOHNSON. 



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Ileaihwoods. 1 ish ami Mexican 
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rt. Pla^in, N. Y. 



I Buff Orpingtons 

1 AND 

I White Wyandottes 



'S I never have failed to win in 

S largest shows. Birds score from 1 

I) 90 to 95;^ . I 

I C ROCKHILL, ! 

§ Harvard, Nebraska. ' 



Partridge Cochins 
Golden Sebright Bantams 
Fancy Pigeons 

I will close out my entire stock of Cochins. 
>Jone better. At low prices. They have al- 
ways won for me and will for you. 

Wm. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Net. 



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Cornish Indian Games. 

8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
ners in every exhibit where we ex- 
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Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
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Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality atid Quantity. 

Farm raised prize winning stock, 
cheap for quality If you want Rocks 
write us. 
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



Silver Laced Wyandottes, White 
Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Black 
Leghorns and White Pekin Ducks. 
First class birds for sale. Mrs. Willie 
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Cornish and White Indian Games. 

stock for Sale. 
J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 

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li't days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart 
for liquid alone. Address. 

The Vail Seed Co , 150 N. Delaware 
St., Indianapolis. 

Special price on .'i gallon cans. 



A. J. WILLIAMS, 

. . .Breeder of . . . . 

Silver & Golden Sebright, 
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red 
Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 

Write for Prices. 
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for it that he had entirely forgotten about 76 cents for the outfit 
about having it in the store. We got one more article in the line of as- 
some of it, which is cailea asbestos bestos for poultry people and I will 
cement, and spread it over me leaks, stop and this is the cold water paint. 
Now on a hot dry surface it would of which you see so much mention in 
Probably a little talK on asbestos ]j^yg hardened instantly and nothing the papers. We painted our hen house 
will be as interesting as anything else would have been needed, but we with it over a year ago and it is all 



ASBESTOS 

S Mrs. MAY TAYLOR. 



else I could write about this morning. 



could not get the pipes hot without right yet. It comes in the form of a 

white 



, , , . , , . ,„ t^^ the hot water flow through them, and powder and can be had in black, 

flja it it; pnterine so lareelv into the *^ 

aa i» CUI.C B 6 ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ |,jjg ^^jg^ pressure or several different colors. White is 

manufacture of the things we use in g^^^^g^ j^ forced the cement out of the che^est and black the costliest. 

the poultry business and is so useful jjjg larger leaks. On these we placed we got the white for the body color 

pieces of the roll felt and wrapped of the house and one of the colors 

them with twine. I think there were for the strips. I don't know the 



in many other forms about the prem 
ises. 



It Is described as a fibrous mineral six leaks altogether. We held the 



and one of nature's unique product- 
tlons. In the illustration of it in its 



flame of a lamp under two of them 
and hardened the cement. When it 



names of the colors, as they go by 
numbers. The color we selected 
would be a cross between a red and 
a brown. The contrast, I think, is 
very tasty. We bought five pounds of 
the white powder at 1 cents per pound 
on all sides. "It is found in various bre and cementing material which is and another pound of color for the 
parts of the world, usually in nar- flre and acid proof, and the hotter the strips. The color we selected was also 
row veins or seams, and when treated surface to which it is applied the bet- lo cents, making 60 cents for the 
mechanically it yields a soft, white, ter the work can be done. It comes paint. The white powder covered 300 
delicate and exceeding strong fibre, already prepared and a one pound can square feet of smooth surface (planed 
which can be spun, woven or otherwise costs 25 cents. pine boards), two coats. It was mixed 



natural state it looks like a piece of was once hard it was like the iron 

petrified wood with little fibrous par- itself. 

tides curling down and away from it The cement is made of asbestos fi- 



manufactured into many useful arti- 
cles." It is fire proof, as many of you cloth. 
know, for there Is scarcely a household ^= 
but what has one of those round mats 
for putting on the stove, under the 
preserving kettle, but it is also acid 
proof, and is practically indestructi- 
ble. 

It is made into numberless articles; 
into cloth for covering hot pipes of 
all sorts, into cement for meding all 
sorts of heated iron surfaces, and is 
also made into what is called the as- 
bestine cold water weather proof 
paint. 

We used in the cement in stopping 
leaks in the hot water pipes in our 



The roll fire felt comes in rolls like with cold water simply, not a particle 
It is thirty-six inches wide of oil. Five pounds is said to be 

=^=~- : :^^— enough for one gallon of paint. We 

made a little more than that out of 
ours. 

To the farm woman who likes to 
see things tidied up and has not the 
necessary cash to keep pace with her 
tastes, this asbestine paint is exactly 
what she wants. It dries more quick- 
ly than oil paints, and is not any 




ws tail, back and wiue of C. F. Hinmans 
Kock. a prize winner. 



harder to put on. I painted our hen 
house myself, mixed the paint and put 
it on, and painted the strips before 
putting them up. I painted another 
hen house with oil paint. It had 
more surface to paint over than this, 
so I know what I am talking about 
I have also mixed and put on a good 



sectional brooder. These pipes are the and in different thicknesses, from very 

common black iron tubing and will not think to one-fourth of an inch thick. ^^ ^ ^ 

take solder. They spread apart in The kind we used was the thinnest ^^^^ i^unAred square feet of white 

places at 'he seams and one of our and is about six cents per square foot. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ .^ ^^^ 

hardware men worked faithfully for " is made entirely of asbestos and is ^^^ business. The asbestine paint is 

half a day trying to stop the leaks used most generally for covering hot ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ whitewash, and it 

with solder, first pounding the seams Pipes to keep the heat in and to keep ^^^,^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^ ^^^^ 

as near together as possible. He said the apartment, say like a furnace in ^^ ^.^ ^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^ ^ jj^^j 

the only way to mend black pipe was the cellar, from being overheated. It ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^ p^^^^^ )ieca.uze 

to cut the "leak" out and put in a cuts like cloth with the scissors, but ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ j^ 

new piece of piping. We wrote to the will not tear, but there is now on the 

firm which makes these brooders and market an asbestos pipe covering 

they said practically the same thing, which would have suited our case ex- 

We wrote to two big firms, who have actly, but we did not know of it then. 

everything you "want or use," ask- It comes in lengths of three feet, and "^^"^^^^^^1^^ together which makes it 

ing them if they had anything for is for cold pipes, also for low pressure ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^p^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 

mending pipes in the condition our and for high pressure steam. The ^.^^ ^.^^^^^ ^.^ ^^.^^ ^^ whitewash, 

were In, but their answer was also materials used are a little different for ^^^^^ ^^^ conveniences and looks this 

practically the same, but when the each use. For high pressure the ma- 

harware man above mentioned gave terials are carbonate of magnesia and 
up and was about to start for home. 



mixes up considerably like batter 
cakes, and is a little tough at first 
until thinned down to the proper con- 
sistency, but it still has this tendency 



time. MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 

Hale, Mo., Lock Box 176. 



asbestos fibre. Outside of this there is 

I 'asked him it he did not have some a canvas covering, held in place by - TZ,^-. t 
kind of Iron cement in his store; I metal bands. While this is not given If you want Rose Comb White Leg- 
had read about it somewhere. The as an article for mending leaks, yet horns that are bred to the standard 
thought struck him; yes, he said, they I feel pretty certain that it would have and that will win for you^ look up 
had, and he believed It would be the answered our purpose very well. For the advertisement of J. E Reivelt of 
very thing. They had bo litUe call a one-inch pipe like ours It would cost Tripp, S. D. He has what you want. 



NOTES FROM OUR MINNESOTA 
VISIT. 

We have recently had the pleasure of 
a visit in southwestern Minnesota, 
Lyon county. I did not meet as many 
of the "chicken people" as I would 
like to have met. A morning walk lo- 
.eated the poultry yards in that part 
o^ town. When I came back and 
asked about who lived in such a house 
I was told they did not keep chickens; 
those people were some of the society 
folks. But I was familiar enough 
with poultry yards to know one when 
I saw it A few mornings later a 
lady called. She told mother she 
heard there was a chicken woman vis- 
iting her, and she wanted to meet her. 

I afterwards visited her and had a 
closer view of her yards than I had 
gained from the sidewalk. I found 
a woman something after my own 
fashion, who could go from the poultry 
yards to the paint easel and do both 
with credit. She has a beautiful 
home, is a woman of culture, and has 
taken up the poultry business because 
she likes "biddies," and for the out- 
door exercise it will give her. There 
is lots of care and not very clean 
work about our poultry yards, but I 
found this woman could get right 
around after it just as well as I can. 
She can even take hammer and nails 
and build coops, for she said when 
she done it herself she had it just the 
way she wanted it. She was still run- 
ning her incubator, and was going to 
turn the surrey room into a brooder 
room for those late chicks. Our 
chicken women are not all found 
among the farm wives and poorer 
classes. 

We drove about thirty miles one 
way, and about twenty another. In 
those drives we kept watch for pure- 
bred poultry. We saw a larger per 
cent of Black Langshans, that we 
thought were pure, than any other 
breed. One farm we passed showed 
more improvements in poultry yards 
than in any of the other farm building. 
There was a very good start of White 
Plymouth Rocks and some Barred 
Rocks, but there were some mongrels 
that spoiled the looks of the place. 
Had I been alone I would have stopped 
and had a talk with that farm wife, 
but the rest of the crowd did not be- 
long to the "chicken people," so we 
did not stop. 

In our drives we noticed more White 
Holland turkeys than any others, and 
pretty well bred ones, too. Minnesota 
is a good poultry country. Where so 
much wheat is raised the poultry 
find their share and full egg baskets 
is the result. 

Those immense wheat fields ■with the 
stray wheat heads and good crop of 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

grasshoppers that always go with 
them cannot help but put those 
turkeys in fine trim tor Thanksgiving. 
MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
Friend, Neb. 



BUFF LEGHORNS. 

Every farmer and every breeder of 
poultry have their favorite breeds, but 
we think you will allow that no breed 
has risen to such popularity in so short 
a time as the Buff Leghorn, and no 
breed is better adapted as a general 
purpose fowl. 

In almost every poultry journal we 
read of some one, who has been in this 
business for a long time, and who has 
always made a specialty of one or two 
breeds, adding to their list Buff Leg- 
horns, and who can blame them? It is 
a breed that finds favor wherever 
known, and is a fine addition to any 
yard. 

They are of the Leghorn class, which 
has long been called the best all pur- 
pose fowl for broiler, farmer and fan- 
cier. For the breeder because they 
grow rapidly, make plump broilers, 
have yellow legs and no dark or black 
pin feathers. For the farmer because 
they are great layers and a fine table 
fowl, and the fancier can find satisfac- 
tion and pleasure in developing their 
fine qualities. And they have that 
color which meets with so much ap- 
proval everywhere. What looks nicer 
upon a lawn than a nice flock of Buffs? 
You attend an exhibition and no class 
attracts more attention or it more ad- 
mired than the Buff Leghorns. 

Let us take better care of our birds, 
let us cull our stock more carefully 
and more closely, and let us take grea;- 
er pains in mating our breeding pens, 
and we will certainly receive results 
that will more than pay us for our 
work. We will thus develop the fine 
qualities of this beautiful and useful 
breed more rapidly. 

GEO. S. BARNES. 

Battle Creek, Mich. 



OLENTANGY 



■ POULTRY. 
....YAR.DS.... 



_* * Jo * * Jo4o 3o * JoJo* * 
J I will exchange P* 

( Belgian Hares ^ 

\ for J* 

•; White Wandotte Pullets^ 

1 I have also some fine , 

off 
} Address, Mrs. Hattie Byfield,»% 

I McCook, Neb. 0^ 



LIGHT BRAHMA HENS 
for Sale. Good ones. 



1892. r90l. 

Mammoth Strain 

Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- 
ners in America's leading shows of 
hundreds of prizes in my own and 
customers' hands. The "Common 
Sense" remedies for poultry are "per- 
fection" when properly used. Chol- 
era Cure kills all disease germs and 
makes blood, bone and feather. Hun- 
dreds of poultryraen claim they are 
making poultry breeding easy and 
practical by their use. A sample of 
either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid 
for SOc. Yours for success, 

MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo. 

_ /\/\vr| For the next sixty days I will 
I lllllif sell my fine Barred Plymouth 
L/Vf vflV* Eocks Cockerels and Pullets at 
one halt price as I have sold my place. I 
have some fine large March and April Cock- 
erels now ready to ship and win guarantee 
satisfaction with every sale. 

L. a. GREEN, Red Oak, la. 

BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

EXCLUS-IVELY. Our Buff 
Wyaudoties are bred from 
i)est strain obtainable and 
n linp. We brt-ed the pure 
golden Buff, not the dark 
red. They're prize winners. 

^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb 
MeMB^I. Chester White Hogs for sale 

Rosecomb White Leghorns. 

For sale, 1st cockrel St. Paul, Febru- 
ary 1901 and nine one year old hens, 
score 92,14 to 94,"<, by Russell, for fi5. 

J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D. 




Chas. C. Keid. Manaiier. 
DELEWARE. OHIO 

Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Ruff Cochin Bantams 
Cornish Indian Games 

stock in b^eedin^ pens score from 91 to 65!i. 
Send for circular. 

Bargains 

in Buff Wvandottes, line bred 
(Brey's Strain) ji and }4 grown. 
Extra selected for exhibition 
and breeding. 4 pullets and 1 
cockerel only $10.00. 

JOHN BREY. Specialist.NeoIa.IaL. 



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Buff 



ORPINGTONS 

^ and COCHINS. I 

I Bred from my own Importations. \ 

i I won more premiums than i 

J any two other exhibitors at the J 

5 Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- { 

i fore buying anything write me t 

J — it will be a pleasure to give 5 

5 you prices. J 

I IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. \ 



Hens as Money Makers 

(I'aper read by Mrs. W. H. Parkin- 
son at a meeting of Evans Grange, 
Marshall County, III., April 13th, 1901.) 

Poultry keeping is an industry, the 
importance of which should not be 
overlooked nor under estimated in 
connection with other farm industries. 
It is said France is the only nation 
that recognized poultry raising as a 
source of wealth to her people, giv- 
ing it the same encouragement as 
that of any other branch of agricul- 
ture. Why should the farmers of this 
country stand idly by while Prance is 
shipping her millions of dollars worth 
of eggs to this country every year, 
which should be produced at home. If 
France can produce eggs on her 
high priced foods, pay transportation 
and a duty for the privilege of sell- 
ing them in the markets here in com- 
petition with our own eggs, then what 
is the American hen good for if we 
cannot produce eggs at a much larger 
proiit than France? 

The keeping of poultry seems to be 
almost purely a feminine occupation, 
perhaps on account of woman's gentle- 
ness and eternal vigilance, for success 
or failure In poultry keeping does not 
depend entirely on any one thing, but 
upon many little things which men 
dislike so much to do. It can scarcely 
be doubted that when Noah was col- 
lecting the different species of the 
feathered tribes into his ark, he in- 
sisted upon leaving out the old hen, 
saying "she was of no account any- 
way," but, of course, Mrs. Noah had 
her way about it, as most women do 
when the question involved is poul- 
try. 

Hens as money makers? you ask. 
Why, there is no doubt about It Sta- 
tistics tell us that the total value of 
poultry consumed in the United 
States, including eggs, fooits up 
in one year the neat sum of $300,- 
000,000, a greater sum than that de- 
rived from any other one product, not 
even excepting the wheat or the min- 
eral output. Can any one think of 
this immense sum and then despise 
the hen as a money maker? And this 
with but a small outlay of capital, 
and no risk of plunging into the finan- 
cial pitfalls that infest the business 
man's pathway. 

Of all varieties the Leghorns are 
unexcelled as layers. Evidently Mr. 
Grime's legendary was a Dominique 
Leghorn. 
"For ten long years she lay 

At morn and eve Old Grimes an egg. 
But none the Sabbath day. 
Her back was brown and speckled 
o'er 

With spots inclined to gray." 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

As general purpose fowls, none are 
more popular than Plymouth Rocks, 
closely followed by Wyandottes, less 
hardy but more stylish and gentler. 

At present there are too many farm- 
ers who would just as soon do busi- 
ness with a poor scrub hen as with 
a good one, unless they could get the 
good one for nothing, and even then 
they would soon mix them, and as a 
consequence they would make no 
money in the poultry business. There 
is need of a larger class of poultry 
raisers among farmers who would be 
proud to be pointed out as poultry 
cranks, and who would take as much 
pride in the pure-blooded strains of 
poultry as cattlemen do of their Here- 
fords, or as horsemen do in their Per- 
cherons. One who spends time and 
food on scrub poultry will sooner or 
later be heard to say, "There's no 
money in poultry." Those raising 
poultry for profit should study the 
balanced or perfect rations the same 
as the dairyman studies a balanced 
ration for his cows. Their food should 
contain a large per cent of protein. 
Flesh-forming foods might be prefer- 
able to feed during the moulting sea- 



son. No matter what the food given, 
if hens are allowed to roost in a 
leafless tree, or some other unshel- 
tered place, the result will not be 
satisfactory, for the hen that shivers 
during the night cannot be counted on 
to fill the egg basket. 

I am a firm believer that there is 
more money in keeping poultry for 
eggs than in raising poultry for the 
market, and for that reason I be- 
lieve there is more profit in a purely 
egg-producing breed than in a general 
purpose breed. I have the White Leg- 
horns, which are my favorite breed. 
I have one hundred and twenty-five 
hens that occupy a comfortable house, 
which keeps them well protected from 
the storms of winter, and they are 
at liberty to bask in the sunshine of 
a southern exposure. I have twenty 
hens that cannot be induced to adopt 
civilized habits and in consequence 
roost on fences and post piles. Those 
twenty hens have been kept all winter 
at a loss, producing no eggs, while the 
one hundred and twenty-five hens that 
have been well housed and well fed 
have been a source of profit, as you 
will see from the following figures: 



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"Since this ma.chine ca.nrie out 'our business' is IsLyirvg egis." 
--Mrs. Light Brahma.. 

When a Brahma Hon gives it up, there must be something- in it. The 
above photo is a sample of nearly 200 that will appear in our big new cata- 
logue (out Nov. 1st); Photographs of our patrons, their Sure Hatch Incubators 
and poultry yards, from all over the U. S. and several foreign countries, goes 
to make our 16(i page catalogue interesting, besides, it contains page after 
page of useful practical poultry information. It's a book for the every day 
poultry raiser. It costs us thousands of dollars, but it is free to all who send 
for it. Mention catalogue No. S. Address nearest office. 

Svire Hatch IncvibsLtor Co. 



COLUMBUS. OHIO. 



CLAY CENTER., NEBR.. 



Sold from the first day of Janu- 
uary to the first day of March, 
114 dozen of eggs, at 20 cents 

per dozen $22. SO 

From the 1st to the 30th of 
March, inclusive. 243 dozen, 
ranging in price from 18 to 10 

cents per dozen 28.64 

Total 357 dozen eggs; total 

amount received $51,44 

It will be seen that I h^ve sold 
J11.40 worth of eggs for each of the 
two winter months, and $28.64 worth 
of eggs for March. In no week do I 
except to soil less than five dollars 
worth of eggs until fall, when my 
hens hegin to moult. 

I feed oats in the morning, scat- 
tered on straw, where biddy will 
scratch and sing all day if the sun 
shines, even on the coldest days. I 
feed corn at night, not shelled, but on 
the cob, cutting the ear into five or 
six pieces. By feeding on the cob 
they necessarily eat slower, and by 
cutting it into small pieces all the 
hens can eat at one time, which would 
not be the case if the ear was only 
broken into two pieces. 

I give them milk to drink when I 
have it to spare, and believe it is a 
profitable way to dispose of the milk. 
The milk and water is given to them 
warm in cold weather. Always keep 
water before the hens, both summer 
and winter, to keep them from drink- 
ing out of the stagnant pools. You 
might as well starve a hen for food 
as for water. 

On our black prairie soil in central 
Illinois there is a scarcity of grit for 
poultry, which should be supplied ar- 
tificially, and if only one kind is sup- 
plied it should be ground oyster shells, 
as it answers very well for grit and 
furnishes material for the egg shells. 
Any one feeding oyster shells to their 
hens cannot but observe a much 
greater quantity eaten by them in the 
flush of the laying season. 

We improve the dairy cow in her 
production of milk, so why not im- 
prove our hens in the production of 
eggs. The Maine experiment station 
has been experimenting along this 
line, on the possibility of securing 
breeds of hens that would excel in eggs 
production of a flock of 236 employed, 
39 laid 160 eggs or more, 35 laid less 
than 10 Oeggs in a year. Breeds that 
are good foragers are the best lay- 
ers, and when we take into consider- 
ation that a good forager will secure 
its own living six months out of the 
year, and If 125 hens will produce 
$5 worth of eggs per week for nine 
months in the year, then is not the 
hen a money maker? 

MRS. W. H. PARKINSON. 
Wenona, III. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

COMMUNICATION FROM EMMA 

PERKINS, RAVENWOOD, MO. 
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 

I think you have chosRU a wise title 
for the new poultry journal, as poul- 
try or anything else cannot be suc- 
cessfully carried on without investi- 
gation. So we hope the investor will 
investigate through the columns of 
The Investigator for the best plans 
and results of poultry raising, and 
make the coming years even more suc- 
cessful than those of the past. 

I will say as to this year's work in 
the poultry line, the business has not 
been a failure at the Morning View 
Poultry Yards by any means. As a 
consequence of our untiring efforts we 
have a nice lot of young, healthy 
stock outgrowing their feathers. 

We began last spring (or in Febru- 
ary, rather) with two incubators. Our 
first hatches were not good on ac- 
count of unfertile eggs. I know this 
was the cause, as I have run an in- 
cubator long enough to know it was 
not the machine's fault, but our last 
hatches were fine, and I have already 
stated the results, and regardless of 
the dry, parched earth and small po- 
tatoes, if the water and grasshoppers 
will hold out a while longer we will 



23 
still have something to live on. 

Last spring we plowed up one of 
our chicken yards and sowed it in 
oats, and now the chicks have a va- 
riety of corn and oats and rabbits 
and grasshoppers for their meat, and 
I really believe they have a greater 
variety than we have. 

And now, while the sensible old 
hen is taking her rest, is the time we 
should be laying our plans and doing 
our head work for the coming year. 
We should not enter into any busi- 
ness without first doing a lot of think- 
ing and head work beforehand. 

The persistent old hen will perform 
her part if we will do the thinking for 
her. 

Begin right and you will end right. 
\Yhen she lays her laying out and each 
day as she leaves her precious nest, 
follow her and take the eggs, so that 
you can give them the proper care 
until you have enough to start your 
machine. Replace the deficiency by 
placing china eggs in the nest, and 
she will never know the difference. 
It is her business to lay the eggs, 
though some still claim it Is her 
business to hatch them, too. But we 
think it is needless to try to develop 
an old hen's brain so that she may 



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Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 

Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
Nothing to > o astray. The neatest 
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100 White Wyandotte Cockerels 



^ Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^ 



24 

learn. It is too slow a process to 
wait on her for her little clutches of 
fives or tens, so we just put her in a 
comfortable place till she forgets her 
trouble, and set the incubators and 
start the business on the fifties and 
hundreds scale. But treat the old 
hens kindly. Put them in a nice 
clean coop, feed and water them reg- 
ularly and they will be ready to fi.I 
the machines by the time the hatches 
come off. Some people will imprison 
their setting hens and try to starve 
their desire to set out, and I have 
heard of others who will tie a red 
string fast to their tails and start them 
into perpetual motion, but in either 
case they will give up in despair, en- 
tirely unfit for their duty which lies 
out before them. 

When your incubator is ready to 
hatch, be the owner of a good brooder 
if you can, but if you cannot afford 
one, select the most motherly old hens 
you have to mother the chicks. 

The first few days should be spent 
in solitude by the little chicks and 
old hen as well, as the little chicks 
need sleep as much as a tiny baby, 
and the old hen is liable to get her 
clumsy feet on some and kill them. 
So the more quiet she is kept the 
better. 

The best food I find for little chicks 
for the first week is hard boiled eggs. 
Brown the shells in the oven, crumble 
up fine, and feed this as their first 
grit. 

After the first few days give them 
their liberty, as their strength will al- 
low. Not the old hen's strength, but 
the chicks, if they be so unlucky as 
to have a hen mammy, and more often 
she is a step mammy than their own. 
Only give her limited territory by 
fastening a stout string to her leg 
and tie her fast, for if you give her 
an inch she will take a mile if she 
can. 

But if the little chicks are reared in 
the brooder they will never leave 
their parental roof very far, until 
they are large enough to look out for 
themselves. 

We have nineteen youngsters from 
two settings of W. S. Russell of Ot- 
tumwa, la., from his two first pens, 
one mated for fine pullets and the 
other for fine cockerels. They are all 
doing fine and I am expecting as a 
natural consequence to have better 
stock next year than ever before. 

Wishing the new poultry journal 
success and prosperity in its efforts 
of trying to raise poultry onto a 
higher standard, I will close and leave 
space for the more efficient writer. 
EMMA PERKINS. 

Ravenwood, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




For the convenience of those breed- 
ers who would like to become mem- 
bers of the specialty club devoted to 
their favorites, we publish the fol- 
lowing list of specialty clubs and the 
names and postoffice addresses of the 
secretaries. We believe the list is 
correct and complete, but if any of our 
readers know of any omissions or cor- 
rections we would be under obliga- 
tions to them if they will inform us 
of the fact. 

American Plymouth Rock Club— H. 
P. Schwab, secretary-treasurer, Roch- 
ester, N. Y. 

American White Plymouth Rock 
Club— Frank Heck, secretary-treas- 
urer, 325 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. 

New England Barred and White 
Plymouth Rock Club— W. B. Atherton, 
secretary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, 
Boston, Mass. 

American Buff Plymouth Rock Club 
— W. C. Denny, secretary-treasurer, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

National White Wyandotte Club- 
George C. Rose, secretary-treasurer, 
Shawneetown, 111. 

New England White Wyandotte 
Club — G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, 
Perryville, Mass. 

Eastern White Wyandotte Club— C. 
A. Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 

Western Wyandotte Club— J. D. W. 
Hall, secretary-treasurer, eDs Moines, 
Iowa. 

National Wyandotte Club— C. S. 
Mattison, secretary-treasurer. South 
Shaftsbury, Vt. 

Silver Wyandotte Club of America 
— E. S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, 
Yorkville, 111. 

American Golden Wyandotte Club— 
A. L. Ringo, secretary-treasurer, 333 
Rookery building, Chicago, 111. 

The Partridge Wyandotte Club of 
America — Theo. Haight, secretary- 
treasurer, Astoria, L. I., New York. 

American tsuff Wyandotte Club— W. 
R. Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
CreeK, Mich. 

New England Light Brahma Club 
— George W. Cromack, secretary, 
Stoneham, Mass. 

Western Light Brahma Club— W. S. 
Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, 
Iowa. 

American Dark Brahma Club — Clark 
E. Adams, secretary, Hacine, Wis. 

American Langshan Club— A. H. 
Asche, secretary-treasurer, Princeton, 
111. 

American Cochin Club — Arthur R. 
Sharp, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 

American Leghorn Club — George H. 



Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station, 
N. Y. 

American Single Comb Brown Leg- 
horn Club— C. M. Davison, secretary, 
Chicago Lawn, 111. 

American Buff Leghorn Club— Geo. 
S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
Creek, Mich. 

American Rose Comb Brown Leg- 
horn Club— C. R. Milhous, secretary- 
treasurer, Spencer, Ind. 

American Houdan Club— Thomas F. 
Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, 
Iowa. 

Blue Andalusian Club of America- 
Robert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marl- 
borough street, Boston, Mass. 

American Black Minorca Club- 
Charles L. Blanton, secretary, Falls 
Church, Va. 

American White Minorca Club— Wil- 
liam Sapper, secretary, Erie, Pa. 

American Indian Game Club— C. S. 
Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien, 
N. Y. 

American Polish Club— M. V. Cald- 
well, secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, 
Ohio. 

National Exhibition Game and 
Game Bantam Club— W. W. Withee, 
secretary-treasurer. La Crosse, Wis. 

American Dorking Club — Frank H. 
Prentice, secretary. North Grafton, 
Mass. 

American White Wonder Club — A. 
L. Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me. 

American Rhode Island Red Club- 
John Crowther, secretary-treasurer. 
Fall River, Mass. 

National Bantam Association — E. 
Latham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I., 
N. Y. 

. National Bronze Turkey Club — Mrs. 
B. F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111. 

Western Turkey Club — Mrs. F. A. 
Hargrave, secretary-treasurer, Rich- 
mond, Kan. 

Water Fowl Club of America— Theo. 
F. Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa. 



The Cottle Bros, visited the editor 
recently. They tell us they will be in 
it this winter when the Cornish In- 
dian class is judged. The boys know 
good birds, raise good birds and ex- 
hibit good birds, and take a good lot 
of ribbons home, and are good people 
to deal with. 



We cal Ithe attention of our readers 
to the advertisement of W. H. Smith 
& Co. They manufacture a supeil'.r 
leg band. When once sealed on will 
never come off unless cut off. it is a 
sure thing. 



WHAT BREED TO CHOOSE. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

Mucli has and is being written in 
favor of this and that breed or fam- 
ily of poultrydom, and each individual 
writer has his or her special favorite, 
and in their love and enthusiasm for 
their pets leave the impression that 
that particular breed is the only one 
that is worth bothering with, when 
in fact any of the standard breeds 
will do well if properly and in'telli- 
gently handled. 

And right here we want to say that 
there is no best breeds, but there are 
certain purposes for which certain 
breeds are best adapted. If one wants 
to breed for meat, then some of the 
medium weight birds are best; if for 
eggs the smaller ones are the ones to 
cling to. 

An over sized chicken will event- 
ually get there in weight, but it takes 
him several months to grow the 
frame work on which to hang the 
flesh and muscle to create the strength 
to carry his superior weight. While 
the larger breeds are laying the 
foundation for large bodies, the 
smaller and middle weight birds will 
develop into compact and plump bod- 
ies and in ten to twelve weeks are 
ready for market, weighing one and a 
half to two and a quarter pounds 
each, while females of the mediter- 
anian class are rapidly developing into 
profitable layers. Another point in 
favor of the small birds is the amount 
of feed consumed. A Hamburg, for 
instance, will live and do well on four 
ounces of food per day, while the 
Asiatics and kindred breeds will con- 
sume eight to ten ounces per day per 
bird. This does not seem to be a 
great amount of difference, it is so 
small, but when one has a flock of a 
hundred or perhaps 50 birds it cuts 
something of a figure in the expense 
account; in other words, twice as 
many Hamburgs or Leghorns can be 
kept on a given amount of feed as 
can those of the larger kinds. And 
when it comes to eggs, take them head 
for head and the small ones will pro- 
duce three times as many eggs for the 
same amount of feed used; besides 
you will have, as a rule, as much meat 
as the large ones would produce. Then 
to sum up for a given amount of 
feed used in producing a flock of 
small birds, you have three times as 
many eggs and an equal amount of 
meat to send to market. 

We are asked where is the wonder- 
ful profits in the laying kinds as com- 
pared with the others. Well, we have 
figured a great deal on the subject 
and must confess that we have failed 
to find the much talked of big chick- 
ens in it. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Now about the healthfulness and 
strength of the young of each kind. 
The young of the heavy weights are 
large, strong and robust to start with 
and if the two are penned or cooped 
together they will trample the small- 
er ones to death. They will eat and 
gorge themselves and presently they 
have indigestion or apoplexy or break 
down in the legs and are douf for. 
They will chill and die, or certain oth- 
er kinds will take dropsy of the heart 
and thrt ends the chapter. The small- 
er ones are not so strong and robust 
and are not in as much danger of 
over eating, and in fact rarely ever 
do, and when allowed to roost by 
themselves prove to be spry and active 
and are always moving around, thus 
keeping up a good healthy circulation, 
and rarely if ever suffer from the 
naladies subject to the others. Taken 
all in all we are in favor of the medi- 
um to small varieties, but must in- 
sist that if the reader has a "hanker- 
ing" after the big breeds that he will 
do better with them than any other 
kind. 

Select your breed, stick to it, adver- 
tise it and it will pay every time. 

REV. G. A. CHAMBLIN. 

Uniontown, Kan. 



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Mrs. Ella Patrick of Clay Center, 
Neb., has long been a breeier of the 
Nugget strain of Buff Rocks and 
treats her patrons right. Her birds 
are prize winners. 



Flies are a pest these days, but if 
you will look up the advertisement 
of the Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis, 
Ind., they have a liquid chaser that 
puts them out of the way. 



Judge Thomas H. Mills, Port Huron, 
Mich., has something good in his line, 
and sells right birds that are right. 
His decisions are good in the show 
room. 



L. D. Green of Red Oak, Iowa, 
breeds a superior strain of B. P Rocks 
and has to sell them on account of 
moving at "let live" prices. His stock 
was in the Red Oak show Hst winter 
and I found them first class. If you 
want good birds write him scon. 



We welcome to our columns this 
month Mrs. Cora Rickards of Ogden, 
Utah. She has been special corre- 
spondent for some of our best poultry 
journals tor several years and we are 
pleased to be able to secure her serv- 
ices for a year, and we know her 
writings will be appreciated greatly 
by our readers. Mrs. Rickards breeds 
Barred P. Rocks and Leghorns and her 
stock is first class. 



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Moulting. 



Moulting is a very trying experience 
through which fowls have to go an- 
nually, and to have them come 
through with a good suit of feathers 
and in good laying condition is the 
problem with which evey poultry 
raiser has to deal, writes Geneva 
March in the "Epitomist." The easi- 
est and most profitable way of caring 
for fowls during this period is to 
make them moult as easily as possible. 
I say easiest because the fowl that is 
slow in moulting is in bad health; 
then the period should be shortened as 
much as possible. One of the easiest 
and best methods I ever used for has- 
tening the moulting season is to feed 
the fowls with all the sunflower seed 
they will eat, or feed with corn and 
wheat and give a little sulphur in 
their soft feed. In this way I can 
bring the fowls to moult whenever I 
wish and keep them in good health, 
too. The cocks should be separated 
during moulting season and each one 
kept by himself, and if a hen persists 
in laying change her from one place 
to another; if running at liberty, coop 
her up. My plan is to bring on the 
moulting season by feeding as describ- 
ed and make the period one of rest 
as much as possible. Give shade, 
plenty of cool water not exposed to 
the heat of the sun, keep the coop 
clean, and if fowls droop give 
them a tonic of muriated tincture of 
iron, one teaspoonful to a gallon of 
water. Give plenty of sharp grit 
and occasionally mix clean sand in 
their soft feed, and a pan of crushed 
charcoal where they can have free ac- 
cess to it is a good thing. 

CARE OF THE LEGS— All fowls 
must be kept free from lice during 
the moult or they will become so de- 
bilitated that it will take all fall to 



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recuperate, and in that case you will 
get no eggs until the next spring. As 
the legs are a part of the moult, if you 
want pretty yellow, white or black 
legs, as th.' case may be, have a shed 
large enough so fowls ran be fed in 
it. Here have about six inches of 
sand on the floor and into this scatter 
the grain and rake it well under, 
leaving just enough on top to encour- 
age the fowls to scratch for more. 
This sand should be perfectly clean 
and free from lime or any foreign 
substance that is apt to discolor the 
legs. If the sand is nice and white 
as well as clean, it will get all the 
dirt out from under the scales that 
one has so much trouble with at show 
time. If the fowls have a few scabs 
or scaly legs and the legs are yellow, 
treat them with sulphur and lard, 
adding a few drops of carbolic acid; 
this applied to the legs about four 
times, two days apart, will generally 
clean the leg it it is not too scaly. 
When you find one that is very* bad 
first apply coal oil the same number 
of times and then follow with the lard 
and sulphur. With constant scratch- 
ing in the sand and the grease on 
their legs it will not take long to 
have them polished up like young legs, 
and they should, if the right color 
were there to begin with, be as 
bright as those of the youngest fowl. 
For white legs use oxide of zinc in- 
stead of sulphur. 



"DOES A POTTLTRY PAPER PAY?" 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

Belle I subscribed for these two 
papers at the fair today. 

Another farm paper with a poultry 
department. Father, don't you think 
you are taking farm papers enough? 
A poultry paper is something that we 
never have taken. As for poultry I 
know how to raise poultry without 



any Poultry Herald assistance. I 
think that dollar is just thrown away. 
All poultry papers amount to anyway 
is just to puff and blow the incubators 
and brooders. They are no earthly 
good. I just hate them, for there is 
not one I know of here that makes a 
success. If they hatch any chickens 
they don't many of them live, and 
what do, don't look like my chickens. 

I have always wanted glasses I 
could keep in place. He gave me these 
glasses and this poultry manual for 
$1.00. 

I hope, father, you will get a dol- 
lar out of the glasses. 

The next week a friend called who 
is raising Belgian hares. I gave him 
the Herald. The September and 
October came. I looked them over and 
laid them aside. November came and 
as I looked it over my eyes caught 
this heading, "Chats With Feminine 
Friends," by Nellie Hawks. As I had 
lost lots of chicks by hawks, I read 
the article hoping to find some way 
to prevent hawks from carrying away 
my dear little chickens. Then I read 
it over and later read it to my father. 
In less than a week five postals were 
sent for incubator catalogues. In 
March we were taking the crate off 
a 200-egg incubator and a 200-chick 
brooder. April 29 my first hatch came 
out — ninety-nine chicks — big balls of 
down; just two eggs left. July 29, I 
have hatched out 570 chickens. I 
never had as lively or as strong chicks 
or any as large and all are beauties. 

I read everything I see about chick- 
ens. Father got me two more poul- 
try papers, brother lends me one, and 
now Mr. Johnson comes to the front 
with one more poultrj- paper for me. 

I will tell you later what the in- 
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two brooders, three little buildings 
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mesh poultry netting, enough for two 
good big yards. I could not get as 
much netting as I wanted and shall 
order a roll next year myself and not 
depend on our dealers here. 

I have raised 15S chicks in one 
flock, but I think fifty would grow 
faster while in the enclosed netting 
yard. I shall run out two more 
hatches, then rest awhile and try and 
do better next year. 

I shall get a Humphrey bone cutter 
this fall, and hope then to have more 
fertile eggs for hatching. 

MRS. BELLE UTLEY. 

New Hampton, Iowa. 




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POULTRY. BEE and 

FRUIT INDUSTRY 

By A. B. R.INGO. 



A. L. Ringo in Poultry, Bee and 
JYuit Journal: Always on the alert 
for anything which tends to show 
that poultry, bees and fruit are a 
successful combination and should be 
cultivated as such, we glean the fol- 
lowing from our esteemed contempo- 
rary, Commercial Poultry, which 
throws additional light on our hobby 
—the combination of the poultry, bee 
and fruit industries — for profitable re- 
sults: 

After ten years' experience as the 
owner of the Burr Oaks Fruit Farms 
in the St. Joe fruit belt. Berrien 
county, near St. Joseph, Michigan, I 
feel I can safely say to any and all 
who are interested in either poultry 
or fruit raising that both go hand in 
hand and that each is an advantage 
rnd benefit to the other. 

This is the fruit growing time and 
all nature is glad. There Is inspira- 
tion, hope and promise in the plan. 
The poet has sung, "The groves were 
God's first temples." Every orchard 
will furnish a place "not made with 
hands," but nature's handiwork, which 
to complete needs the fowls of the 
air and the homely chickens. Shade 
is absolutely essential to the welfare 
of fowls. To breed fowls successfully 
It is necessary to have runs in which 
to confine them. 

After an experience of some eight 
years I have successfully adopted the 
following plan: My runs are 32 feet 
wide by 150 feet long. In these runs 
I have planted Japanese plum trees, 
12 feet apart each way. These trees 
have made rapid growth and have an- 
nually yielded me for the past five 
years an unusiially heavy crop of ful- 
ly developed plums; more than twice 
that of those planted at the same time 
outside the runs. The reason for this 
is conceded to be the fact that the 
ben manure falls on the trees. Then, 
again, a number of times each seasot 
the soil is turned over in the runs. 
Each tree is thus cultivated. In this 
fresh soil the hens scratch and dust 
and by this means keep away the in- 
sects. Then, again, each morning my 
farmer goes into the yards and with 
a small mallet jars each plum tree, 
the curcuUo falls to th-J ground, and 
woe to his poor life— "Mr?. Hen" is 
sure to get him before he evci- gets to 
the tree again. Thereto-, we grow 
a good crop of plums on the trees 
and a good crop of chickens on the 
ground. 
•We also make it a rule to run in 



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the center of each alternate 12-foot 
row of plum trees a row of grapes 
planted 16 feet apart. The vines are 
grown on trellises. Under the dense 
shade of these grape vines the chicks 
may be found during the day enjoying 
the comfort of the cool shade or 
scratching in the earth for the insects, 
which in the summer months infest it 
and when developed creep into the 
vines and fruit trees, there to lay 
their eggs and thus damage the trees. 
The chickens prevent this. 

After a careful observation run- 
ning over some five years, by actual 
tests I have satisfied myself that plum 
trees and Concord grape vines in the 
poultry runs will outyield trees in the 
orchard and vines in the vineyard, 
pound for pound, two to one, each 
season, and bear every season. I 
have so arranged my runs that for 
four feet each side of the wire fences 
no tree or vine appears. This pre- 
vents the chicks getting over the 
fence by means of the trees; and then 
comes a row of plum trees. Midway 
between this and the next row of 
plum trees, a row of Concord grapes 
set 16 feet apart. This produces 
shade, and In three years fruit. This 
plan any one can follow, whether in 
country or city, no matter whether 
on a farm or city lot. 

A man who loves nature will make 
his home surroundings as pleasing 
and attractive as possible. "To suc- 
ceed in the love of nature is some- 
thing that may develop in every hu- 
man heart." "To embark in the rais- 
ing of fancy poultry is to enjoy a rag- 
ing fever." "To utilize one to help 
the other is to practice horse sense." 



Kansas State Poultry Show. 

Breeders, the show season will soon 
be upon us. You will soon be deciding 
where you will exhibit your choice 
birds. I want to urge you to not miss 
the Kansas State Poultry Show this 
year. You well know that for the past 
four or five years it has been one of 
the larg'est, cleanest and best shows in 
the west. All premiums have been 
paid in full at close of show. The 
Association now has enough money in 
the treasury to guarantee all premiums 
and I will get our banker to so certify. 
Suoh a guarantee as this is worth con- 
sidering. We will this year put up 
nearly a thousand dollars' worth of 
premiums, competition will be open to 
the world, no favors will be shown to 
any one, every bird will receive the 
best of care in our hands, and I can 
promise you that you will be pleased 
with treatment you will receive. The 
oflficers have all had experience and 
know just what they are doing, and 
they mean business. Our entry fees 
will be the same popular ones hereto- 
fore maintained, and premiums vrill 
be better than ever. We have every 
possible shipping facility, and with a 
good hall, good light, good heating 
facilities, good ventilation, and the 
best of care, we know you will be 
pleased. What more could you ask? 
I confidently expect 1,500 birds this 
year; we had over a thousand last 
year. Judges Rhodes and Harris will 
place the awards. We want birds 
from surrounding stales, and I would 
like to corre^pond with breeders de. 
sirous of exhibiting. Let me hear 
from you. Our dates are January 
6-11, 1902. Geo. H. Gilliks, Sec, 

Topeka, Kansas 



G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb., writes 
his stock of White Wyandottes never 
looked better and that they wil Ihave 
the best lot this season they ever 
raised. They are offering extra fine 
specimens low for Quality of stock. 
They also have a fine flock of Buf. 
Orpingtons. 

P. A. Crowell of Granger, Minn., is 
a reliable and honest breeder c? Or- 
pingtons, Leghorns, Cochins and 
other varieties of thoroughbred fowls. 
He tries at all times to satisfy his 
customers, and it is an easy matter 
to do so when one breeds nothing but 
first class birds. 



E. W. Matheny, the Light Brahma 
man ha.s some very fine specimens to 
offer this fall at" reasonable prices. 
You will note his ad in this issue. 



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Wo make Brooders, Bee Hives .•■. SuppUes. 
tir Catalog and Price List sent Free. 

The W.T. FALCONER MFG. 00., 
Dept. 213' Jamestown, N.Y. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



We wish to call the attention of our 
readers to the valuable article written 
by Mrs. B. G. Mackey of Clarksville, 
Mo. She has had long experience in 
breeding poultry and turkeys, and 
birds from her yards have won large- 
ly in the best shows east and west. 
Mrs. Mackey will be one of our regular 
contributors for the next year and we 
welcome her to our columns, as she 
has had wide experience and she is 
able to tell us many things that will 
be of benefit to us all. Watch for her 
articles. 



]Sd:Y 

Buff Orpingtons 

. . . .Have no equal 

B. Plymouth Rocks 

.Tli.Hnii-<..Ti Kiiit;lfts. 
.\^M) 

White Wyandottes 

If you want good stock I have it 



You will find in this issue the ad- 
vertisement of J. A. Ling of Harvard, 
Neb., an old and reliable breeder of 
Barred P. Rocks and that new breed, 
Buff Orpingtons. Ling's Orps never 
have been beaten. They are as good 
as can be raised. He is an honorable 
dealer. 



A. Upton of Fairbury is one of the 
pioneer breeders of the state, a lover 
of the true blue Barred Rocks, and 
the best he can get are none too good, 
and by judicious line breeding he has 
at last produced birds of superior 
merit and up to date. Write him. 



29 

Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger & 
Felch; 'Black Langshans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

. HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

GfOW ri'Ult » jyjrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 

Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps 
Poultry; great combination. If you CLARKSVillH, : : ; : Missouri. 

want the best fruit paper, at 50c per 

year, send for 

"Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. Single Comb Brown Le ghorns. 
Capital City Poultry Ranch 

E. E. Smith, Prop. 



John A. Liing^ 

HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 



Barred Plymouth. Rocks. 



J. C. Kapser of Clay Center, Neb., 
is an expert breeder of Golden Wy- 
andottes. He has by his system of 
mating produced birds that have 
scored in competition as high as the 
best, and seen in the best shows. If 
you want something fine look him up. 

WargaIJis 

IN BREEDING STOCK 

At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I 
have a few birds that I used in rny 
breeding pens this season that I will 
sell at a bargain. They are hens and 
two cocks. White Plymouth Rocks, 
Empire strain. Write for prices. 

Young stock. White Plymouth Rock 
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes 
for sale this fall. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMOMT, WIS. 



Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every 
1st at State Fair and State Show. I 
have the best in the west. 

E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. 

POILTRYMEN IZ, ^"ZZ 

unless PPIIWTPR neatly. I do it 
it is r Hin 1 LiV well and use good 
cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. Rickards, 

SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 

OgdeM, Utah. 



chicks fromchi 



Ducks from Door-knobs. 

miso everything' in sitrht; either diioka from doo 



'gg3, and a full gruwu bir d 



IICKS iroui cuiuu Jie^i- ^ebo, »"■-» " •"■* t ___ I 

DCTAI Ulik INCUBATOR 

I |_ I yik^vlwl^l incubatnr-madeforhatchint; 
L ei-M In the best possible way. It 1« made on «• ciitlBc prlnclpl'". of 
^ eood honest material, by hone.t workmi n. Consequently .t 
'all that a Rood incubator bught to do. We think our constructs 
kuttle better Iban any other-; we are sure we take pains; we ku 

nicn-o the people. If you are lookinn for amachine that will hatch , 
tall the fertile e^-cs, vouMl be interested in THE PETALUMA. 
OurhuKeilUistrated catalogue is sent free upon request. 

.We pay freight anywhere in the United States 

^ We make a good brooder too. i 

Petaluma Incubator Ca., Box 510, Petalutna, Cat. 



Poultry Supplies. 



We keep a full line of all standard goods, as follows: 



Ideal Leg Bauds, 
Smith Seal Bauds, 
Score Cards, 
Standards, 
Oyster Shells, 
Lime Stone Grit, 
Mica Grit, 



Humphrey Bone Mills, 
Spray Pumps. 
Liquiid Lice Killers, 
Bone Meal, 
Raw Bone, 
Beef Scraps, 
Blood Meal, 



Granulated Bone, 
Broiler's Teeth, 
20 Century Poultry Foo 
Midland Poultry Food 
Conkey's Roup Cure. 
Chamberlin Chick Feed 
Reliable Spring Punch. 



Anything you want. Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you. 

SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebraska. 



30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

>^ Brief Busir\.ess C^ctchers. ^ 



30 WORDS 

SINGLE INSERTION 

50 CENTS 



Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in- 
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 

No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
allowed each quarter. 



30 WORDS 

WITH INVESTIGATOR 

1 YEAR $3.00 



imi'F PLYMOnTrTROCK Cockerels from 
lirst prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prlres. Albert K. Swctt, 384 Mosley St., 
ElRln. 111. 

BLACK LANGSHAN. W. P. RockiiU old 
stock for K;ile at *1.00 each, young wliite 
Pckins ducks (i for MOO ill! froui high scor- 
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. 
Nebraska. 

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- 
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot 
Mound, Iowa. 

J. W. WIIITNEV. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
Judsie. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 



IOCS. S. IlA.MBl'RGS!. Stock for sale. Eggs 
.It prices to sui^ the season. Stock In good 
condition fashionaljly bred and artistically 
m'lrked. Rey. G. A. Chambliu, Moran, 
Kansas. 

IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New 
York winners In Barred Rocks, S. C. Brown 
and White Leghorns, 1 have It and can 
please you in st.oci' at low prices. Kggs In 
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
trevillo, Md. 

SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels 
Jl. 25 each Pullets tl.OO. Pairs$2 00. Trios 
$3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Kock 
Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. 
Bolt, Utica, Minn. 



SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes. 
pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar 
Rapids, I"wa. Also a dne line of Bantams 
such as Game COL'hlns. Sebrights and ,Iap- 
anese. Write for prices. M. V. Yegge, De 
Witt, Iowa. Box 26. 

BLUE BARRED P. ROOKS. Choice breed- 
ing and fine exhibition birds for sale. Win- 
ners wherever and whenever shown. Pric- 
es low. Must sell. Write for printed fold- 
er. J. M. Holt. Marshalltown, Iowa. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
150 youngsters for sale after October 1. fin- 
er than ever, superior feathering, shape 
and color. Always satisfiiction guaran- 
teert. D. J. Shanklin. Wanbeek, Iowa. 



Fowls for Exhibition 



From Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour- 
nal: There is no excuse for taking 
any birds that happen to be conveni- 
ent a few days before the show and 
sending them there to compete with 
the best throughout the country. 
Most birds taken to a poultry show 
are selected many months before, 'and 
are given special care. The best 
specimens should be selected and kept 
separate from the rest of the flock. 
There will be a temptation to select 
some better looking birds that are 
running with the flock after the se- 
lection has been made, but any at- 
tempt to get them in show condition 
will not meet with the best results. 
It the birds are some of the white 
varieties they should be kept where 
there is plenty of cut straw. Not two 
or three inches of it, but several 
inches, or even a foot. It is a good 
plan to scatter millet seed where they 
can scratch the straw up and let It 
fall down on their plumage, which 
will both polish and clean the feath- 
as white as it is possible to have 
them that had been kept so by this 
treatment. 

We do not favor much pampering 
or doctoring. One of the main things 
to do is to keep the birds active and 
in good health, which can be done 
by feeding wholesome rations, with a 
little animal food. Continually cram- 
ming them with all sorts of mashes 
mixed with stimulants should be 
avoided. Some fattening food will be 
required to bring them up to the 
standard weight, but beyond this there 
will be but little demand for it. Too 
much of this kind of feed is liable 
to ruin a fowl for breeding purposes. 

A bird that has to be pampered 



and dosed to keep it on its feet is 
not in show condition, and its true 
condition will be revealed when placed 
in the enervating temperature of a f 
heated room, and the chances are that 
the bird will be left off of the list of 
prize winners. Keep show birds in 
specially prepared coops as much as 
possible, and if it can be done show 
room conditions should be arranged 
for. Each coop will be made roomy, 
airy and light, with a blanket over 
the front, to be let down in case of 
cold weather when in transit. Show 
rooms are very hard on birds, and 
they will have to be inured- to this 
sort of trial if they are to stand the 
ordeal. Stamina is worth a great 
deal, and if the fowls do not come 
home with the roup, or otherwise the 
worse for the wear, they can be 
counted on as being very hardy and 
full of vitality. 



■-asjj^.y AKirfT^ cT'i^ 



Don't buy a bone cutter until 
you have seen and tried a 

HUMPHREY, 

J the simplest in construc- 
Jtion. the easiest in opera- 
"^ -,'^lion. the only open hopper'* , 
type. Every Humphrey is^ 
i subject to reti;rn if it does not 
cut more bone, and in less time ' 
and with less labor, cost less for 
repairs and produce better food, 
than any other type of bone cutter. 
Send for free catalogue anci egg-record book. 

Humphrey & Sons, Boi70 Jo liet, I 

SALES AGENTS. 
)o>cpk Brcck <& Sons. Boston. Nasi. 
Jokiison <2> Slokes. PkiladclpKiiL. 
GriffKh <& Turner Co. Biltlmore. 
^Surt Hatch Incb.Co.Clay C«\ltr.Neb. 
E. J. Bowen. Portl&nd, Oregon: 



The breeders of Kansas City, Mo., 
composing the Kansas City Fancy 
Poultrj- Club, have taken in hand the 
show matter for the coming winter, 
and propose to give a show Dec. 6-7-8, 
19(11. The judges will be W. S. Rus- 
sell, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Thos. W- 
Southard, of Kansas Citj'. It is pro. 
posed to redeem the fair name of Kan- 
sas City as a show town. They offer 
a reduced entry fee, a reduced price 
of admission, and a square deal. Par- 
ticulars can be had bv addressing the 
secretary, C. S. Hunting, 3817 E. 13th 
St., Kansas City, Mo. 



Perfect Chick Feed. 

HEMATITE, Mo., June 17, 1901. 
Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, 

Kirkvvood, Mo. 
Dear Sir: 

You will please find enclosed a 
Pacific Express money order for 
$2.50, for which I will thank you 
to send me another 100 pound 
sack of chick feed as soon as 
possible, as I am nearly out of 
same and find your feed worthy of 
the highest praise. Yours, 

D. W. Carroll. 



David Larson, 



Expert Poultry Judge 

I have had years of experience in 
breeding, mating and juciging. For 
reference 'o qualification, write Poi'L- 
TKv Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
I am open for engagements. 




It Brings More Eggs 

11 Koniij Grec ~ " ' 

Me yiur ek-g yi 
le tells all a>). 



eCutt 

Id. Ourne% 

feeding green 



Strait'on Mfg. Co., Boi 48, Erie, Pa. 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



31 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 

EXCLUSIVEI^Y. 

If you want winners bred from win- 
ners that will win for you, write me 

FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. 



IMu'truiiany risk. I'l-t a 

Hydro-Safety Lamp 

ou youT Inrubator and Brooder and save oil 
atleolioa aod avoid all daneer. Water jacke' 
keeps burner cool. Prlct, 76c. to^2. 70. Cata' 
logne of all InniMlor supplies Jf'JrCEIlES. 

OAKEM[fMM26MiS^BIooj^^ 



F. A. CROWELL, 

GRAINGER, MINN. 

Breeder of Strictly High Class Buflf 
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; 
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and 
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will 
please you. Circular free. 

Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
stock for sale. 

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb 
P. H. SHELLA BARGER, west^uberty. 



MARK YOUR FOWLS 

--,„„ 111!-, ii^i- i.r.-i-iiir ii II — II \ I'T *Imm\ . jinliriiiir. p«di(rrcc and hri-.-d iii^r peu purposes* 



RELIABLE COPPER PLATE LEG BANDS. 

■ .■\i'.i-.iri-l\ loiitrli una piiiilfU- thc> iiiuy tiu ustd iiiduliiiUt.-l> . Thi-y will etay where 
ar< I'ui , ni'l \\ ill not c'hulc or conker tli'e fowl. Made in sizes fromil.'i to* inches lone, 

~( , III jv< niiiiibei-s on band. Assorted sizes in the same order if requested. OurSOth 

iiry r.Miltry Itook illustrates and describes full line of poultry supplies and tellsall 
I Miir 1 1.1 •.nrUs of thoroughbred poultrv. We mail it for lOe. Write while they last* 
Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box A-25, Quincy, Ills. 




T) li , Cj 1*- For the next 60 days I will sell Grit and 

r OUlirV ijllppilOS.. . Shell in lots of .500 pounds or over at great- 
'^^•^■^^^■-'■-■^-^---^^■■'^^-^-^^^■-■^•^■-^-^•-^-^■^ ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in 
your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 

E. R. PEGliEt^, 241 S 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. Box 463. 




THE IDEAL 
Aluminum 
LEG BAND. 



Is tlie ackuowlesecl leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiiaUe wiili a double rlinch 
and i."! guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
on. It is absolutely (be beot band on the market today. Bead what others say: 
I Yerraouth, Me.— Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been thoroughly testing your 
leg band also others of the latest make. The Ideal Aluminum Leg B md is certainly the 
best one that I have ever used and I believe I have used about all of them. Please ship 
me 1000 as follows: 200 No. 8, 50 No. 7,400 No. 8. 100 ^o. 9. 300 No. 10. HO No. 11. 

Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome. 
Prices of bands, po^t paid. 12 for 20c. 2.t for 35c. 50 for 6.ic. 100 for SI. 500 for H, 1000 for $7. 
Send 4c in postage tor circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands. 

FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, III. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 

for 20 years. We have them that are up to 
date in size, shape and color. Write rue if 
you nef-d any. 20th annual circular which 
fully describes our Breeding stock is free. 
Mention this Journal and address as above. 



0. MO. HUN. ORG. 

Breeder of Prize-Winning 

IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. 

Stojk for sale at all times. Eggs in season. 

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo. 



G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska. 

1 Chalk White Wyandottes, 
Breeder of -I Mammoth Light Brahmas 
( Buff Orpingtons. 

Exhibited at four sliows. 1900-1901. Won 39 
regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- 
son. Satisfaction assured. 



Still 10 Cents a Year. 

Until further notice you can still get 
the Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour- 
nal for 10c per year. Or by getting 
four of your friends to send with you, 
we will either extend your subscrip- 
tion one year or make you a gift of a 
good poultry book. Send today — now 
— before it is too late, as this offer 
may be withdrawn at any time. Send 
your dime and get the neatest, boiled 
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when- 
you've-said-it, monthly journal an en- 
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders' 
Column for 2.5c. Display advertising 
75c per inch, net. No discounts for 
time or space. A guarantee of satis- 
faction written in every contract. 
POULTRY, BEE & FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and Black Langshans 

We have some extra bargains in our this years breeders that we would 
be glad to tell you about and if you will drop us a card we will tell you 
what we have for sale and probably can do you some good. Rocks scor- 
ing to !I4 points and Langshans to 9S;-2 points by Harris. Young stock 
for sale and at a bargain considering quality. 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
young chicks for sale in pairs and 
trios. Bred from the best matings of 
imported stock. I have hundreds of 
February and March hatched chicks 
for sale. Mention this Journal. 
W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY NEBRASKA. 



Buff Orpingtons 



THE COMING BREED 



White Leghorns. 

Layers and winners. An inducement to 
buy at uiH'i' and of us— tested breeders, hens 
$S.'*I0 and *12 ptT d(jzen- Cocks il.50 to •K..5U 
earh S..-iiiiish Terrier puppies $i. 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 

R. R. Fr.nch, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



RUFF P RfinK^ Exclusively. Pure 

Durr r. ^uu^;i Burdick gow Nug- 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
can be found, and are up-to-date in 
every respect. Some fine specimens 
for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
tion. Address 

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTKS. R. 
1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 



2>2 

Imported Buff Orpingtons. 

Arc wlnmis :it II. I'. K.. iMadisoli .Si|ii:ir( . 
Wiisli.. N .1 . Iveolii lowii lily limii StiMu 
Shows UrplnEton $7 lo $aO per trio Wll 
close out p\\ the Rocks. Krarlley Hus. "ii< 
L:ith:tns Ptr«lns One piilr of i vr nlu shov 
birds for sale chPap.K <o92'2. A fine lot. o 
yound show blrtlsiii Ixith vmictius. Always 
win; sure to plPase. Hettcr jfrt In the push. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 

SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 

H Cirand Breeders fur sale at a bar 
g^ain. Also 300 selected Laiigfshaii 
chicks. Address, 

BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvtile, Ind 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lav e.!,'S-s. 
Satisfaction tu all. Circular free. 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

lock box 500. 



Barred P. Rocks... 

Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 

In the show room they have shown 
their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 

Buff P, Rocks. 

Motto: — "Good stock at moderate 
price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15. 
W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

THE FEED, NOT THE BREED M\M Formulas 

Is responsiblr f(ir results. 

THE BALANCED RATION 

For P<.ultry is here at la.st 



Readv .«t.\cd. 

I Nui-ury'Clil.k K.iod. 
:;. i^iowin^' < hick hood. 
:i. I'liit' mil!.' I hick Koiid. 
4 V.-s-A iiii'i Kciilli.T Pro- 

duclnL-I"o..d. 
!>. Nursi ry lUicklliisFood 
li Oiowin^'Uu.-klinKKood 
7 KHiteiiins.' Duck Mug 

and Goslins i'"ood 
S. LayiiiK Duck Food 

9 .Stock Ducks' Suninicr 
Food. 

10 GiowinsGosllns Food 




Ihe 200 [gg Hen is oow a 
Possib 



Our cfloMs to furnish the poultry world wiih a complete food 
>r n SiiecKic purpose, and Imlli on a .sclentitic and practical ha. 
s by nun of H.xperii-nce and ability, has niet »ith unqualified 
Jewess Uur f< oil is now he ng usi d by the most pr tiresslve 
I n in . very state in the Union, lo pr..ve Its ineilis. i ider a 
B or two of our No. 4. feed your flo^k llirou}:Ii ilie moultiiej 
•ason iind 1 h' loby shorten ii one-half ai^d they will lie-in hiy- 
iir • arly and com inue all winter, if fed as olrecied. Don't wait 
ntil it is too late to recover the lo t time. TI.eicisn. thinj-'tliat 
will pill I), r.i~ 111 ..^ nil a show condition as No. 4. Try it and he convinced. It I- not a 
sliinu ant or condiment Our nrice is.$l.JO per two husliel li:ij :ii rartorv. Wrile vour near- 
est agent for prices and save frelL'hl charfies. Itisiheiiinvi 1 cniji.niH-" uiod youcau use. 
It requires no acce.s~orie8. a- sreen bone. etc. : and will piinin.e n--ii!is yuu cannot other- 
wise attain. Write for our booklet -The .science of Poolirv I'li ihi;.. ■ lo any of the follow, 
insratrenis: Bo^^ton. Muss, .los Breck and Sons, .il N Market St. .New Vork City. Excel 
sior Wire & Pouliry Supply Co.. 28 Vesey Si I'liiladelplii i I'a , .lotinson &Slokes. 217 Mar- 
ket St.. or Midland PouM rv F'lodtM.N. E C.ii- :;ii(l iind Main Sts.. Kansas Oity. Mo., the 
Harvey Seed Co.. liuflalo N. Y. i.ud A C. Woolley .'v: Co . Atlanta. Ga. 




Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 



Kills lice .nd mit. -son poultrv. ho^'sand animals. Is the 
slrongest and best lice killer made. Wiih our double 
tube sp ayi r you can save one half the liquid and i ene- 
Irate all cracks and spray Ihe boi toni of the house where • 
you find the miles or spider lice, it gets theie every 
time Ev'-ry can is L'liaianteed or money refunded 
to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE. 

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 

Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dOits. ticks on sheep and lice on cat- 
tle and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps ruotbs from your clothing and carpets. 
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We 
want one in every town 

- - Lincoln, Nebraska. 



THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 




NOVEMBER. 1901. 



NO. 3. 



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Advance to Success 




25 <^ ayear 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



BufT Wyandoites 
ButF Leghorns 

p. C. n. I.i't'liorns. S. (). VV. LcL'lini-ns: 11 
and GiilnPiis. YouiiK stm-U foi- sale 
Nov. 1st. We will now soil 4 .-lioi.-i- 1 ,■■_• 
cooUs (BufT) lit n each. Harncs and lions 
.strain; all prl/.p winniis. Our Wlilti': 
Hawks and Wykoff strain; our Brown 
Bracp strain direct; Buffsare Harris. Ka 
Arnold, and Brace. Write ils for barnai 



Let The 
HensLdij 



but Hatch Chickens by Steam 

Tlio beat, surest anil most economical method 



EXCELSIOR incubator 




50c nnd fl.no per box. postpaid. Agents wai 
J. D. W.HALL. Box60De8>toiu«B, IoVb. 



200 White Plymouth Rocks 

FOR SALE. fSi B ^^ 

Our specialty. White birds; lariie size 
winter layers. Prices 7.ic each ; $6 per 12. 

F. J. KOLASCE, DeBols, Nebr. 




Choice 
Cockerels 

& 
Stock Eggs 

for 
Haichingm 



The Result of 25 
Year's Breeding, 

Line Bred at tlie 

American Poultry 

Farm. 



Kroni Barred and While IMyinouth Rocks. 

White and Silver Wyandoites. White and 

Brown Leghorns. Uolden Sehrisht Bantams. 

Bronze Turlu'ys. .and I'earl Guineas. 

Belgian Hare», Jersey Cattle. 

Valuable circular. 

F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalb, III. 



BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 



line 



Kdsoii's liexistered .Strain, tioiii 
of prl/.t'-witming ancesters; have made them 
aspeclally for 10 year" Now offeiinu' line 
exhibition and grand br' edtnK stock of both 
1900 and liKIl hatch at niovins price if taken 
soon. .Srnd for illu.strated circular with 
half-tones of merlloi lous birds. Address. 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 



^ Buff P. Rocks 
Wi exclusively... 

We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
These, together with our own prize 
winners, gives us the best flock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please you both in quality and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
from winners. Pekiu ducks, Toul- 
ouse (leese fi>r sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



HERE is an Opportunity 



To obtain 

S. C. B. LEGHORNS 



Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY 
DOWN. Send for illustrated catalogue — it's free. 

GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 



^ cv^o^ Silver Laced IVyandottes <$o^ 

: With Royal Blood in Their Veins. 

; Ste this— Winners at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebraska State show 

■ at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerel, 1st, 

5 2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 92?^ was cut one and 

• one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights. 

j This makes him a 04^ point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte 

J breeding? If anybodj' in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy 

i andottes, we can. I. & N. M. CONNER, Ponca Net). 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
no old ones to draft frotn the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last twt) years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of vour patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr^ 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 



BAIlItEl) I'LV.MOUTII KoiKS. ^ 
as the sky. and with elejianl i-imib: 
GLECOiNIB llliOWN LuGHDKN.- 
dle. and shape to liurn Pullets w 
and eiesant c-ombs In fact birds 
show room If so. address. 



at nice even rin;; barring to the skin as blue 
•n beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN- 
;ant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad- 
I soft even lirown color, fine striped lackels 
ve Hie other felh.w that tired feeling in the 
.1 W. WHITNEY. Chatham, O , P. O. Bo.x I. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : 

._=]BREEDERS OFC=_o 

White Plymouth Rocks 



Friend, Nebraska 




White Holland 
Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska 
State Poultry show 1001 we won 1st pen, 1st 
hen, 1st cock. 3d cockrei, which was a prize 
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska 
State Fair, 'id to 6th of Sept., 1901. we won 
1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock, 
erel-a first prize on every bird entered- 
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 



ution the Invkstig.\Tor when answering advertisements. It 
wi.. .^ .ite both the advertiser and us. 




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W I I W CI chased the Golden Egg 
========== of 8t. Louis, Mo., and 

the Poultry Investigator will be sent to all unex- 
pired subscriptions and all contracts for advertising 
made by the Golden Egg Publishing Co. will be 
faithfully filled. 



Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. 

L. P. Harris, Editor and Manager 




Vol. 1. 



Cla-y Center, Nebra.skat, November. 1901. 



No. 3. 



BEGINNING 



By Percy W. Shepard 



To one who desires to establish a 
business that wiU earn him a living 
and give him a reputation as a fan- 
cier: 

First, you must realize that in you 
and in you alone lies the source of 
your success. You are responsible for 
your success or failure. Your rise 
will not depend on some friend or on 
some other breeder, but on yourself. 
Hence, from the very beginning you 
must depend upon yourself. Advice 
Is cheap and always plenty of it to be 
received. But, advice very often 
comes from an unreliable source. Oft- 
entimes advice is given unintention- 
ally wrong. Yet, whatever your 
friends' intention may have been, if 
you followed it disaster would result. 
The qualifications necessary to a per- 
fect breeder are many. Although a 
breeder or rather the beginner has not 
all the qualifications necessary to per- 
fection, he may get along remarkably 
well if he tries to do so, yet the better 
he is qualified for the work the more 
sure will be his success. The begin- 
ner should be energetic. If he has en- 
ergy and uses it in the right direction, 
he will stand a fine chance for success. 
He should be patient and persevering 
in order to be able to meet and over- 
come all the difficulties of poultry life. 
He must be ambitious for success. The 
one who lacks ambition is seriously 
handicapped for the work. Yet he 
will be able to overcome some of his 
defects, as I shall speak of later. He 
must have good judgment and plenty 
of common sense. These are neces- 



sary, as any breeder, beginner or vet- 
eran, will have occasion to use his 
judgment several times every day. He 
must be willing to do the work, in 
fact, he must be anxious to perform 
all the duties of a breeder's life. 
Prompt in caring for his fowls and 
all his customers. Diligence in his 
work will greatly help along the strug- 
gle. And above all, he should love 
the work. No one succeeds well in 
any branch of life unless he has a 
special liking for the work. So with a 
breeder he needs to love the work and 
delights in caring for the birds. 

I have given above most of the 
characteristics of a breeder who is in 
himself about perfect in his adapta- 
bility for the work. Now we will 
suppose that on one who is contem- 
plating a start in the poultry industry 
lacks some of the above valuable qual- 
ities, for instance, he lacks energy. 
Can he not make himself energetic? 
Can he not arouse himself up and rush 
into the work carefully and do it as 
it should be done if he will? Yes, it 
is possible for him to make of him- 
self just what he wants to be, if he 
works properly. So as I said before, 
it depends entirely on the breeder 
whether or not he will succeed. If 
you are bound to succeed you will suc- 
ceed. If you are bound to obtain that 
which you desire you will obtain it. 
Success must come. But not to him 
who waits, but to him who goes af- 
ter it. 

I believe, in fact I know, that more 
of succcess depends on the breeder 



than on the buildings and fowls. The 
right kind of a breeder will succeeed 
under the most averse circumstances, 
while the wrong kind of a breeder 
cannot succeed at all under the most 
favorable circumstances. 

I have endeavored in the fore part of 
this article to give you a good de- 
scription of an ideal breeder and now 
will speak of the buildings, fowls and 
management. 

The building is the first essential 
that the breeder obtains after qual- 
ifying himself for the business. We 
wim suppose that the one who is 
making the start has visited as many 
different breeders as possible and has 
very carefully studied their plans of 
buildings and methods of manage- 
ment. Also he has made a special 
study of different breeds of fowls, he 
has noted their characteristics and 
qualities. He has subscribed to sev- 
eral up-to-date poultry journals and 
made use of the much valuable mat- 
ter in their columns. He has read 
several late poultry books, bought a 
Standard of Perfection and learned 
what a perfect bird is and knows how 
he is going to breed to seek to pro- 
duce winners. 

Fifty fowls are enough to start with 
for the first year. Twenty-five may 
be a better number. Never try to 
start with too many birds. This is 
taking a position too high upon the 
ladder and may result in disaster and 
discouragement. Better begin a lit- 
tle lower doiwn and ithen rise up 
than to begin higher and be compelled 
to fall to the bottom. "Slow but sure" 
is the maxim that seems to have had 
no beginning and does not end at this 
great age of advancement. So apply- 
ing it to poultry lite we would begin 



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with a small number of fowls and in- 
crease as we gained experience. The 
beginner is without experience which 
l>ecomes a valuable qualification later 
on. The veteran breeder has their ad- 
vantage over a beginner^he has ex- 
perience which money cannot buy. So 
there is no way of obtaining this 
priceless acquisition except through 
the school of life, which has number- 
less branches of which one is that of 
poultry. 

It would be almost useless for me 
to give you a plan of my ideal of a 
poultry building. You, living in an- 
other climatic belt and surrounded by 
entirely different conditions and cir- 
cumstances, would not find my plans 
suitable for your work. However, 
what the plans of your building may 
be. it must combine the essentials of 
warmth, light and convenience. If the 
poultry house is warm enough, if it 
has plenty of light admitted to it 
and is convenient, it will be very ser- 
viceable. The expense will depend on 
the size of your pocketbook. If you 
want an expensive and ornamental 
home for your fowls aud you have 
plenty of money, you can have the 
building that you desire. But if you 
can't afford an expensive building, a 
cheaper one must suffice. If I were to 
have an extensive poultry plant I 
would build the cheapest buildings 
that would serve the purpose, al- 
though of course they would not lack 
anything that favors sucess. A cheap, 
well made house does just as well as 
one that is expensive without giving 
any more advantages. The building 
can be large enough for one pen of 
fowls or can be a long one divided 
into pens. I favor the continuous 
house as it is convenient. Twenty- 
five fowls are enough for one pen. 
This number will pay better than a 
larger number kept in one pen. For 
this size flock I would have a pen 
say ten by fifteen feet. This will al- 
low six square feet to each fowl. 

Your building completed and your 
choice fixed on some breed of fowls, 
you are ready to purchase your birds. 
Don't start wilth more than one breed. 
Buy of a reliable breeder. Select your 
birds yourself if possible. You will 
know how to select good ones if you 
have learned from your Standard of 
Perfection In regard to the different 
breeds, for what are you going to 
breed? Is it eggs alone?. If so, then 
select some of the smaller breeds ac- 
cording to your taste. In breeding 
for market alone select a larger breed, 
and if seeking a general purpose fowl, 
that is one for both eggs and market 
fowls, get some one of the American 
breeds. Of course, for whatever pur- 




Lifflit Brahmas and Pekin ducks in the yards of Mrs. Alice Allen. Clay Center, Nelii 



pose you may intend to breed them 
you will expect to exhibit them as it 
is your ambition to get prominently 
before the public. If you have no 
choice for either line of work and it 
makes no difference to you whether 
or not you breed for eggs, fowls, or 
both, then select your fowls according 
to your taste. It is a question as to 
which is the best breed. One bre«d 
will pay as well as another if managed 
according to their needs. 

It is an apparently easy matter to 
erect the building and select and buy 
the fowls if you have the money. Al- 



and plenty of work. This is just 
what they get in summer and just 
what they must have in winter. Go 
to nature and you have a perfect 
teacher. This same applies to the 
chickens as well as to fowls. Feed 
them as nature does and they make a 
remarkable growth. Of course eggs 
and chicks in winter are fruits out 
of season. So we must make winter 
like summer as far as possible. The 
first work will not be as profitable 
usually as will that which is done 
after you have acquired experience. 



ways buy the best you can afford and But as long as you breed fowls you 



never think of anything except pure 
birds. 

After you have received the birds 
you must begin poultry life in earn- 
est. The different breeds will need 
different maagement. You will learn 
this from the poultry journals and 
books which you have purchased be- 
fore. Be regular in your work. Feed 
them regular.. Don't feed at daylight 
one morning and nearly noon the 
next. Be interested in the work and 
do the work yourself. If you do it 
yourself you know that it is well 
done. 

There are is science in feeding 
fowls. No secret about it. You see 
that the fowls lay in summer. To 
get eggs in winter just make the con- 
ditions correspond with those of sum- 
mer. Give them grain, green food, 
animal food, grit, pure water not iced, 
warmth, light, cleanliness, a good dust 
hath, charcoal, a variety of grains, 



will never cease lo learn something 
every day. The more you learn the 
better chance you will have for suc- 
cess. Keep a strict account of all 
receipts and expenditures, so you will 
know exactly how you stand. Try 
to improve your fowls, your plans, 
your work and your everything about 
the poultry. The world is moving on 
and upward. Keep up with it. Never 
fall behind when you have once made 
the start. Never neglect and never 
put off until tomorrow what you can 
do today. Do everything in time and 
just when it needs to be done. This 
will save time, discouragement and 
loss. You will meet discouragements, 
but never give up. There is a repu- 
tation for you if you press on and 
get it. Give just the right amount of 
care. No need of too much care. Be 
kind to the fowls. Make them tame 
and you will love the work better. Pay 
attention to the small details. Plan 
ahead. Remember that time is re- 



quired to succeed. Rome wasn't built 
in a day, neither will you reach the 
highest step in the ladder In a day, 
or year, or even in a dozen years. 
But you can make a remarkable ad- 
vancement in a short time it you 
know how, and you can learn how 
if you will. Be a genuine fancier 
and let every one know that you are 
such. And last but not least, be sure 
to exhibit your fowls when posssible, 
as you will learn enough to pay you 
even if you win no prizes. It will 
show you where your fowls are de- 
ficient and you will see how to breed 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

been neglected early in life no amount 
of care will make them winners. So 
you see that there is something back 
of merely taking the birds to the 
shows and carrying off prizes. Begin 
right and stay right. 

P. W. SHEPARD. 



SOME REASONS WHY. 
The reason why the Investigator 
will be a good advertising medium 
for poultry and poultry appliances is 
simply because the subscribers are 
poultry people and mail order buyers. 
To a very great extent the subscrib- 



FORCED FEEDING. 

No. 2 of the Investigator is really 
about the neatest little poultry paper 
it was ever my pleasure to see. Edi- 
tor Harris may surely be proud of it. 

Now I have a word to say about 
feeding to force extreme early matur- 
ity and egg production. Does it pay? 
Does not the pullet that is brought to 
laying at an unnaturally early age by 
the feeding of egg-producing com- 
pounds, etc., lose much of her value 
as a layer for the next season, and 
all of value as a breeder or a bird 
from which to produce good stock? 




A Lalf-tone from photo of Brandane Red Oak, 
eady for shipment pups sired by this wonderful doff. 



Eng-lish-bred Scotch collie, owned by H. R. McLean, of Red Oak. Iowa. He now ha 



to obtain better results, which' will 
atferwards give you the blue ribbons. 
Here at the exhibition you will meet 
dozens of breeders whom you can talk 
with and learn of their ways of feed- 
ing and caring for their fowls to pro- 
duce winners. So you see that it pays 
to exhibit, even if you cannot take to 
the show your birds, go yourself and 
carefully study the different birds. It 
will be of value to you. Your fowls 
need to be prepared for the show 
room. You know this, but let me ask 
you a question. Do you know just 
when to begin preparing them for ex- 
hibition? Well, you begin just at the 
time when you mate your fowls. Mate 
them to produce winners. Keep the 
chicks growing and give proper care 
all the way through. If they have 



ers are the same people who have | 
corresponded with the Sure Hatch In- 1 
cubator company about incubators, 
poultry and poultry fixtures. The 
west has been a good field for busi- | 
ness. On account of the big wheat i 
crop and the general prosperity, the I 
coming season will be better than I 
ever. The western fairs were better i 
than ever the past fall. Advertising 1 
space in the Investigator will be i 
worth more in the near future. Come I 
in on the ground floor and get ac- 1 
quainted while it does not cost much. | 



SPECIALTY CLUB. 
The American Hamburg club. Rev. 
G. A. Chamblin, Secretary, Moran, 
Kansas, 



I do not mean to say that this feed- 
ing for early maturity and great egg- 
production should not be done at all. 
but is it not overdone in some in- 
stances, and even carried so far as to 
be a positive detriment? 

We have tampered very lightly with 
such things ouTselves and have suc- 

36 — Jessup nalzth iSajouro 

ceeded in producing a strain of layers 
that I think will compare very favor- 
ably with any, while even our two 
and three-year-old hens continue to 
lay well. 

One thing is sure, 1 do not believe 
in using or sending our eggs for 
hatching from stock 'hat have been 
fed a "forced ration." 

R. R. FRENCH. 

Ford City, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



FOODS 



o 



By VELMA 
CALDKELL- 
MELVILLE. 



There are some facts that will bear 
repeating, and this seems especially 
true in regard to the fundamental 
facts of caring for poultry. There is 
a deal of theorizing and experimenta- 
tion going on, and th^re are poultry 
writers who fill columns telling things 
that when we try them won't work. 

But if the proof of the pudding is in 
the eating, the proof of a well bal- 
anced ration for fowls comes out by 
the eating — their eating. At the same 
time plenty of people are succeeding 
admirably with chickens who feed 
just the two grains, corn and oats, 
with the table scraps. This fall the 
remarkable growth of grass gives the 
birds that have access to it a food 
that is ample in place of cut hay and 
the many other like foods so much 
recommended. The abundant rains 
and mild weather are bringing up the 
worms and tempting the insect world 
generally to display of itself, there- 
by affording a substitute for green 
bone and meat scraps; but this is 
early October, and by the time these 
lines are read there will doubtless "a 
change have come over the spirit of 
our dreams," and green food and ani- 
mal food must be supplied. 

We are fanciers on so limited a 
scale that not often shall we dare 
in our chats here set ourself and our 
experience up as authority, but it 
shall be our aim to present only such 
facts from the experience of others 
as are reliable; those that have 
proven by long use and grand results 
that they are worthy of imitation. 

And now because of having spoken 
at length of what we hear of the 
wonderful Van Dreser poultry plant 
in New York, in some other columns, 
we will not dwell upon it here fur- 
ther than to the extent necessary to 
prove that the feeding there is of 
necessity reduced to something of a 
science. 

It is known as a "3,000-hen plant," 
but a recent visitor in writing of It 
says: "Its capacity today is about 
2,000 head of layers, but there will 
probably be 2,200 or 2,300 put into 
the houses this fall." 

There is a part of the year when 
the egg incom:, per day is over $98. 
Besides there is the selling of stock, 
running up into th? thousands of dol- 
lars annually. The chief business of 
the plant is, however, the production 
of eggs for market. 

As regards the feeding, Mr. Van 
Duser raises all the food on his 200- 



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acre farm, and right here we want 
to bring In one of our strong argu- 
ments in favor of poultry for profit — 
the fertilizer derived. Mr. Van Dreser 
put 550 pounds of hen manure on an 
acre prepared for wheat and pro- 
duced on that acre 28% bushels more 
than on adjacent acres that had not 
been fertilized. 

The crops raised exclusively for his 
fiowls are sunflower, oats, Canada 
peas, buckwheat and corn. Last year 
he raised 140 bushels of sunflower 
seed on a little less than one acre of 
ground. 

Now, to quote from this recent vis- 
itor, Mr. Hunter of the Practical 
Farmer: 

"In the morning the fowls have a 
grain feed of oats and peas, or wheat, 
thrown into the straw upon the floor 
of the pens, and this sets them to 
scratching — starts the blood circulat- 
ing. About 10 a. m. in winter and in 
summer about 4:30 p. m. a mash is 
fed of equal parts of pea meal, wheat 
bran, middlings and ground beef 
scraps. This is thoroughly mixed 
together and wet up with boiling hot 
water. Oats and peas, buckwheat 
and corn (cracked or whole), are the 
grains fed, and all are thrown into 
the litter. It Is the intention to keep 
the fowls just a little hungry, to 
avoid overfeeding, and so they shall 
come to their meals with a good ap- 
petite." 

This man sows Canada peas and 
oats together, seeding in the propor- 
tion of two bushels of oats to one 
of peas. The writer says a field of 
25 acres of these was being har- 
vested on the day of his visit. It 



had taken 84 bushels of the mixed 
seed to sow the piece. 

Now, of course, we cannot all be 
Van Dresers. It would be a pity to 
turn all our farms into hen ranches, 
but there is money in poultry as 
surely as in stock raising or any 
other industry, and even a small 
flock of birds intelligently fed and 
humanely housed is bound to not 
only meet its own expenses, but turn 
quite a decent surplus into the family 
pocketbook. 

Before bidding adieu to Mr. Van 
Dreser we want to mention that he 
feeds the mashes in feed troughs 
made for the purpose. He supplies 
abundant dust boxes, boxes of grit 
and oyster shells and water. His 
method of watering is to put in each 
pen a shelf some eighteen inches 
from the floor and on this place the 
watering pan, said pan slipping un- 
der a board that leaves about two 
inches all around accessible. 

His pens are flfteen feet square and 
he allows fifty birds to a pen, and, 
as we understand it, two or three 
males to a pen. Here we would think 
it might be wiser to have twenty-bird 
pens, allowing one male to each, but 
Mr. Van Dreser's birds are wonders 
in that the males do not fight. 

Another poultry expert advises the 
feeding of new wheat at the season 
it can be obtained to make hens start 
laying. She has observed through 
long years of experience that this is 
the effect and makes a practice of 
buying shocks of new wheat each har- 
vest for her yarded fowls. 

She deviates from the old rule of 
Riving the soft food in the morning 



and gives It at night. We should ad- 
vocate the mash at noon in winter. 
"Many men of many minds." 
Another fancier says he can make 
young birds grow faster on a diet of 
oats alone than an anything else; 
that is they grow large, but are a bit 
apt to be angular. Then he rushes 
In a few weeks of wheat to plump 
them out. 

Our young birds do not like oats 
unless it is boiled. Besides oats is 
such a bulky food for the amount of 
nourishment in it. Our "pet" grain 
is wheat for young and old birds, 
with corn for supper in very cold 
weather. 

Some one says, "Dry grains have 
all the elements of growth, but in so 
small a proportion, some of them, 
that it is necessarily slower. The 
soft foods are a 'short cut' to the 
desired goal, and it is well known 
that the quicker a chick can be grown 
to marketable size the more delicate 
and toothsome the flesh." 

This writer gives the following as 
. proof of her theory : 

"We recently visited a most suc- 
cessful chicken raiser who marketed 
4,000 birds between April 25th and 
August 19th, the 4,000 bringing him 
in $1,839.03, of which $1,000 was 
proflt. * * * He told us that it 
took him nine weeks to make a 114- 
pound chick and eleven weeks to 
make a 2-pounder. You can't do that 
with dry feed." 
Then she goes on to say: 
"Mr. T. begins with a soft — not 
sloppy — mixture of meals and a very 
little meat meal. This, with millet 
seed and finely cracked wheat, is the 
food for the first week; then finely 
cracked corn is added. They are fed 
five times a day until three weeks 
old. After this three times a day; in 
the morning a mash, at noon wheat, 
and at night cracked corn. The 
mash is made of either corn meal or 
gluten meals and wheat bran in 
equal parts, with maybe a little meat 
meal added. Besides these three reg- 
ular meals they have green food in 
the middle of the forenoon, cut fresh 
bone in the middle of the afternoon 
and all the skim milk they can 
drink." 

And now comes the surprising an- 
nouncement that the cost in food for 
this man to raise a 2-pounder is just 
8 cents. 



A WARM HEN HOUSE. 
Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, 

Neb.: 

Your correspondent, Hattie By- 
field, in her article on "Chicken Fix- 
ings for Winter," concluded that 
stone houses would be preferable to 



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sod houses. 

I would suggest that she and others 
try building concrete houses for poul- 
try. They can be put up cheaply, and 
will keep out rats, etc., and will al- 
ways be warm, without any damp- 
ness whatever. 

Almost any one can put one up — 
without much trouble. 

First excavate a trench below the 
frost line, say eight inches wide, or 
wider if thought best, but eight inches 
will do. 

Use Portland cement, gravel and 
sand. To one measure of Portland 
cement add three of sand and five 
measures of coarse gravel. Mix the 
three together very thoroughly, three 
or four times hoeing, then add water 
sufficient to make it damp, then hoe it 
again, adding just enough water so 
that you will have a stiff mortar or 
paste. Shovel this into the trenches', 
throwing into it loose stone or brick 
bats. Continue this process until the 
trench is full. Set 2x4 posts seven to 
eight feet apart around the trench 
both inside and out. Then by plac- 
ing plank or boards on the inside of 
the posts you have a mould into 
which the cement mixture can be 
placed, the same as if it was put into 
the trench. The posts must be set 
perpendicular and plumb and strips 
nailed onto the posts to keep them in 
place. 

By the time the one course is filled 
in around the building, the plank or 
boaid where the cement was first put 
in can be pulled up and a new course 
started. For openings for doors and 
windows frames can be set inside of 
the moulds. Always see that these 
frames are set plumb. 

For a building 12x20 6x8 feet high 
would take about eleven barrels of 
Portland cement. The stone thrown 
in promiscuously should not exceed 
four or five inches in size, and too 
many will weaken the structure, just 
enough stone to take up the concrete. 
Tamping will give it solidity. The 
floors can be put in the same way, 
excavating below the surface at least 
six inches, fill in with sand or cinders, 
making a coating of at least two 
inches, giving it a slight fall to the 
outside. If a smooth job is desired, 
both for the floor and the outside, 
use one part of cement to two parts 
of clean sharp sand, troweling the 
same as a plasterer does his work. 
Blocks of stone can be marked oft on 
the wall. 

Such a house would be warm and 

free from insects, or the troublesome 

rat. It would virtually be a stone 

house. 

The time is not far distant when 



most of our homes will be built in 
this manner, as the price of Port- 
land cement, in consequence of great 
increase of its manufacture, is getting 
down to where it can be economically 
used for home building. 

O. G. VANDERHOOF. 
Brazil, Ind. 



A HANDSOME, HELPFUL BOOK. 

"More Money from Your Hens" is 
the title of a new book issued by the 
Stratton Mfg. Co. of Erie, Pa., man- 
ufacturers of the well known line of 
Dandy Green Bone Cutters. It is at- 
tractively printed in two colors, well 
illustrated, and goes into the question 
of making poultry profitable in a very 
thorough manner. Of course it places 
special emphasis on the value of 
freshly cut green bone as an egg pro- 
ducer and growth promoter. There is 
no doubt in the minds of poultry 
raisers that a little green bone added 
to the feeding ration is productive of 
the very best results in two ways: It 
not only saves in the grain bill, an im- 
portant feature this fall when grain 
is high, but it also makes the poultry 
more productive in every way. It is 
a double-headed money maker. 

The "Dandy" iDone Cutter has been 
on the market a number of years 
with increasing popularity. It has an 
automatic feeding device, is strongly 
and substantially built, has a large 
cutting capacity, and we know that 
numerous of our readers have demon- 
strated that it is a satisfactory ma- 
chine in every way. You will be in- 
terested in the handsome book which 
they send free. 



HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN- 
TION. 

The American Hamburg club will 
hold its annual meeting at Topeka, 
Kan., January 6th to 11th. This 
will cover the dates of the Kansas 
State Poultry show. 

Premiums are coming in. We have 
some grand ones already. Be sure 
that you help in this matter. 

Let us know what and how much 
you will give to help out the premium 
list. 

Send your birds to the show, and 
let us move along with the other up- 
to date breeders. 

G. A. CHAMBLIN, Secretary. 

Morken, Kan. 



Buff Cochins. ^ 
Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorhs 

M.v hirds score from SO to 95 by Frank Oitch- 
coc-U and have won for two years in the show 
room. Trices reasonable. Write your wants. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



\ PraLcticQLl and Profitable! 



By 



Poultry Cviltvire 



>L E. 

I Keyser 



By far the greater number of peo- , system. The pens not thus heated 
pic who keep poultry, and especially had sectional brooders and were used 
the farmers and villagers, are inter- | for very young chicks. The pens in 
ested in practical methods. They this house were lOxG feet, excepting 
wish to produce the choicest eggs and | those in which were located the sec- 
meat at the lowest cost. The pro- tional brooders, which were divided 
duction of eggs and market poultry | by temporary partitions, making 
is a safe business and one that is them 3x10 feet. Thus the house had 
fairly remunerative when conducteu j forty pens and a capacity of 2,000 
on either a large or small scale. It j chicks, as we rated it, but many 
can be successfully carried on on the | poultiymen would have placed twice 
farm or the village acre, the amount i that number in this house. 



of land required depending on the ex- 
tent of the business and the manner 
in which it is conducted. The farmer 
wishes to produce his fowls with the 
least possible labor. Usually when 
the chicks are of an age to require 
the n(nst attention he is busy with 
his -spring work, so in many cases 
where poultry is made much of an 
item the care falls to the women of 
the family, and to lessen the labor 
the chicks are allowed free range as 
soon as they are large enough to leave 
the hen or brooder. 
A SMAI,L RUT COMPLETE POUL- 
TRY PLANT. 

Persons having less land at their 
disposal must in a measure confine 
their fowls and chicks, and for such 
a well-arranged poultry plant is more 
of a necessity. A model plant can be 
constructed on two acres of land, 
which will accommodate from 300 to 
500 laying hens, and on which 2,000 
or more market chickens can be com- 
fortably raised to roasting size or ma- 
turity. Such a plant should have a 
good brooder house, and either long 
houses with at least twelve compart- 
ments, or their enuivalent in small 
houses, with commodious yards at 
both sides of buildings. The writer 
wa.s at one time actively engaged in 
raising market chickens and eggs and 
built a small but complete plant on 
two acres which I will briefly de- 
scribe, as it may interest some who 
anticipate starting in poultry. 

The brooder house was a double 
row building facing the soiith, 112 
feet long by 24 wide, with a four-foot 
alley running the entire length of the 
building, while in the center was a 
compartment 12x24, in which was lo- 
cated the office, heating, picking and 
fetd rooms, and under this was the 
incubator cellar and coal bin. From 
this compartment the brooder house 
extended fifty feet each way. All the 
pens in one wing and halt of those 
in the other were heated by a pipe 



The houses for laying hens were 
two in number, each 10x96 feet, di- 
vided into six pens each 10x16 feet, 
each pen having a roosting room and 
an open scratching shed. At the 
front of each pen was a yard 16x150 
feet, and at the rear another yard 
16x50 feet. The front of the scratch- 
ing sheds were closed with wire net- 
ting and from each shed there was a 
small door into the smaller yard, 
while one from the house led into 
the large yard. During the winter 
from 25 to 50 hens were kept in each 
of these co^mpartments, but when the 
first lot of chicks were large enough 
to leave the brooders, the weather 
warm and then hens on the range in 
the large yards, they were given the 
scratching sheds fnd small yards. 
Thus the hen houses were made to 
do double service, and the brooder 
house was also kept full the entire 
season. This gave this apparently 
small plant a very large capacity. 
After the chicks were disposed of in 
the fall the small yards were sown to 
rye and seeded down, so as to have a 
fresh lot of green food and grass for 
the chicks the next season. 

Such a plant as this, however, is 
entirely too extensive for those who 
only wish to go into the business in 
a small way, and could not be rec- 



ommended unless one intended to de- 
vote his entire time to the business, 
depending upon it for a livelihood. 
In such a case it is necessary to have 
a good equipment of buildings, brood- 
ers and incubators, for they are the 
first requisite for success. Where a 
man depends upon poultry for a liv- 
ing it is necessary to have a good 
equipment, for if he be handicapped 
by miserable makeshifts the contin- 
ual loss will cut deep into his profits 
and may result in a total failure. 

Most people who are in the busi- 
ness in a small way or contemplate 
embarking in it have buildings of 
some kind or have plans for cheap 
and convenient structures which will 
answer well their purpose, so I will 
not devote valuable space in an at- 
tempt to formulate plans for them, 
as each maist be guided by his own 
individual circumstances, surround- 
ings, etc. Neither was it my design 
to go into detail about methods of 
hatching, rearing and feeding chicks, 
as most every one who has been en- 
gaged in the business has a plan of 
his own and will be slow to adopt any 
method which is a radical change 
from the one with which he has in 
a measure been successful, but I may, 
in a future article, as the hatching 
season draws near, explain the meth- 
ods which have with me proven suc- 
cessful. 

THE EGG THE SOURCE OF ALL 
PROFir. 

The source of all profit from poul- 
try is the egg, whether we sell them 
in the market or use them for incu- 
bation, and to produce eggs at all 
seasons, and strongly fertile eggs 
during the hatching season especially, 
is the aim of every poulterer. Some 
wish to make a specialty of eggs 
only, others depend on the sale of 
fowls for market, while many com- 
bine both branches. Where eggs 
only are desired it is only necessary 
to raise enough chicks to make good 
the laying stock, it being necessary 
to dispose of most of the hens after 




I'lize-wiilniiiB I.it-lit Hr.ilii 



cli .IS r.. ]!. Cl:i 



ftf F.iirbury. Nebr.. l>reeds 



they ai'e a year old, as pullets lay 
much better than hens. Even here it 
is necessary to go into the market 
poultry business to some extent, as 
the old hens must be disposed of and 
among the chicks hatched to replace 
them there will be a large percentage 
of cockerels. If we keep the egg 
sw'ins — ^fiowls of the Mediterranean 
class, such as Leghorns, Minorcas, 
Spanish or Hamburgs— the amount re- 
ceived from the sale of surplus stock 
will be small and will probably not 
be moi'e than equal the cost of the 
food, but in egg farming this is one 
of the minor items. The main ob- 
ject being eggs, we must hatch the 
pullets early and get them to laying 
before cold weather sets in, and by 
proper housing and feeding Keep 
them laying all winter. The great- 
est profit is derived from winter eggs, 
althougn when the nens are given 
■free range and allowed to hunt all or 
the greater portion ot their food sum- 
mer eggs are nearly as profitable, be- 
cause it costs nothing or very little 
to produce them. 

Most farmers and cottagers, how- 
ever, desire to combine both market 
poultry and eggs, and for such the 
heavy-laying strains of some of the 
larger breeds are to be preferred to 
those of the Mediterranean class. The 
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and Wyan- 
dottes are all excellent fowls for this 
purpose, and when dressed their car- 
casses will bring the highest price 
in the market. It is not necessary 
for the farmer or market poultryman 
to attempt to raise show birds or to 
breed his fowls too closely to feather. 
Egg-producing qualities and size 
should be given preference over fancy 
points, but pure bred fowls of any 
breed will be found vastly superior 
to mongrels, as they will be larger 
and more uniform in size and appear- 
ance and bring better prices when 
sold. 
GRADING UP COMMON STOCK. 

Where one has a mixed lot of hens 
which are fairly good producers he 
can build up his own strain and in 
a few years have them quite uniform 
both in shape and feather. Select 
the best hens you have and mate them 
to a thoroughbred male of such breed 
as you prefer. The next season select 
the largest and best pullets and 
either breed them back to the same 
male or secure a new male of the 
same breed and as near like the old 
cock bird as you can find. It is not 
necessary to purchase a high-priced 
bird for this purpose— one that a fan- 
cier would call a cull will answer the 
purpose very well — but we would In- 
sist on having one of large size fairly 
good shaped comb and yellow legs 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

and skin. Yellow-meated chickens 
sell for better prices than white- 
meated ones, and cost no more to 
raise. Buyers of poultry In the west 
are not as particular as those in the 
east, yet as the cold storage men are 
now taking many fowls which ulti- 
mately find sale in the eastern mar- 
kets they will discriminate more 
closely every year, and it will pay to 
have a flock that will meet the re^ 
quirements of the oest markets. 
EARLY HATCHES DESIRABLE. 
It is desirable to get as man> 
chicks hatched early in the season 
as possible, but unless one has a 
warm brooder house It is not desir- 
able to bring off a hatch much before 
the first or middle of March in most 
sections. March, April and May are 
the hatching months and chicks 
hatched in these months are far su- 
perior, both for layers and market 
fowls, to those hatched later in the 
season, unless one is raising winter 
roasting chickens, when August, Sep- 
tember and October chicks are re- 
quired. 

ADVANTAGES OF THE INCUBA- 
TOR AND BROODER. 
If we wish to make the most of our 
opportunity we must employ the in- 
cubator. Of course, many chicks may 
be raised by the use of hens for in- 
cubation, but it is difficult to find 
many sitters early in the season, and 
the work of attending to them, in 
case they are found, is much greater 
than caring for an incubator or two. 
In fact we would as soon care for 
an incubator holding 200 eggs or more 
as to look after one sitting hen, and 
the same is true where a greater 
number of hens or machines are em- 
ployed. It is also much easier to 
care for incubator chicks in brooders 
than to attend hens with their broods. 
The same time required to feed and 
care for a hen with a dozen chicks 
will care for fifty in a brooder. We 
several seasons ago discarded the use 
of hens entirely for incubation pur- 
poses, as We found we could do the 
work much easier, cheaper and bet- 
ter with the machine. One or more 
good incubators, then, are really nec- 
essary to carry on the business to 
any great extent, and one will be 
found profitable even where but a 
comparatively small number of 
chicks are to be raised, as with its 
use it is possible to get the chicks 
at a time when they are most desired, 
and thus do away with the vexation 
of depending on the caprice of the 
hen. 

MARKETING POULTRY. 
All old hens and the cockerels from 
the early hatches should be marketed 
as early in the season as possible. 



During July, August and September 
the market is much better than later. 
There is very little good poultry in 
the market at this season, excepting 
broilers, and the old hens, if well 
fattened, will bring a good price. The 
cockerels can be sold as broilers or 
held until they are of sufficient size 
to make nice roasting fowls, as the 
market seems to indicate. Some- 
times it will pay to sell when the 
birds weigh but three or four pounds 
to the pair, but unless the price for 
such fowls is high it is better to keep 
mem until they weigh six to ten 
pounds to tae pair. The additional 
weight will often more than make up 
for the difference in the price per 
pound between a broiling and roast- 
ing chicken. At any rate get all that 
IS suitable off before October 15th, as 
by that time the great bulk of farm 
poultry will begin to come in and the 
market is usually glutted and prices 
rule low. Many farmers fat all their 
poultry for Thanksgiving or the hol- 
iday trade, and as a consequence there 
is an overstock at that time. Of late 
the cold storage men have helped the 
commission men out in these emer- 
gencies and taken large quantities of 
stock at very low prices, which oth- 
erwise would have spoiled on their 
hands. The poultryman should watch 
the markets closely and get the bulk 
of his stock off before the decline in 
prices. 

Good business methods are essential 
to make poultry pay, and these in 
connection with a knowledge of the 
business, good buildings, energy and 
sufficient capital to successfully carry 
on the work, will assure success. 



COLUMBUS SHOW. 

Don't fail to be at the great Colum- 
bus show, December 16 to January 2. 
All railroads pulling into Columbus 
will carry passengers at half rate. The 
show will be held at the Columbus 
Auditorium, the largest hall in the 
state of Ohio, having more than 25,- 
000 feet of floor space, not including 
galleries, etc. 

The management has engaged the 
following well known udges to place 
awards: Judges H. A. Budge, Charles 
Kramer, S. B. Lane, Ivi. M. Barger and 
Judge Robert Champion, the well 
known English judge who has judged 
birds at the great Crystal Palace show 
of London, England, beyond a doubt 
one ot the most capable judges on 
the English varieties in the world. 

For further information in regard 
to the great Columbus shod, address 
the secretary, F. A. BRIGEL, 

Cor. 11th and N. 4th Sts., Columbus, 

Ohio. 



16 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Winter Cointfori {@r F^i^ls? 

I , . . By ma-UI^W?&ilrr - . . I 



Already the chill of coming winter 
may be felt in. the air, and the care- 
ful "head of the house" has completed 
repairs and made all things ready for 
the coming of this cold stormy old 
King Winter. This forethought and 
labor have been that the members of 
the home circle may be warm, com- 
fortable and happy within a comfort- 
able home, around the glowing fire, 
while wintry storms and winds are 
raging without in all their fury. But 
how is it wim your fowls? Have you 
made every house they call home 
snug and comfortable for winter, or 
have you been so engrossed with win- 
ter preparations around the home that 
the poultry has been utterly forgot- 
ten? Alas, too often, they are unshel- 
tered and uncared for through driving 
snow and beating storm! It is late to 
commence repairs and improvements 
in and around the poultry houses, but 
even if late i* is better to do all that 
is needful for the fowls' comfort now 
than to leave it altogether. A house 
of one thickness of lumber, If the 
cracks are battened, may be made suf- 
ficiently warm to insure the health 
and comfort of the fowls. Indeed I 
think such a house, with tight fitting 
windows and doors, well banked up on 
the outside and with no Iwoken win- 
dow panes to let in wind and snow. 
preferable to the house built of two 
thicknesses of lumber with paper be- 
tween, unless such a house has built 
in it a good ventilator. If too warmly 
housed and too closely confined the 
poultry become tender and the least 
exposure is a fruitful source of dis- 
ease in the form of colds, roup and 
consumption. Now, do not think for 
one moment that I advocate the bare 
limbs of trees or fence corners as 
roosting places for poultry, that they 
may become so hardened that they 
are perfectly healthy all winter long. 
Were my fowls so cruelly treated as 
to remain homeless and shelterless on 
cold, stormy nights, I could not rest 
in my warm bed, and sleep would not 
visit my eyes because of my conscious- 
ness of the poor biddies' suffering. 

An open scratch shed on the south 
of the poultry house is a great help 
in keeping the house warm, and as 
the fowls have access to such a ! 
scratching room they keep warm ex- 1 
ercising, while becoming accustomed I 
to the cold weather, and will keep [ 
healthy, happy and prove profitable | 
all winter. 



If on the farm, nice, fresh straw is 
always handy for use in these winter 
scratch sheds, but if the breeder lives 
in village or town, a load should be 
obtained now and placed near the 
poultry house for future use. Many 
flocks of farm fowls are allowed to 
pick their own living all the year 
around, and they live upon the waste 
of the farm, but such flocks do not 
prove as profitable as the poultry that 
are housed and fed for winter egg 
production. 

A very great part of the waste grain 
is corn, and while this grain is an 
excellent food for fattening the fowls 
and supplying warmth to their bodies, 
it is not one of the best foods for egg 
formation. A few years ago oats was 
condemned as a food for the fowls, 
because of the danger, as many de- 
clared, of the sharp grains cutting 
through the crop, thus causing death, 
but now very many of the most s>ic- 
cessful breeders tell us it is one of 
the most desirable foods for poultry. 
From my own experience with oats as 
a winter food, I can recommend it 
as healthful and appetizing food for 
the poultry, and when I have fed it 
extensively in winter my hens have 
proved profitable as layers. In very 
cold weather it is best to feed corn, 
warmed in the oven, for one meal a 
day, but let not this grain be the 
main winter food. Oats, wheat and 
barley should have precedence, with a 
mash of ground grains In which is 
mixed vegetables, or vegetable par- 
ings, or cut clover, as an evening meal. 
In winter the fowls often suffer from 
thirst. Water is given them occasion- 
ally, but soon becomes frozen, unless 
the house wherein it is placed is warm 
enough to prevent it. Twice a day the 
poultry should be supplied with water 
slightly warmed, that they may 
quench their thirst and as a help in 
egg production. We know that a very 
great part of the egg is water, there- 
fore if we would have eggs water 
must not be withheld. 

Cleanliness, freedom from lice and 
mites, and plenty of room are other 
essentials to winter comfort of the 
poultry. Because it is cold and un- 
pleasant work removing the droppings 
in winter, they are often allowed to 
accumulate and remain undisturbed 
until spring, by the careless or indif- 
ferent breeder, but this is far from 
the right way. At least once a week 
the dropping boards, if dropping 



boards are used, should be scraped otf 
and the droppings carried out. If no 
dropping boards are under the perches, 
but the floor of the house catches the 
droppings of the fowls, then even more 
necessary is it that they be cleaned 
out often, for if allowed to remain 
the fowls must pick up their grain 
from among the filth, and such feed- 
ing cannot be conducive to health. 
The nest boxes need to be emptied and 
cleaned out occasionally during the 
winter, else lice or mites may find a 
safe hiding place in them. Winter 
though it is, the lice and mites will 
be always with us unless we are vigi- 
lant and continue our fight against 
them. Do not let us delude ourselves 
with the comforting thought that they 
are all frozen to death. This is the 
best time to wage war against them 
with lice killing machines, insect pow- 
ders, kerosene, gasoline, carbolic acid 
and liquid lice killers galore, as they 
may be more easily exterminated now 
than when they are multiplying so 
fast, as they do in summer weather. 
Some sunshiny corner in winter house 
or scratch shed is a wonderful help 
in keeping these pests in subjection, 
and if one just stands and watches 
biddy for a few moments as she 
scratches, rolls and dusts herself, or 
lazily lies, half covered in dust sun- 
ning herself, no doubt of the happy 
content the fowls find in such a bath 
will be entertained. The dust bath 
serves a three-fold purpose. It is a 
source of the keenest enjoyment, rids 
the fowls of lice that are upon them, 
and cleans and brightens the plu- 
mage. 

Overcrowding the poultry house is 
a great mistake. I know it sometimes 
seems unavoidable. One has retained 
only as many of the old stock as is 
needed for next season's work, but 
the young stock that are intended for 
home use and those that are for sale 
must bo housed, and if house space 
is limited, often more are crowded in 
together than should be. Being so 
crowded no room is had for exercise, 
the walls of the house become frosted 
and damp from the breath of the 
fowls and the air becomes fowl and 
impure, and often disease and death 
follow such discomforts. Better to 
dispose of all except those that can 
be comfortably housed, even if one 
feels very loth to do so, or else pro- 
vide larger or more houses. 

MATTIE WEBSTER. 



THE SAME OLD STORY. 
Mister Editer: 

Mariar's hoppin mad and declairs 
she'l never sell anuther burd as long 
es her heads warm. You see it cum 
round like this: she has a lawyer 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



fren wat lives ia Saryeues and is a 
mighty smart feller. He's rased sum 
Barred Rocks this yere wat wood put 
yure i out and es he has a good meny 
freuds around Dryden he thot he'd 
show them wat good burds wuz by 
sendiu sum uv them tu the fare, so he 
stade to hume frum church the suiidy 
fore the fare and looked over every 
fether and trimmed them up to the 
queans taste and then wen tha wuz 
already fer to put into the coops t li 
ship he run each one thru his ex rap 
masheen and pernounsed em perfeck. 
There wuz one cockerel that wuz the 
pride uv his hart and Sary Ann (his 
wife) cum in frum church just as he 
wuz puttin him in the box to ship; he 
told her that that burd would skore 
100 under any fare judge, and that as 
he couldent go to Dryden on acount 
uv bizuis if she wood go she mite hav 
the $2 that he wuz bound to win, to 
by her a new caliker dress. She 
jumped at the chanst and wuz around 
the fare ez smilin ez a basket uv 
chips and wen the judges cum to this 
burd she hed that look on her face that 
the poet wuz thinkin uv wen he sed 
that sayin about the slips alween the 
cup and the lips; and wen the boss 
judge see this burd he jest stood and 
lookt at him fer awile and then sed 
"Put both first and second on that 
feller, he's a corker. " The other judge 
sed "I spose we owt to run him thru 
the new improved ex ray masheen 
jest fer form; but uv corse a bird with 
such breedin ez he has couldent have 
anything rong with him." And so in 
he went. The first feller lookt and 
sed "All rite," but wen the uther fel- 
ler had lookt a long time he called 
for a brighter lite and then he sed he 
could see sines uv fethers startin on 
his legs that wood surely be purty 
near the surface within the next two 
yeres, and under our incomparable 
Standard uv perfecshun he had to be 
throne out. Everybody sed he wuz 
the finest burd wat wuz ever shone 
In Dryden, and folks cum fer miles 
around to see him. Now Mariar says 
as how the fathers wat make our 
Standard had no idee uv the ex ray 
masheen being used to find fethers 
with, and if tha had it wood hev bin 
diferenter. She says she will devote 
the rest of her life to havin the Stand- 
ard changed so ez there wont be no 
diqualifercashuns in it. Nearly all 
the hart burnins and the cuss wurds 
in the chickens shows for the past 
ten yere hev cum frum this pervision 
uv the Standard and it aint rite, and 
ort to be changed. 

Yours fer reform, 

ZACHARY YEAKLE. 
— Praetical Poultryman. 




Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center. Nebr., feeding her prize-winninsr Buff Kocks. 



Experience with Poultry. 



Mr. Editor: — As a farmer I would 
like to give my experience with poul- 
try. When only a small boy I was 
poultry keeper, garden tender and 
chore boy, and have been nearly ever 
since. 

To the best of my recollection 1 
never saw a flock of thoroughbred 
chickens until after I was grown. My 
mother, like nearly all the other good 
mothers, would swap a setting of eggs 
with some friend and by that way 
change or add to her flock. 

This was kept up until about four 
years ago, when I persuaded her to 
sell all her chickens except a few 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. Then I went 
and bought some pui'e bred males and 
commenced breeding up our flock. I 
am now picking out the defective ones 
and disposing of them and trying to 
improve our flock as fast as I can. 
I'here never was a poultry journal in 
our house, not even a sample copy, 
until a few months ago. Now I am tak- 
ing two. 

Pure bred cattle and hogs have 
proven to the farmer that they were 
the most profitable when properly 
cared for, and so will thoroughbred 
poultry. 

"Ignorance is bliss;" so is the mon- 
grel fowl to those who do not know 
the value of the thoroughbred and 
how to care for them. 

Not being able to keep but one kind 
I have selected the Barred Plymouth 
Rocks and think they are a good all- 
purpose fowl. 0& the first ef last 



March we reduced our flock to forty- 
four. On the first of October I found 
that besides supplying our table with 
eggs and fry chickens, we had sold 
eggs $20 worth; fry chickens, $10 
worth, and had on hand about seventy- 
five frys and the original flocks, less 
ten. Six we sold in August and four 
were lost during the summer, two 
from disease and two by accident. 
The eggs averaged 8 1-3 cents per 
dozen and the frys IVz cents per 
pound. Counting the amount used 
equal to the amount sold, I think they 
have paid well for their feed and keep- 
ing. 

We keep our chickens healthy and in 
good flesh, so whenever we want to dis- 
pose of any we find a ready market. 

A chicken needs clean, comfortable 
quarters, pure water, plenty of range 
to exercise on and suflicient food to 
keep them in good flesh. If a farmer 
has a span of horses the same color 
and size, in good flesh and good trav- 
elers, or a herd of nice cattle or hogs, 
all even and the same color and in 
good flesh, he need not hunt for a buy- 
er; they will hunt him. The same 
with your poultry. 

If this finds a place in your valuable 
paper I will send you our methods of 
caring for our chickens. Yours re- 
spectfully, R. B. L. BLACK. 



TIMELY HITS. 
By Percy W. Shepard. 
If all preparations have not been 
made, as far as is possible, for winter, 
do not delay in getting everything in 
readiness for the coming season. 
It is past time to whitewash your 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Buff.Lef horns on G. B. Lobb's farm, Clay Center, Nebr., owned by Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 



poultry house. Yet if it has not been 
done you should lose no time in doing 
it. Whitewash is indispensable to 
your work. It makes the poultry 
house brighter, cleaner, much nicer, 
and leaves no place for vermin. 

If there are any repairs needed for 
your buildings get them done as soon 
as you can get time. Make the build- 
ings wind proof and warm, fix up all 
leaks and replace broken glass in the 
windows. 

Have all your birds selected and also 
mated if you intend to raise any win- 
ter chickens. Do not try to select 
your birds in an hour. Get a Standard 
of Perfection and study up on points. 
Then go over each bird separately, 
carefully noting each part and con- 
sidering size, color, shape, etc., as Is 
mentioned in the Standard. In this 
way you will be able to select your 
birds to the best advantage. Do not 
winter any "scrubs" nor old birds. 
Young hens pay best. 



A FEW CONTRASTS. 
First we will consider line breed- 
ing in its true meaning, compared 
with-iubreeding or incestuous breed- 
ing. There are so many who do not 
seem to distinguish the difference, 
though expressed rather extravagantly 
For that reason I will term one as 
positive and the other as negative, as 
there is in reality ac wide contrast 
in the two metho<is, or rather the first 
is the embodiment of method and 
forethought, with an adoption of the 
means to serve the ends, together with 
a comprehension of cause and effect, 
an original object conceived and con- 



tinually kept in view. The latter, in- 
breeding, is the opposite or negative, 
and well said when called negligent 
breeding, as it may not necessarily 
be closer breeding, but for lack o£ 
above principles and care, yet may 
really be more incestious and dis- 
astrous by far than line breeding in 
results, though each are destructive 
in unskilled hands, hence only those 
who are systematic and painstaking 
in their methods, keen in observation 
and possessed of sufficient patience to 
have mastered most of the problems 
of reversion by weighing the propor- 
tions of ancestral influence through 
years of practical experience should 
attempt line breeding. Again no strain 
of fowls can be intelligently estab- 
lished without resorting to a pedigree 
system of breeding. The only substi- 
tue would be the use of a breeding 
chart, so systematized as to show to 
a nicety and at a glance the exact 
proportions of preponderance of blood 
of each of the original ancestors, 
though better yet is the employment 
of both systems. However, one is but 
a duplicate of the other, but so for- 
mulated as to express a different pur- 
pose. 

I will not attempt here to explain 
the workings and merits of either 
system, as each are deserving of an 
article devoted almost wholly to its 
own subject. While the topic of line 
breeding is in hand it may be well to 
explain ihere need only be one rea- 
son of close breeding and that of par- 
ents to their offspring. The most vig- 
orous cues then should be used in 
preference to any other quality, re- 



membering that uniformity is the one 
great object of line breeding, hence 
great care here is also necessary. 

The mating of brothers to sisters is 
the rankest kind of incestuous breed- 
ing, and I would advise no one to 
attempt it if you would succeed. There 
are thousands upon thousands of peo- 
ple who are greatly interested in fine 
poultry, but there is a great contrast 
between those who aim to perpetuate 
and improve pure-bred poultry and 
those who seem to possess an inher- 
ent desire to continually keep cross- 
ing the pure breeds, and thus undoing 
that which has taken many different 
fanciers years of patience and study, 
yes, and sums of money, to accom- 
plish. Perfect pirates, if I may be 
allowed the term. 

There is yet another contrast that 
is quite significant to the scientific 
breeder, for the same evil propensi- 
ties are instigated even among some 
of those who only breed one single 
variety, inasmuch that they continu- 
ally mate specimens possessing ex- 
tremes, either in size, color, shape, 
markings, early maturity, profligacy, 
etc., which by laws of revertion prove 
unsatisfactory. 

M. L. EDSON. 

Jacksonville, 111. 



ADVERTISING. 

Poultry advertising pays because 
poultry pays. No one will question 
the statement. Had the poultrymen 
the competition, the full market and 
the thousand and one things (that he 
is free from) to deal with, would the 
class of advertising placed by the av- 
erage poultryman pay? Would it pay 
to answer an inquiry promptly if 
competition was such that delay was 
dangerous to a sale? Would it pay to 
write an attractive ad. if every other 
advertiser did? And would it pay to 
have an ad. that appeared like a 
quarantined subject (out when the 
guards were away), or a live stand- 
ing ad? 

The poultry business can put up 
with poor backing; the fact is no 
other business could stand it, yet be- 
cause it is able to stand the pressure 
is no reason why it should, and the 
day is not far distant when poultry- 
men will consider it necessary to look 
after not only the placing of ads and 
the style, but answering the inquiries 
iu a manner aprpoved by the most 
exact business methods. 



Buff P. Rocks. 

Motto: — "Good stock at moderate 
price." Stock for sale after Sept. IS. 
W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

I The Belgian Hare | 

4^ By $. J. Mitchell ^ 



From the number of queries in the 
question and answer department in 
some of the Belgian hare journals, per- 
tinent to the diseases which hares are 
heir to, one would think that they 
are naturally among the sickliest of 
domestic animals. We see complaints 
of so many different characters and 
under so many different circiunstances 
and conditions that the question has 
been raised, Are hares, under the pres- 
ent system of rearing and keeping, un- 
duly prone to disease? Until the 
time of my recent trip to California 
in the interest of the Belgian, I had 
about formed the idea that this ques- 
tion was at least worth discussion, 
but since I have visited dozens of 
very prosperous rabbitries in that 
state and noticed the extreme vigor, 
health and unusual activity of the 
stock to be found there, I am fully 
convinced that if hares give evidence 
of more diseases than would appear 
usual to any other class of domestic 
stock, the wault is not with the hare, 
but the way he is reared and man- 
ner in which he is kept. 

The particularly gratifying feature 
which I noticed among California rab- 
bitries was the large amount of room 
given the stock for exercise. It is 
nothing wonderful to see a California 
farmer plant an acre or two of carrots 
and in due season turn a hundred 
head of hare into the patch to dig 
carrots and feed for themselves. If 
other breeders are not so fortunate 
as to have a carrot patch, then hares 
are very often allowed the entire 
freedom of a yard or grassy lawn, 
where they may choose for themselves 
just what kind of vegetation they pre- 
fer to eat, and not have it pulled and 
poked at them as they eke out an 
existence in the often filthy confines 
of a hutch. 

Why there are so many authorities 
who still recommend raising hares in 
such close confines, and in this re- 
spect disagree what the size of a 
hutch should be, is a matter of wonder 
to me. I am fully satisfied that 
hutches should be uf.ed as little as pos- 
sible in the hare business, and it is 
a great mistake to suppose that hares 
will not bjecome domesticated 
enough to stay about the place, the 
same as dogs or poultry. 

This is not only an economic plan 



as to health, but will result in large 
saving in feed. California breeders 
give their hares but one feed per day 
of some light grain or mash and the 
animals about dusk come through 
fences and over fields in all directions 
as regular as chickens to roost, that 
they may receive their daily rations 
of grain. In rearing hares in this 
way some occasional losses may be 
expected, in case an animal wanders 
off too far never to be found again, 
or perhaps some neighbor's dog may 
win one in a chase, but even then this 
is far better than to have a lot of 
droopy, drowsy-looking stock, often 




(ieo. H. Gillies, of Topeka. Kans. The hus- 
tling- secretary of the Kansas Slate Poultry 
Association and editor of the Poultry Gazette. 
Jlr. Gillies is ready to mail you a premium list 
of their show to be held at Topeka. Kans., Jan- 
uary 6 to 11, 1003. 



seen when the hutch plan is resorted 
to entirely. It is proper that hutches 
should be used at times, in case of a 
doe after being bred, or for her young 
up to a time when they are large 
enough to shift entirely on their own 
responsibility, but for the sake of vig- 
or and health to the animals, and a 
saving of feed and time, better let the 
stock live half their time at least in 
open yards or fields. 

This has not only proven to be the 
economic plan, but it must be remem- 
bered in their mode of living while 
not in captivity and the natural heri- 
tage of the rabbit. In case of a hare 
now kept in hutches,, and refusing to 



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yield to medicines in case of some 
ailment, just turn him out to care for 
himself and he will find some herb 
or grass that will supply the remedy 
to cure, and in a couple of weeks 
come up looking sleek, fat and 
healthy. 

Regarding the condition of hares, 
I must say that some people suppose 
that because the score card standard 
specifies the long, rather spare-built 
racy appearance as most desirable in 
preparing an animal for the show 
room, it is necessary to almost starve 
him for a time to secure the neces- 
sary reduction of flesh. A pot-bellied 
appearance will certainly cause a 
heavy cut in the rib and flnak sec- 
tions, but this does not mean that 
the animal is to have the backbone so 
protruding that the joints can be 
counted or that his ribs or hip bones 
should be seen. I would rather risk 
the alternative of having the animal 
a trifle too fat than a trifle too poor, 
even for the show room, for it is a 
fact that an animal a little too fleshy 
has far the better of the proposition, 
when it comes to vigor, brightness of 
eyes, shape of ears and condition of 
fur. The exercise a hare gets in the 
field brings about that long, racy ap- 
pearance so much desired in all the 
shape sections of the standard. 

When I desire to enter my finest an- 
imals in the show rooms for prize 
winning, I invariable give them a 
month's vacation out of the hatches 
to do as they please, and I have no- 
ticed that they select the coolest 
places in the heat of the day, keep out 
of draughts and all wet, damp places, 
eat what they like best and trive bet- 
ter than when in hutches with twice 
the attention and care. About a week 
before the show I catch up the ani- 
m8ls I want to enter, and though I 
find them sadly in need of cleaning 
and grooming, they are as wild and 
full of vigor as they are healthy. A 
good warm bath, carefully administer- 
ed, a few feeds of linseed meal, and 
wjith (Some 'grooming and brushing 
they are ready for the show room, and 
equally as ready to win from any 
stock placed in opposition to them. 
S. J. MITCHELL. 

Houston, Tex. 



A. J. WILLIAMS, 

. . .Breeder of . . . . 

Silver & Golden Sebright, 
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red 
Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
Hares, White Rats, Cavles. 

Write for Prices. 

CLAY CENTER, NEB. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Thieves 
and 
Dogs 


By 
Bmma 
Perkins 



As this is tlie time wlien thieves do 
break In and steal chicliens, and as 
Hattie Byfield ended up her good let- 
ter along this line, I will take up 
where she left off and write some ol 
my experiences. 

I am very sorry to say that three 
or four farmers in our immediate 
neighborhood have lost nearly all of 
this year's crop of chickens by chicken 
thieves. Professionals, too, do the 
work all up nicely in one night. 

This is worse than any skunk or 
weasel's work, as they will only take 
a part of the flock and come back the 
next night, giving you a chance at 
their life. 

I do not mean to say that profes- 
sional thieves live here, they only 
drift down the river in high watei 
time, and stop with us just long 
enough to fill themselves with chicken 
and then float off down the stream 
with the next rise, and the folks 
down the line had better be on the 
lookout for them. Now is when they 
are getting in their work. 

I will tell the readers of the In- 
vestigator my experiences with dogs 
and chicken thieves (as you all know 
they are usually classed together). 

We were aroused one night from our 
sound sleep by loud shrieks from the 
old hen. This meant an enemy in 
the camp. My husband jumped up 
and ran to the hen yards, but there 
were such thick bushes around the 
hen house the thief had time and a 
good oportunity to make his escape 
before he could get there. 

Every few days we would hear of 
neighbors losing their chickens. 1 
could not sleep at night, thinking our 
time would be next. I had about two 
hundred very fine Barred Plymouth 
Rocks all in one house. If they made 
a raid on those they would leave the 
platter empty. 

I went out to the hen yard one 
evening, sat down upon a stump near 
by and set the wheels to working in 
my head. There was the gate leading 
from the chicken yard into the or- 
chard, then the orchard was full of 
bushes and surrounded by a large 
hedge fence, with only a few open- 
ings in it for the a«commodation of 
tramps and movers to get their supply 
of apples and peaches, and chickens. 
too, if they preferred them. 

The surroundings were just as 



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:,t^,r^ mii 







the yards of Mrs,. C. Kockliill. lla 



handy as could be fixed for the chick- 
en thief, and the problem to solve 
was, how could I make it handy for 
myself to know when they were there? 

The happy thought struck me, I 
will run a telephone from the hen 
house to my bed room, and that will 
tell me if any one enters tnat door at 
night 

I placed a heavy post against the 
door, fastened a piece of common 
binding twine to the bottom of the j 
door, let it run along on the ground j 
under the fence and on ^o the house. ; 
Passing through the key hole and at- 1 
Cached to a flat iron setting on a bal- ; 
ance on the outer edge of a chair, it 
was ready to give the alarm by the i 
slightest slack of the cord. j 

This being done, I could go to bed 
and enjoy a good night's rest. After 
this process was kept up for several 
weeks without any signs of molesta- 
tion, we were awaKened at the mid- 
night hour by that awful alarm — the 
iron went tumbling to the floor. With 
trembling hands I seized the broom 
and my husband the shotgun, and we 
made our way toward the hen house, 
but before we got there we discovered 
a passing cur had run over the string 
md gave the alarm. The hen house 
door was as I had left it, but had it 
been a thief we surely would have 
caught him before he had spent much 
lime with the chickens. 

As the telephone is used in most all 
kinds of business, why not use it to 
catch the chicken thiei? 

I knew another person who inventea 
nearly the same plan to save a flock 
of turkeys. He had lost turkeys at 
different times, but saved them by [ 



the telephone process. His plan was 
like ours only he extended the string 
from the door across over the head 
of his bed, tied a small tin pail to the 
end of the string and put a few small 
rocks in the pail, and it came tum- 
bling down on his head. 

But this all happened before we 
got a good dog to watch at night. I 
write this experiment for the benefit 
of those who have no watch dog. I 
have tried both and I'll take a good 
dog every time. But a good poultry 
dog must be trained fro ma pup to 
know that that is his business. The 
best one we ever haa was a large 
bulldog. He was raised from a tiny 
pup with the chickens. He knew 
where they belonged and where they 
did not belong. He knew it was 
against the rules for a hen to be in 
the dooryard, and if one should get 
in and attempt to get out through a 
place too small to admit her body to 
pass through he would chew her legs 
off, so she never got in but once. But 
he was trained that that was his busi- 
ness to look after the chickens. 

His sleeping box was in the hen 
yard and if anything made an attempt 
to molest the chickens he was right 
after it. We moved to town and had 
to find Cap. as we called him, a new 
home, as he had always been used 
to country life and taking care of 
poultry. 

The family that were so lucky as to 
be the owner of Cap tied him to a 
post of their back porch until he 
would forget the home of his puphood. 
But one night loud and distressing 
shrieks came from the hen yard, at 
which Cap bounded up with all the 
force he could rise with and away he 



went to the hen house, taking the 
post with him. He run the skunk un- 
der a pile of wood and gave the alarm 
for his new master to come to his 
rescue, which he did and killed his 
game. 

I hope the time will soon he when 
we will not have to guard against 
thieves. But I do not think the time 
will ever come when we will not need 
a good watch dog. They are as es- 
sential as an incubator, for what will 
it profit us if we raise hundreds of 
chickens or poultry and have them 
carried off by vermin or stolen. 

EMMA PERKINS. 

Ravenwood, Mo. 



Keeping Hens on a City Lot 

Keeping poultry on a city lot has 
not all the advantages of the farms, 
but not as expensive as buying eggs 
and fowls for the family use. Poul- 
try business, like any other, can be 
a success or failure if managed on a 
city lot or a farm. King Solomon, 
the wisest of all men, said: "He 
also that is slothful in his work is 
brother to him that is a great 
waster." There is no failure for the 
man or woman who is willing to work 
with hands and head. I do not mean 
that you should rush Into the fancy 
at a jump or a dozen hens to supply 
the family table with fresh eggs, 
fried chicken and roasts, and the 
same twelve to be prize winners at 
every poultry show, with a handful 
of grain whenever you happen to 
think about them or a house 2x4 for 
a laying room, scratch shed and 
roosting room, and if they happen to 
scratch up a favorite flower bed in 
search of insects or worms, "Chick- 
ens are more bother than they are 
worth." The houses need not be ex- 
pensive, neither is it necessary to 
give chickens full possession of the 
lawn. A few hens can be confined 
in a small yard. Why do I say a 
"few hens?" Because an overcrowded 
poultry yard is not the way to suc- 
cess, and don't try it. From a dozen 
to thirty.according to space, can be 
kept very reasonable. The table 
scraps can be used to a good advan- 
tage. Have a receptacle convenient, 
gravies, meat scraps or left-overs, I 
call them, that can be stirred, thicken 
with meal and shorts, for half their 
breakfast, leaving the fowls a little 
hungry to scratch in the little for 
.grain previously thrown there. Such 
as leaves, tops, rinds, peelings, can 
be used and much relished by the 
fowls as a green food, ted at noon, or 
for a change boil all together, thicken 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

with meal for a warm, not hot, mash 
for morning; for the evening meal 
feed grain, corn, wheat and oats, 
more corn in the winter to keep them 
warm. Don't feed exclusively of any 
one grain, for fowls, like persons, get 
tired of one bill of fare. These, with 
clean fresh water, clean quarters and 
grit, cannot fail to bring success. Try 
letting your fowls out every day after 
four o'clock. They will not destroy 
the lawn or flower beds, but scratch 
for bugs and get green food, too, and 
the lawn clippings can be saved, hung 
up in sacks out of the way, and used 
in the warm miash for winter as a 
green food. Every one knows, in Ne- 
braska at least, how destructive the 
grasshoppers have been. I have sav- 
ed my garden by leiting in, during 
the day, a few of my Buff Cochin 



15 

I should keep the breed I liked best, 
but by all means thoroughbreds. Then 
if you have a few extra eggs they 
may be sold to some one for hatch- 
ing, and perhaps a few pullets and 
cockerels more than can be kept over. 
These will sell for a much larger sum 
than mongrels, thereby helping to 
pay some of the hens's expenses. 
Many times I have kept account of 
feed consumed when the breeding 
pens were yarded, the eggs and 
chicks sold, and always came out 
with profit, money to be used for the 
many little things so dear to the fem- 
inine heart. Try keeping a few hens 
this season, and you will not only 
see the profit side, but the satisfac- 
tion of having eggs and chicks to 
fry when wanted. 

IDA E. BARD. 




White Rock fowls and chicks on Sure Hatch Poultry Co. farm. 



chickens. The only damage they did 
was to eat the lettuce I purposely 
planted for my ducklings. Is the 
"bill of fare" I have given expensive 
and requiring much labor? How 
often do we send to the grocer for 
eggs, especially in a small town, and 
no eggs is invariably the reply, and 
when we do get them they are not al- 
ways fresh. I would urge, keep a 
few hens. 'Tis the little things saved 
that often leads to success. As the 
little tot said when asked by her sis- 
ter if she bounced too hard when rid- 
ing the horse on a trot, "No, sisser, 
I's don't bounce hardly any. I's jist 
up all the time." So must we to be 
successful in any occupation be up all 
the time and ever watchful to make 
the most of our opportunities. 

Which breed is best to keep? 

That would be a matter of prefer- 
ence. Any of the large breeds bear 
confinement, and with care there is 
not much difference as far as utility. 
There are but few exceptions. We 
all have an eye for the beautiful, and 



If your neighbor's hens are trouble- 
some 

And steal across the way. 
Don't let your angi'y passions rise, 

But fix a place for them to lay. 



FOLDING EXHIBITION COOPS. 

It is now time to look out for your 
exhibition coops and I would call your 
attention to the ad of Wm. Miller, of 
North Bend, Nebr. Mr. Miller makes 
a No. 1 coop and makes them upon hon- 
or and is just what you want. He 
makes them to fold and to be station- 
ary. Any one needing^ coops will do 
well to correspond with him at once. 



Eli-FJi Chaser... 

The Man's money saver. The animal's 
friend. Try it once— Have It always. Guar- 
anteed. Your stables and stock freed from 
the summer pests at a cost of less than 5 cts. 
per mom h. Cheap. Safe. Etteetive is Ell-Pll 
Dhaser. For SI 00 enough liquid for 10 cows 
l.") days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart 
for liquid alone. Address. 
The Vail Seed Co., 150 N. Delaware 

St., Ifldiauapolis. 
Special price on .5 gallon cans. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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ERROR IN AWARDS. 
In the list of awards at the State 
fair published last month an error oc- 
curred in the Black Langsban list for 
first pen of chicks, first and second 
pullet, first cockerel and first cock, 
was credited to J. Cook Johnson, and 
should have been credited to J. A. 
Johnson of Holdrege, Neb., one of the 
best breeders of Langshans in the 
state. We are sorry this error oc- 
curred, but mistakes will happen in 
the best regulated families. 



It is seldom one issue of a journal 
is as full of good things as the Octo- 
ber number of the Investigator. I 
thought I would decide in my own 
mind which was the best article in it, 
but when I had read them all I felt 
so thankful I was not a judge for a 
prize paper. If the editor had offered 
a prize for best article in the October 
issue and I had been one of the judges 
I should certainly have confessed my 
inability to decide between the many 
good ones which is the best. I am so 
interested in sod buildings spoken of 
by Hattie Byfield, though we never 
build them in Missouri, at least not 
the part in which I live. But like her, 
I have this season had to contend with 
rats, minks, dogs, cats and hogs. The 
dog has been taught to let fowls alone 
and but for him the polecats and 
minks would have devoured my chick- 
ens in daytime. I have also taught 
him to run the hogs. The cats are 
disposed of as quickly as they are 
known to be guilty. I believe in giv- 
ing every cat a fair triaJ. 

I am surprised that no turkeys were 
shown at the Nebraska State fair. I 
am sure it was not because the state 
does not have fine turkeys. I happen 
to know she can boast of prize-win- 
ning bronze turkeys. I think one rea- 
son turkeys are not shown in larger 
numbers is the heavy expense in ship- 
ping. And turkeys lost so much in 
weight by shipping that one some 
distance from shows stands a very 
poor chance to win. But it does seem 
that nearby turkey fanciers should ex- 
hibit. Again it is very hard on tur- 
keys to be cooped in show rooms. I 
believe that there should be an apart- 
ment especially for turkeys without 
any fire in it even in coldest weather. 
Those visiting the show would only 
be in this department a little while 
at a time, so it would not hurt visit- 
ors. There should be a good light 
that could shine directly on them. 
The best judge in the world could not 
correctly judge turkeys without a good 
light. Another reason, I think, 
why there are not larger ex- 
hibits at the winter poultry shows 
is that generally speaking there have 
not been very great inducementi; in 
the way of prizes for turkeys, com- 
pared with those for chickens. 

I know that there is a great deal 
said and written against offering val- 
uable prizes, and it is a forcible argu- 
ment with some that prizes cause the 
eager seeker to practice fraud in or- 
der to secure the prize. The person 
who would practice fraud to secure a 
prize would practice it to secure the 



honor, since it is the advertisement 
the fancier is working for princi- 
pally. 

I have no argument or fight to 
make either for or against prizes. I 
would exhibit as readily for a blue 
ribbon as for an expensive prize, but 
I think that all the valuable specials 
should be more evenly distributed than 
they generally are. Yet I know it is 
hard to decide ust how they should 
be placed and those interested most 
in turkeys should take part in get- 
ting up specials for turkeys. 

I am becoming so interested in 
ducks that Mr. Mills' article on In- 
dian Runner ducks fires me with a 
desire to get some eggs next spring. 
You see I am close to St. Louis and I 
want to raise ducks for the World's 
Fair market. I tried to get a start 
this year, but the dog killed them 
until only three are left. He will not 
kill any more, as good whippings 
taught him better manners. I am con- 
vinced there is money in ducks. I 
want to ask if the eggs are as salable 
as chicken eggs? I am not posted on 
this point. You see I have only this 
year decided to try duck culture. 

I do not think Mr. Blanchard's in- 
cubator talk out of place, as even at 
this season many are setting incu- 
bators. Already I am getting inqui- 
ries for incubator eggs. And certainly 
her talk is very sensible. Incubatore 
are a necessity with the increased de- 
mand for poultry. We could not af- 
ford to do without them, and farmers' 
wives are finding them necessary. I 
am sure the time is not far distant 
when incubators will be kept in stores 
just as washing machines are now. 
To me it is much easier to hatch with 
an incubator than with hens. I keep 
one incubator in my dining room, the 
other in a bed room, and an incubator 
some years old did better hatching 
last spring than since 1 had it, sim- 
ply because I managed the moisture 
better. I followed directions at first 
to keep moisture pans filled from 
start to finish. Last spring I de- 
cided to keep just a little moisture 
from start to finish and keep the heat 
a little higher, and the hatch was 
good. 

Mr. French's talk on Leghorns 
gives me a desire to return to my 
first love, the Leghorns. 

I am so glad that Mrs. Webster 
gives her talk on grading up the fiock. 
I think such practical advice is what 
the amateur needs. They are not al- 
ways able to buy the best and the ad- 
vice of so many writers to start with 
the best or none deters them from 
trying to become fanciers. I think the 
better advice is that which Mrs. Web- 
ster gives — buy the very best you can 



aftoid and grade up as fast as pos- 
sible. 

I had intended reviewing the es- 
pecially good points in each paper in 
order to fully impress them upon the 
minds of those ust entering or con- 
templating entering the poultry busi- 
ness. 1 find that space will be too 
limited for that. Yet 1 must refer to 
the excellent article of Rev. G. A. 
Chamblin, in which he says: "If the 
breeder has a hankering after the big 
breeds he will do better with them." 
In short, the breed you fancy most 
is the one for you to start with. 1 
have no axe to grind in advising the 
amateur to consider the B. P. Rock 
before he makes a final decision of 
which breed he will start with. I am 
not personally partial to this breed 
over two others, and I have no more 
of this breed to sell than I have of 
two others. But I do recognize the 
fact that the majority of people are 
decidedly partial to the B. P. Rock. 
I also know that market buyers en- 
courage farmers to cross with the B. 
P. Rock cockerels. Knowing this, 1 
know that if one. has only a small 
sum to invest he will receive returns 
from this breed quicker than from 
any other. It he can only buy a dozen 
hens and a cockerel, 1 am presuming 
that he is just setting up in the busi- 
ness and has no chickens to stari 
with. He can get a dozen B. P. 
Rock pullets and nens and a cock- 
erel, starting with just good thorough- 
bred stock. If he will take a poultry 
ournal and buy the Standard of Per- 
fection and attend one good poultry 
show, he can raise and learn how to 
cull his flock after the first season. 
He can sell his culls on the mai'ket 
at a higher price than the mongrel 
would bring. Taking his best fe- 
males and buying as good cockerel as 
he can afford, never be afraid to pay 
a good price for a cockerel. If he 
proves desirable keep him two years. 
I have learned that a male should be 
kept two years if he is satisfactory. 
The inbreeding does give a more even 
flock. Now the amateur has an even, 
nice appearing flock, and if they are 
not prize birds, as only a small per 
cent of the B. P. Rocks are prize win- 
ners, still they are salable, and if you 
will let people know you have them 
you can sell all your cockerels as 
breeders. You many not get the high 
prices of the fancier, for your stock 
does not merit them, but if you sell 
your cockerels to your neighbors at 
from one dollar to two dollars each 
you are doing well. In some locali- 
ties if you only get fifty cents each 
you will do well. But don't be satis- 
fled with these prices. Work for 
higher prices hy improving your stock. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

1 am candid when I say that I think 
B. P. Kocks are the hardest breed to 
got right 1 ever bred, except perhaps 
Che Vvyandottes (Silver). But as u 
nas been an old adage always, "There 
is more pleasure in puisuu than in 
possession," 1 cerlainiy have had a 
oreat deal of pleasure in pursuing per- 
lection in b. r'. HocKS. rhe pleasure 
of possebsiou IS still reservea in me 
vauit 01 tne future. But ui oue ihiug 
1 am always certain, that i wul never 
uave a SLirplus ul B. P. HocKS. Ail 
giaues can he soid at a price that 
vviU pay, and i have never raised any 
ocher DiebU of wuich i could say ims. 
mere neeu be no misrepreseuung 
stuCK to seil It. All that is necessaii 
IS to have good hlood and teil tue 
trutn. it you haven i prize birus ana 
your customer wants prize winners, 
tell him you uaveu't wnat he wants, 
there will be plenty of opoprtunities 
to sell what you have, if people coula 
he made to ueUeve it, there are other 
uieeas as good as the Plymouth Rock, 
out this Dreed has the right of way 
now and we had just as well put our 
personal preferences aside and raise 
this truly American breed if we want 
the most popoular. 

"Does a Poultry Paper Pay?" by Mrs. 
Belle Utly, shows very conclusively 
that it paid her. I have sometimes 
wonderea at the positive ignorance on 
the part of farmers in regard to poul- 
try. They come miles to ask me 
(luestions that are answered in almost 
every poultry paper one takes up, and 
if X suggest that tweuty-tive cents a 
year v/ui keep them supplied witn use- 
lui information a whole year they say, 
"Oh, well, I don't have time to reaa 
and I will just get you to tell me 
what to do." Often they could reaa 
the journal in the time it takes to 
come to my house. They also forget 
that the time of the fancier is as 
piecious as their own. Others expect 
information for a two-cent stamp for 
which poultry journals pay a good 
price, it is often amusing to read the 
patronizing letters of inquiry. They 
uegin by flattering the fancier and ena 
with the demand for information in 
a maner which clearly says, "Now I 
have paid you the compliment of ask- 
ing your advice; send it by return 
mail, as I may lose my chickens or 
turkeys," as the case may be. I do 
not feel under any obligations to an- 
swer letters of this character at all, 
as they never come from customers. 
A person who spends money to buy 
good stock always asks for informa- 
tion in the most kindly manner, and 
it is always cheerfully given. I often 
receive postal cards demanding of me 
an immediate reply, telling the writer 
what to do for certain diseases. If 



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A first prize Buff Wy.indotte pullet at Lincoln, 
Nebr., and St. Joseph. Mo. Began laying at 
S months old. Owned and bred by Mrs. E. W. 
Orr, Clay Center, Nebr. 



only once in a long time we had these 
aemauus we could aftord to sacrifice 
our time for the good of others, but 
every lancier knows that the demand 
IS 01 ten made. 1 am always glad to 
answer through the journals for which 
i write any question 1 am capable ot 
answering. Only yesterday an inquiry 
to know what is tne trouble with tur- 
Keys. No journal is mentioned, so i 
send answer through tne investigator. 
Symptoms, running at the nose, eyes 
and head swelled. Disease, roup. 
Remedy, Mexican Mustang l^inimeu., 
used as directed on bottle; or bath in 
hot salted water by putting the water 
in a vessel and plunging the head en- 
tirely under the water; wipe with dry 
cloth, pressing all the feotid matter 
out of noses; rub with Hall's Roup 
cure. Give (Jushmau s Roup Cure lu 
drinking water. Bathe in strong al- 
cohol camphor. Mix carbolic acid, 
tincture of iodine, equal parts, in lard 
sutucient to make a salve, rub head 
and put in nostrils. Also grease the 
back where they put the head under 
wing. Do not use all these remedies 
at same time, but if one is not con- 
venient get one of the others. There 
are many good roup cures. Mrs. May 
i'aylor advertises one. By the way, 
Mrs. Taylor, you sent me a box of 
envelopes instead of sample cure. 
MRS. BKTTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 
Clarksville, Mo. 



Second annual exhibition at Butler, 
Mo. December 31st, 1901, to January 
3d, 1902. Thomas W. Southard, judge 
of poultry; Reed Storms, judge of Bel- 
gian hares. Our premium list, now in 
the hands of the printer, will offer 
more cash and special premiums than 
any association in the west outside 
of the large cities, 

■W. W. GRAVES, President. 

C. A. ALLEN, Secretary. 



i8 

I The Goldeo Wfaodottes ... i 

i ... II) J. C. Kapser i 

There are a great many poultry rais- 
ers who desire to learn about the 
Golden Wyandotte chicken. So I will 
attempt to give some light on the sub- 
ject of their usefulness as an all-pur- 
pose fowl. 

It is generally conceded that the 
Wyandotte fowl is one of the most 
promanent of all American Glasses, 
more especially as an all-purpose fowl. 
Their seize Is of an average medium; 
cock, SVi pounds; hen ^Vz pounds. 
Now this means when bred up to the 
standard. This Is a point of the great- 
est importance, and above all other 
points one can mention. 

Their build is of rather a blocky 
order, full in breast, a short back, 
good strong bone, with clean yellow 
legs, and skin yellow, a well curved 
neck with a bay eye and rose comb 
on top of head, not too meaty (as 
meat is of little use there). 

Our aim in breeding the Golden Wy- 
an dotte should be to get ftiem as 
perfect as possible and up to the 
Standard of Perfection, and when one 
begins breeding them they should get 
as correct a, type formed in their 
mind, observe when a mistake is 
made, remedy it, try again, go to a 
poultry show, bother the judge just 
enough to point out your weak points 
and be quite inquisitive on the subject. 
You will find if persistent that your 
reward will come. The G. W. as an 
egg producer does not take a back 
seat, but is rather at the head of the 
class among all varieties of similar 
weight, and better than the smaller 
varieties when the question arises 
which are the best winter layers. I 
must stop right here and explain one 
incident which really caused me to 
choose the Wyandotte. On one cold 
frosty morning in midwinter I called 
on the doctor. He invited me in his 
house and I there happened to see a 
basketful of eggs he had just gath- 
ered. I was interested, as I then had 
the Leghorns, but eggs were scarce 
in winter time with us, so I asked 
him what kind of chicken he had. 
The Wyandottes was his answer. 1 
needed but little further inducement. 
As for beauty, their plumage is bay 
and black. The center of each feather 
should be a rich golden color, while 
the outside is jot black. This gives a 
contrast not so abrupt, but a mild 
and very pleasing appearance to the 
mind and eye. 

When the chick first makes its ap- 
p«axajice I'ou have the color. You 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

watch them day by day and finally 
you become somewhat discouraged 
with regard to their beauty, but when 
after about three months' growth the 
full feathering begins you will notice 
a marked difference day after day. 
Then you begin to speculate, admire 
and choose which of them will be the 
best. You will then also notice their 
shape as well as the clear lacing and 
compare, and now if you find those 
among your flock having size, shape 
and color, you feel contented and 
pleased that your year's efforts have 
not been in vain. You may depend 
that it matters not how many good 
ones you will raise. There is always 
a demand for them at a profitable 
price. (Also here is a serious prob- 
lem to solve. You must let yourself 
be made known through the various 
poultry mediums, as would-be pur- 
chasers cannot through imagination 
tell where you are)). Now it is not 
a mere profit to raise Golden Laced 
Wyandottes, but a pleasure and recre- 
ation not obtainable with any other 



breed of ohicken. (That is my way 
of seeing it.) Their habits are of a 
docile nature, although very good for- 
agers and nine times out of ten will 
steal their nest if given a chance. 
In hardiness they are second to none, 
are good sitters, but not persistent in 
being broody as some of the larger 
breeds. This is one of the points 
one should not overlook, as with the 
excellent success we nowadays hatch 
chickens with incubators we should 
keep hens laying eggs and cackle 
rather than sit and cluck. The former 
is more profitable as well as pleasing 
to any one. In conclusion the Golden 
Wyandottes for beauty and utility com- 
bined are unexcelled. 

J. C. KAPSBR. 



POULTRY CHATS. 
By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard. 
I w nt to talk of several things this 
month. The cold, rainy weather of 
this fall Is likely to give us trouble if 
our birds are not properly cared for. 
Some people think that birds in the 




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A sample of Black Lanjshan Virert by B«ii S. Myers, of CrawfordsTille, Ind. Winner in the 
arreat Chi a^o Score-card show. 



trees are all right until real cold 
weather, but we have come to the con- 
clusion that birds are better in houses. 
It is no small task to teach a brood 
of chicks to roost in the house after 
they have become accustomed to the 
tree tops. It is much easier to 
move the brood coop a little at a time 
towards the house, then finally set it 
inside the house. After they are ac- 
customed to it there it can be taken 
away and they will go o nthe roost. 
The brood coops must be watched and 
moved before the chicks outgrow them. 
Where a brood of chicks do well they 
are not long outgrowing their coops, 
and sometimes their houses. If they 
are crowded at night or shut up too 
closely they become heated and when 
let out they take cold. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

shape, houses banked up whera it is 
needed, hinges put on the doors and, 
in fact, all those little things done 
that put houses in shape for winter 
weather. 

Have we all been looking after lice 
as closely as we ought? Our chicks 
cannot fit themselves for 1 aying or 
show birds if there is a hoard of in- 
sects living on them; they must be 
gotten rid of in some way. Kerosene 
is sure and is always at hand, but be 
careful in using it, as it blisters wher- 
ever it touches the flesh. Lard can be 
mixed with it and makes it safer to 
use, but it makes such grimmy looking 
birds. 

In planning the winter quarters 
have some place to put sick birds by 
themselves, where they can have prop- 



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yet successfully edit a farm journai I 
know of a successful poultry Judge 
who does not own a chicken. I also 
know of a fellow who Is one of the 
worst sinners on earth, yet he can edit 
the Christian page of a great daily 
paper, and say such beautiful things, 
and can paint a picture of the hap- 
piness of a Christian life, so that one 
can hardly doubt his sincerity. It 
is possible for a man who knows 
very little about poultry to success- 
fully put out a mighty fine poultry 
paper, yet when a poultry paper is 
managed and edited by a man who 
has had years of experience in the 
poultry yard and show room, and is 
acquainted with all the minute details 
of the chicken man's needs and re- 
quirements, you can look for some- 




White Plymouth Roclts at feed time in the yards of Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend. Nebr. 



Brooders and coops must be cleaned 
often and sprayed with lice killer or 
kerosene. One of our handiest imple- 
ments around the poultry house and 
brooders is a hoe with the handle saw- 
ed off to about six inches. It can get 
into nest boxes and brooder floors 
much easier than one with a longer 
handle. That is one thing I can al- 
ways find, as it is no use anywhere 
else about the farm. 

Supposing by this time that our 
chicks are all in their houses, whert 
we can keep them protected from cold 
rains and chilly nights we must not ' 
close the houses too tightly, but must 
see to it that they are in shape for 
winter. Knot holes, cracks and broken 
lights of glass must all be got in 



er care and not be tramped on by the 
well ones. It is much the safer way. 
If any contagious disease gets among 
them and the sick ones are removed 
it keeps it from spreading, thus keep- 
ing the well ones in better shape and 
giving the sick ones the comfort that 
sick fowls need. Being by itself 
would often save the life of bird, while 
if it was left with the flock it would 
be starved and tramped to death. 
Friend, Neb. 



THE BACK YARD FANCIER. 

By C. H. Icken. 

It is possible for a man to live in a 

city of many thousand inhabitants, 

have an office in the sixth story of a 

sky scraper, hardly ever seen a farm, 



thing pretty good in the way of a 
poultry paper, and such I believe is 
The Poultry Investigator. Its going to 
be a pretty good paper to read, and in 
which to advertise your business. 

First, I wish to say a word in behalf 
of those whom some people sneering- 
ly anl persistently are wont to call 
"The Back Yard Fancier," having ref- 
erence, of course, to those who are 
limited as to the size of their quar- 
ters and the number of fowls on hand, 
and which necessitates the carrying 
on of their operations, in a small way, 
usually in the back yard, or on an ad- 
jacent lot. This "backyard" business 
is an acknowledged drawback, when 
it comes to the breding of fowls in 
large numbers, yet it is of great benefit 



20 

in more ways than one. The "back- 
yard" man, having only a few fowls, 
leaerns to know each individual fowl. 
He can tell you the sire and the dam 
of a certain choice specimen, for gen- 
erations back. He can also tell you 
the number of eggs she has laid, how 
many broods of young she has moth- 
ered, and can tell you the score and 
cuts of each section, and in fact has 
the history of each fowl that he owns, 
right at his tongue's end. Now don't 
you think this is of some advantage? 
Dont' you think that a man, so inform- 
ed, could breed more intelligently for 
a higher yearly average of eggs laid? 
Don't you think that such a breeder, 
knowing his fowls so thoroughly, and 
knowing the standard requirements, 
could mate up a pen of his fowls more 
intelligently and with more satisfac- 
who owns hundreds and is not so 
tory results at culling time, than one 
thoroughly posted as to the quality of 
his birds? This same reason is the 
one which has brought out the so- 
called specialists. The muchly adver- 
tised specialist is in most cases a 
"backyard" fancier, and having only 
room for a few fowls, he cannot help 
being a specialist, and so advertises 
to that effect. The best cockerel I ever 
owned in my lite I bought from a 
fellow who bred fifteen varieties, yet 
he had them on' separate farms, ana 
each farm had its own man to look 
after that variety. Virtually a "back- 
yard" on a little larger scale. But, if 
you have that despised feeling in your 
heart for a fancier who is handicapped 
for want of room, and facilities other- 
wise, take it out! He's a dangerous 
man to compete with in the show room 
He's a dangerous man to dispute with 
when it comes to quoting the standard 
requirements of, or the merits of his 
variety, and, taking it all in all, just 
as worthy of consideration and respect 
as the great Mr. So and So. Long live 
the "Backyard Fancier"! Nine times 
out of ten he grows into a mammoth 
plant on a 160 acre farm, before you 
know it, and if he sticks faithfully to 
his chickens, he will surely make a 
success of the business, sooner or later. 
The backyard is the kindergarten of 
the fancy poultry business. Its the 
primary department, so to speak, 
where you and I have been taught, by 
rough experience, our first lessons in 
this so-called art. And by the way 
few of us have as yet graduated or 
received our diplomas. 'Y'ou can stay 
in the business all your life, and rest 
assured, brother, that you will never 
know it all. I used to sing that good 
old song, "The Half Has Never Been 
Told," and if it does not seem sacre- 
llgious, the one who wrote it must 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

have at one time raised chickens. So 
in going down the poultryman's path 
of life, do not despise or speak ill of 
the "Backyard Fancier." He'll grow, 
undoubtedly, and some day rise up and 
call you blessed. 



PERFECT CHICK FEED. 
Armington. 111., June 15, 1901. 
Mr. W. F. Chamberlain. Kirkwood, 

Mo.: 

Dear Sir — Enclosed you will find 
another order for your "Perfect 
Chick Feed," and again I will have to 
ask you to rush this order, as some 
of the parties are wanting it on ac- 
count of their turkeys, as it has proved 
to be an excellent feed for little tur- 
keys as well as chickens. I have nev- 
er had a single complaint, but instead 
they all praise it highly, and I think 
in another year that the people will 
learn, as I have learned, that Cham- 
berlain's "Perfect Chick Feed" means 
perfect success in raising little chicks, 
and no successful poultry raiser can 
afford to do without it. If you could 
only visit my poultry yards and see 
the big, healthy fellows, and then visit 
a yard where it is not fed and note 
the difference, you would not won- 
der at me expressing so much grat- 
itude over being able to procure such 
excellent feed. Yours truly, 

C. F. LIPSEY. 



BARGAINS 

IN BREEDING STOCK 

At Golden K'lilc Poultry Yards. I 
have a few bird.-, that I used in my 
breeding pens this season that I will 
sell at a bargain. They are hens and 
two cocks, White Plymouth Rocks, 
Empire strain. Write lor prices. 

Young stock. White Plymouth Rock 
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes 
for sale this fall. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMOMT, WIS. 



BUFF COCHINS 

Exclusively. 

Just What You Are 
Looking For .... 

The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
ners in any company. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 



at CUT PRICES. 

CATALOGUE FREE. 

n(. Co., Columbus, 0. 



POULTRY CH 



Flemish Giants 

We have sliictly A No. 1 Ginnts. headed 
by Wl .D.SOR. imported Si-pt. IBOO. One of 
tlie largest and be^'t Giant buoliii of his age 
in A II. erica uis ancestors present an un- 
broki'n liiif of En!:land's best chatjiplons. 
» wei|<s old Giants $5 to tlo per head. You 
cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. I 
C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb. 



300 Buff and Black 
Wyandotte Chicks. 

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
bition stock. Give me a chance to 
please you. 

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 



White P. Rocl(S Exclusiveiy.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
LlncolH, Nebr. 



David Larson, 



Wahoo, Nebraska, 

Expert Poultry Judge 

I have had years of experience in 
breeding, mating and judging. For 
reference 'o qualification, write Poul- 
try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
I am open for engagements. 



HEN 



Midland Formulas... 

Ready Mixed. 

1. Nursery L'hick Food. 

2. Giowin;; Chicl< Food. 
:i Fattening (Jhicii Food. 

4. Egi.' anii Featlier Pro- 
ducinff Food. 

5. Nursery DuoklingFood 

6. GrowingDur'tclingFood 
7 Fattening Ducl{ ling 

and Gosling Food. 
8. Laying Uuol» Food. 

9 Stock Pucks' Summer 
Food. 

10 Growing Gosling Food 



200"™ ONE 

This is TiiK WEKACH your fiock should produce: and 
it is only made possible by the use of 

Midland Feed Meal..^^ 

Wo make Ton Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur- 
pose. They are a 

A CombinaLtion of Grains and Brains. 

Complete and ready to food. Needs n(^ green bone or otlier accessories. 'I'liere is not. and 
never Ims lieeii anyiliiu;: on the market to oomoare to it. Thousands of poultrymeii are 
using it and it i*. ;iii :iokninvlpiigeil standard toduv. Random or haphazard feedtne is no 

loncer profit able, and tin m » li.i pcrsisls In it "must have Fr>El) TO BFRV. Profit is 

only assured ""here evcr\ ponnd of feed is made to show returns. Our balanced feed 
will do II as iioiliiiig else can It c. sts hut very little to try It and be convinced. Manufac- 
tured by Ihe .MIMLANI) I'lill.Tia Fcmli CO.. Kansas City. Mo., and sold by 

Your Nea-rest Feed a.nd Gra-in Dea-ler. 

Boston. Mass.. Jos, Hreck & Sons. .">l N Market St. New York City. Excelsior Wire & Foul, 
try Supply Co.. 2S Vesey St. IMilladelphia, I'a.. .Inlmson & Stakes. 317 Market St. Midland 
Poultry Food Co.. N. E. Cor, 3nd and Main Sts. Kansas ('itv. Mo. Petaluma Incubator Co., 
Pelaluma. Calf. C. E. White. Chestnut Hill. Pa. The Vail Seed Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. A. 
c. Wonley \ Co.. Atlanta. Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y, 



THE TRUTH ABOUT BUFF OR- 
PINGTONS. 

Statements with referyence to newly 
introduced breeds are almost invari- 
ably more or less overdrawn. While 
the subject of our remarks is by no 
means a newly-made breed, yet to the 
American fancy it is at present only 
Jinown and bred by the few, and 
much is to be learned of its breeding, 
tendencies and real worth by a large 
majority of our fanciers. I have gone 
to no little trouble to ascertain the 
plain, solid facts regarding this breed, 
and my investigations put the breed 
in no unfavorable light. What I have 
to say as regards this breed is based 
on no selfish or personal interests, as 
I never owned a Buff Orpington, but 
have been favorably located in close 
proximity to those who do. And in 
my trips over the country, mating 
and scoring, I have met them at sev- 
eral places, and only Ithe highest 
praise of their real utility and value 
has ever come to my ears. I have 
made it a point to question each 
breeder very closely regarding the 
breed, and the following is what I 
have been able to learn or saw with 
my own eyes. Perhaps we may best 
start with the egg. Buff Orpingtons 
lay a rather medium-sized egg, in 
most cases about the size of a medium- 
sized Leghorn egg. I believe a fair 
statement would be that they lay a 
small egg, taking into consideration 
the size of the fowl. As long as eggs 
are sold by the dozen this does not 
materially affect their utility value. 
They are pronounced, without excep- 
tion, by every breeder I have met, lo 
be as prolific egg producers as the 
average Leghorn, laying their eggs 
more evenly through the season, espe- 
cially in the fall, winter and spring 
months, when eggs command the 
higher prices. Every breeder of Or- 
pingtons has called my special at- 
tention to the fact that Orpington 
eggs hatch well, are wonderfully fer- 
tile and the chick very active and 
strong. Once hatched, the per cent 
of loss is small. The feather evenly 
and rapidly, are great foragers, in fact 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

range out further than any breed to 
my knowledge, not excepting the 
White Minorca and Leghorn families. 

Just yesterday i visited a breeder of 
White Leghorn, Barred P. Rocks and 
Buff Orpingtons. As I saw none of 
the latter in sight I inquired where 
he kept them, and he replied "Right 
here." Asking where they were, he 
remarked: "That's hard to tell; they 
may be half a mile away," and they 
were nearly. We started out to hunt 
them up. Plassing down the farm 
lane, we soon were beyond the range 
limit of the B. P. Rocks. A little 
later the last straggling White Leg- 
horn was left behind. And away over 
on the opposite side of a large corn 
lot which had just been cut we came 
in sight of a half a hundred golden 
balls moving actively about in search 
of stray Kernels, bugs and worms. 
This bunch of chicks were four months 
and sixteen days of age, raised in a 
brooder, and at that age were nearly 
half a mile from the brooder and 
house. This is no overdrawn state- 
ment. At other places my attention 
has been called to their wonderful, 
active, independent disposition and 
habits. Now perhaps a little compari- 
son of weights at three months of age 
may be of interest. As I am a breed- 
er of Barred P. Rocks and S. C. Brown 
Leghorns exclusively, I have no mo- 
tive to overdraw the facts in the case. 
A friend of mine purchased thirty 
Buff Orpington eggs of a good reli- 
able party and set them . Within a 
day or two of the same date I set 
fifty or sixty Barred P. Rock eggs. At 
three months of age he came over to 
my place with a Buff Orpington cock- 
erel under his arm and challenged me 
to pick out a Barred Rock cockerel 
that would outweigh him. I looked 
incredulous, as I thought I had him 
beat easily. Upon a trial I had to 
pick three times to find one that would 
tie him in weight. 

Now, looking at the breed from a 
fancy point of view, I find they breed 
very true to color, fully as much so 
as the Buff Plymouth Rock. The sur- 
face color on the best birds I have 



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handled is a very clear true buff, 
with much better undercolor than we 
generally meet in Buff Rocks. Their 
heavy, square-«et legs, deep bodies 
and broad, short backs give them a 
solid, business-like appearance, which 
is unmistakable evidence of a strong, 
robust constitution. In fact, in the 
several hundred I have examined I 
have yet to recall a roupy, deformed 
or ill-developed chick or fowl. 

Combs run about as even as do the 
Buff or Barred Rocks. Beaks and 
shanks, except in one single instance, 
were correct in color to a bird. The 
majority of both sexes have more or 
less of white or black in tail or wings, 
but not more than is found in Buff 
Rocks at the present time. I have 
handled within a week at least ten 
or twelve which showed no black or 
white in wing or "tail, only a little 
gray in secondaries of wings and just 
a trace of foreign color in tail. It is 
my opinion that they may be bred 
more easily and quickly to a pure 
uniform light buff, with stronger un- 
dercolor than the Buff Rock or Wy- 
andotte. While in shape they hold a 
position distinctly their own. It oc- 
curs to me the breed has a bright 
11 — Jessup .. ..one,ub -t,ul n wwi 
future before it. If it can be kept 
out of the hands of dishonest or un- 
scrupulous breeders. What statements 
are made here can be depended upon 
as being as nearly correct as is pos- 
sible at this early date in their his- 
tory among American fanciers. Yours, 
J. W. WHITNEY. 

Chatham, Ohio. 



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^he White Wonder 



Editor Poultry Investigator: 

As your motto Is "More and better 
poultry," if you will allow me space 
In the Investigator I will present to 
your many readers a brief account of 
the origin and good qualities of the 
White Wonders. 

They were originated by William 
N. French of New Haven, Vt. Mr. 
French was quite well known in his 
section of country as a breeder of 
fine stock, especially of high grade 
sheep and poultry, and in 1S86 began 
the origination of the White Wonders 
from six large pure white pullets bred 
in his yards, the results of either ac- 
cidental crossing, or sports, for al- 
though he had several breeds of thor- 
oughbred fowls, he did not have a 
white breed on his farm at that time. 
These six white pullets proved to be 
remarkably good layers, so much so 
that they attracted Mr. French's at- 
tention, and he called them "The 
White Wonders," and began the build- 
ing up of a distinctive breed by cross- 
ing them with the best strains of 
standard bred fowls, his object being 
to produce a large, practical utility 
farmer's fowl. It has often been stat- 
ed to me that White Wonders were 
simply a cross of White Wyandottes 
on Light Brahmas, and I believe that 
is the generally accepted opinion. But 
it is not the case. I think White Wy- 
andottes and Light Brahmas were 
used, and likely Dorkings, but the 
breeding of the original six large 
pure white pullets Is unknown. Mr. 
French died some three or four years 
ago, and the record he had kept of 
the standard bred fowls used and the 
crosses made in originating his ideal 
utility fowl was about two years ago 
accidentlly destroyed, so that part of 
the process will never be definitely 
known. Their general characteristics 
as a distinctive breed is, I believe 
as well fixed as that of any other 
thoroughbred fowl, and any one at- 
tempting to produce White Wonders 
by crossing White Wyandottes on 
Light rBahmas will be disapopinted 
They were not produced that way. 

As a practical, general purpose util- 
ity fowl, I believe they are as good 
as the very best. They are not a 
fancier's fowl. They were not intend 
ed as such, but as hard workers I 
doubt if they have a superior Under 
date of April 9th, 1901, I. K. Felch of 
Natlck, Mass., wrote me regarding 
White Wonders, "They are simply 
working oxen, just hard working 
horses for utility uses. As such they 
surely have my praise as money earn- 
ers In our poultry yards for pra«tl«al 




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purposes." That tells the story of 
White Wonders. It is what they 
were intended for, hard working mon- 
ey earners in our poultry yards for 
practical purposes. We ask no great- 
er encomiums for them, nor do we 
ask any better authority for its state- 
ment than that of I. K. Felch. 

They are not a bad looking fowl by 
any means. They are a large white 
fowl with rose comb, slightly feather- 
ed legs, and deep ric golden yellow 
skin. The shaft of feathers has a 
yellow hue which gives the under- 
color a creamy white appearance. 
This feature is objected to by the 
fanciers. They want a chalk-white 
plumage on a yellow skin, simply be- 
cause it is so difficult to obtain, but 
we want the creamy white undercolor 
because it makes it so easy to get 
the rich golden yellow skin in its per- 
fection. Whether tnere is anything 
in the superiority of the yellow-skin- 
ned fowl is not the question, for it is 
a well established fact that the aver- 
age American customer will pick up 
the yellow-skinned chicken every time. 
The only objections to them from the 
fancier's view, so far as I know, is 
the creamy undercolor mentioned and 
their slightly f«athsred shanks. Tha 




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fancier shakes his head and says, 
"Tliere should be more feathers on 
their shanks or none at all." Just 
why a chicken should have feathered 
shanks I do not know, and so far as 
looks are concerned I prefer them 
without. But White Wonders have 
slightly feathered shanks. They have 
been bred that way, and they breed 
quite true to type. 

As winter layers I do not think they 
can be beat. In January, 1899, when 
the weather was extremely and un- 
usually cold, I had four White Wonder 
pullets that layed fitty-three eggs dur- 
ing the first fifteen days of that month. 
It was an egg every twenty-seven 
hours and ten minutes per pullet. 
Their house consisted of one thick- 
ness of seven-eighths inch boards 
with tarred paper on the outside. The 
house was entirely unsheltered and so 
cold that a pan of water would freeze 
solid in twenty minutes' time. I have 
not kept just that kind of a record 
since, but have had plenty of White 
Wonders that were equally good lay- 
ers. Their eggs are of good size and 
a nice brown cjlor. Their standard 
weight is: Cock, C-/^ pounds; hen, S 
pounds; cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 6i/^ 
pounds. I have had cocks weighing 
eleven pounds and hens nine and one- 
half pounds, and although they are 
large they are not a lazy fowl, but ac- 
tive rustlers. I believe they combine 
as many good qualities for the farmer 
and poultry man as any breed in ex- 
istence. 

In know this article is already too 
long, but I have abbreviated all I 
could, and if not turned down this 
time I may come again. 

I. C. STEPHENS. 

Carleton, Neb. 



NEBRASKA STATE POULTRY 
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



TOPICS FOR DECEMBER. 

Topic No. 1 — What has been your ex- 
perience in feeding for eggs in win- 
ter? 

Topic No. 2 — What has been your ex- 
perience in feeding clover or alfalfa 
to fowls in winter? 

Topic No. 3 — What has been your ex- 
perience in the different varieties as 
to the best all-purpose fowl? 

Topic No. 4 — What is your experience 
in shipping fancy fowls in winter? 

Topic No. 5 — What is your experience 
in showing fancy poultry? 

0_ ~rr ORPINGTONS 
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Yiungorold stock, first class birds cheap. 
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i SCRATCHING SHEDS... t 

t By M. M. JOHNSON t 

♦ ♦ 

When we talk of warm, comfortable 
poultry houses and overlook the 
scratching shed, we have left out the 
best part of the arrangements. I hold 
to the theory that it is tom-foolish- 
ness to build warm poultry houses and 
let the fowls run out in the cold as 
they wish. It is also nonsense to pen 
them up in a warm poultry house and 
allow them no room to exercise. We 
can figure and theorize as much as 
we feel like, but the scratching shed 
has come to stay. It don't need to be 
expensive nor elaborate, just a plain, 
cheap shed that has a tight roof and 
sides. Instead of windows in the 
south, 5-cent muslin soaKed in linseed 
oil will do. After it has been oiled 
hang it out a day or two to dry, then 
stretch it on the front of the shed. 
I dont' like the open shed, it's all 
right when the wind iS in the north, 
but unfortunately we have lots of un- 
comfortable south winds, and an open 
shed is almost equivalent to out of 
dors. 

Don't be stingy with room in the 
scratching shed, they can get along 
with limited room in their roosting 
department better than they can m 
their exercising place; it costs but 
little more to build a shed 16x16 than 
it does 12x12. A shed 16x16 contains 
256 square feet of floor room, with a 
very little additional expense the floor 
space can be nearly double. This is 
on the same principle that a two inch 
pipe will hold four times as much 
water as a one inch pipe. Too many 
of us want, to make ¥2 out of a hen 
at 10 cents' worth of expense. It's 
no go, and we should be satisfied with 
a |2 hen and a 50 cent expense. It 
dont' make any difference what kind 
of paint you use nor how elegant 
stripes you adorn the house with, you 
will find the hens are color blind; 
they seem to have a selfish disposition 
in wanting to feel comfortable, regard- 
less of all adornments. A whole lot 
of us theoretical humbugs build poul- 
try houses to suit us, the hens be 
d — d, and what are you going to do 
about it, etc. If we study the hens 
more and ourselves less it would be 
more appreciated by said hens. They 
dont' care a continental what we may 
know about science and mechanics, 
all they want or care about is com- 
fortable and cheerful quarters and 
plenty of grub mixed in. When It 
comes right down to good hard sense, 
the common every-day hen can stand 
any of us off. Not long since we saw 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

a chap figuring out the room for 100 
hens. "Yes," he says, "a hen is about 
six inches wide and ten inches long, 
that will do for perch room and about 
twice that room will be ample for 
floor space, or room to exercise." The 
writer is getting along in years and 
has discovered that mortal man is a 
curiosity anyhow, and I made no at- 
tempt to spoil the man's mental cal- 
culations. 

You know there is an old gag about 
the Missourians need to be showed, 
but it dont' apply to the chicken man 
who is good at figures; he just won't 
be showed and that is all there is 
to it; figures wont' lie — neither will 
he, but your Uncle Jack will bet a 
'coon skin that he fizzles in the poul- 
try business. It takes more than fig- 
ures to win out in the poultry busi- 
ness — it takes some good judgment 
and some common every-day hen 
sense. 

I have always had a curiosity in 
finding out just why people theorize 
so much in the poultry business when 
they would not think of it in other 
occupations. Does poultry pay? Well, 
yes; it pays something like five hun- 
dred per cent, but you can't figure it 
out; somehow or other we have got to 
work it out. M. M. JOHNSON. 



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FACTS. 
By P. W. Shepard. 

It is a fact — 

That it does not pay to allow the 
fowls to contract colds. Colds are 
rarely caused by any other ways than 
exposure. Never expose the fowls to 
any draughts of air and colds will not 
occur so often. 

That a cold may develop into a se- 
vere case of roup, which is a serious 
disease to a poultryman's birds. How- 
ever, a little work on the part of the 
breeder will save all colds and cases 
of roup from occurring. 

That a sick fowl, one that has a very 
bad case of any disease, never amounts 
to as much as it did before becoming 



Buff 



ORPINGTONS 
and COCHINS. 

Bred from my own Importations. 

I won more premiums than 
any two other exhibitors at the 
Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- 
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— it will be a pleasure to give 
you prices. 

IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. 



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Barred Plymouth Rocks 
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8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
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Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
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stock for Sale. 
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sick. A case of cholera, roup or such 
had better be cured with an axe. 

That time is required to accomplish 
anything in this world. No fortune 
has been earned in a day. Fowls have 
not been brought up to the present 
high standard in a single day. So 
your success will not come to you in 
one day. 

That there is pleasure as well as 
profit in breeding fowls. The true 
fancier finds much enjoyment in 
breeding fowls. He loves to see them 
grow and develop. He loves to watch 
the eggs as they are kept warm for 
three weeks and then he is happy 
when the little ones pop out. 

That many people breed fowls just 
for the pleasure there is in it. It is 
a change from a literary work or 
clerkship or such work, to care for a 
flock of beautiful birds. It rests the 
body and mind in such cases. 

That it requires study and thinking 
to fathom the depths of poultrydom. 
There are great lessons to be learned 
from poultry. How to further develop 
them and increase their usefulness, oc- 
cupies the minds of hundreds of men 
and women a large part of the time. 

That there is no best breed, and that 
it is only a matter of taste that makes 
one breed selected in preference to an- 
other. One person will claim a certain 
breed to be the most profitable, while 
at the same time another breeder will 
condemn them as worthless. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

men in claiming that the smaller 
breeds were so much more profitable 
than the large breeds. I have been 
breeding the L. Brahma, Felch strain, 
for eleven years, and have had W. and 
B. Leghorns, B. Spanish, P. Rocks, B. 
.Tavas, Polish, etc., etc., but none of 
the breeds mentioned have ever equal- 
ed the laying of my L. Brahmas. It 
is true that the Leghorn commences 
to lay at an earlier age. I have had 
them to lay at five months old. It is 
also true that they eat less, but I 
have had Brahmas (and have them 
this year) to lay at six months old. 
This strain hardly ever wants to sit, 
so that I was compelled to buy an in- 
cubator. The Brahmas have laid for 
me all winter, with the thermometer 
way below zero, while the Leghorns 
would not dare to go out of the pens. 

A Brahma egg is much larger than 
a Leghorn and still larger than a 
Hamburg. It is a far richer egg. My 
wife claims that two Brahmas eggs 
go farter in baking than three Leg- 
horns. 

Then the capons! I sold 22 capons 
weighing 10 pounds dressed at 18 cents 
per pound, or $1.80 each. How many 
dozen Leghorn cockerels would it take 
to bring that money? 

Then the extra expense it takes to 
fence for Leghorns or all the smaller 
breeds. My Brahmas are confined in 
a four-foot fence, while a six-foot 
fence will not turn a Leghorn, and 
they will crawl through any paling. 

This is my side of the case. The 
trouble is with most people, they don't 
know bow to feed a Brahma or any 
Asiatic fowl right. The chicks are so 
much hardier, and they can stand 
more cold than any other breed. 
There now! Respectfully, 

A. S. MULLER. 



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Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, 
Neb. : 

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In reading an article by Rev. G-. A. 
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MY 

Baff Orpingtons 

. . . .Have no equal 

B. Plymoath Rocks 

(Thomrson Rinclets.) 
AND 

White Wyandottes 

If you want good stock I have it 



John A. laing^ 

HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 



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Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
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SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 

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Buff Orpingtons ^ 

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Ban's at*3 a pair. Cockerels at *1 each. Par- 
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

A "SUCCESSFUL" SUCCESS. 
(Deacon Lane's Story.) 
"I s'pose you've often set a hen, 
Over an' over, time an' again? 
So have I, but never yet 
Knowed a time when I could bet 
How long that hen was goln' to set. 
Set a hen on a peck o' cobs, 
Brickbats, pebbles, ol' door knobs. 
An' she'll set an' set In spite o' you— 
Can't break her up, whatever you do. 

"But set a hen en some high-priced eggs. 
Soon's she feels 'em 'tween her legs, 
Suthin' makes her feel like scratchin', 
An' that ends all her hopes o' hatchln'. 
When that happens, I declare 
I sometimes feel that I must swear. 
I'll say right here, or any place. 
A hen's no instrument of grace. 

"But s'posin' by some accident. 
After three weeks .she has spent 
A-settin', you do get some chicks; 
That hen knows some other tricks. 
She will just take all kinds o' pains 
To get ketched out in pourin' rains, 
Till all her chicks are drownded dead. 
All but one — an', as I said. 
Sometimes I've been so mad I vum 
I was jest on the p'lnt o' sayin' dum'. 
When settln' hens Is on the place, 
'Tis hard to hold to savin' grace. 

" 'long las' spring— sometime in May— 

I met a man from loway, 

An' he was tellin' as how he'd seen 

Chickens hatched In a machine. 

He sais 'twas made o' glass an' wood. 

An' had four legs so't could be stood 

In a corner anywhere, 

An' would do its hatchln' there. 

He said the cost warn't very much. 

An' 'twould hatch to beat the Dutch. 

He said the makers give away 

A book 'twould make it plain as day 

How to make our profits greater 

If we'd use an incubator. 

"So my pen in hand I took, 

Writ an' got a pictur' book; 

Read it through from front to back— 

'Twas convincin', for a fac'. 

An' at last I sent and got 

A "Successful." Tell you what. 

When I got It I was proud. 

But the neighbors all allowed 

'Twas a sin an' ag'ln natur' 

Hatchln' with an incubator. 

"I read the rules an' set her goin', 

Folks aroun' done lots o' blowin', 

Seemed to think it mighty funny 

Watchin' a fool get shet o' money. 

I just kep' on a sawin' wood. 

Follered d'rectlons near's I could. 

Watched the lamp an' regulator. 

Kep' a-watchln' that incubator. 

I warn't talkin'— I kep' still. 

Watched things purty close, until 

Ono day as I was a-peepin' 

At them eggs I heerd a cheepin'; 

Then I watched a little spell 

An'— a chicken broke the shell, 

An' aforo the day was done, 

Them eggs hatched out— all but one; 

Had a drawer crowdin' full 

Of fuzzy chickens, soft as wool. 

I know it warn't the proper thing. 

But I couldn't help cuttin' a pigeon wing. 

An' then I called the neighbors in. 

'Specially them that talked ag'ln 

Hatchln' chickens In machines; 

Proved to them they didn't know beans. 



Made 'em look like small pertaters, 
Runnin' down them incubators. 

"Waal, I kep' the thing a-goin'; 
Every hatch made a good showln'. 
An' the neighbors 'round about 
Kep' on findin' some things out. 
When they see my chickens grow 
Like ill weeds, they wanted to know 
Ef I could do much better when 
I used machines instid o' hens. 
When a 'Successful' was put to hatchln'. 
I told 'em hens was not a patchin' 

" 'Is the "Successful" a success?' 
Waal, I certainly should say yes: 
An' more than that, one on the place 
May keep a man from fallin' from grace." 



THE HEN AS A TAXPAYER. 

A few years ago, with many people, 
the hen was an unknown quantity, 
as tar as the profit was concerned. 
We raised her for an occasional fry 
in summer or roast in winter, when 
someone came visiting, or at picnic 
times. She laid some eggs In sum- 
mer, when eggs were so cheap that 
we preferred to eat them to bothering 
taking them to town and that was 
about her status with us as well as 
the country around. But that Is all 
changed now. She has found herself, 
or rather, we have found her capa- 
bilities. "The Lay of the Kansas Hen," 
who feeds the family, pays off the 
mortgage and the taxes; sends the son 
to college and provides the piano for 
the daughter, is not so much of a joKe 
as you might think; for I know of 
dozens of farmers around me now who 
have fried chicken every day if they 
want it, and hens enough left all of 
the time, to pay not only the grocery 
bill, but provide luxuries for the house. 
And I know others who do pay their 
taxes with the egg and chicken 
money; and I know a girl who raised 
enough Brown Leghorns, along with 
the eggs they laid last year, to buy 
herself an organ and a Jersey cow. 
And now the mortgage and the col- 
lege is all that, so far, we must hear 
from, and they will shortly be forth- 
coming. 

But to make the chickens pay, we 
found that we must not only get good 
breeds for our purpose, but expend 
some care and time upon them. If 
we wanted eggs in winter, we must 
provide good quarters, dry and warm, 
for our chickens, though we kept none 
but the non-sitting, almost daily life- 
time layers, as the Minorcas or Leg- 
horns. The best brood of these will 
not lay to the best of their ability In 
winter, if not given warm quarters 
and some stimulating feed, although 
it is claimed they need but half to 
that which the larger breeds require. 

If we would raise chickens for the 
early market and for profit by weight, 
then we quickly learned that we must 



keep the Brahmas, Cochias and Lamg- 
shan; although some of our neighbors 
prefer the Plymouth Rock tor an all 
around chicken, not only for coming 
steadily up to its prime average in 
weight, but also for a good layer. 

We have tried all kinds, and all 
have their good points, and while the 
Plymouth Rock cannot come up to the 
Buff Cochin and Brahma in some few 
points, really after all, it has the few- 
est faults of any. 

It is best to keep just one breed 
(and that a pure one) at a time. They 
mix so badly, and we found mixed 
chickens so slow of growth, and some- 
times they take all of the scratching, 
lazy faults of the parent stock, and 
little of the good. Of course, there 
are exceptions. We like the half- 
breeds of the Buff Cochin and Light 
Brahma. 

In the old days, when the barnyard 
fowl reigned supreme, with one ex- 
ception, we expected her to quit her 
desultory laying in August, and not 
begin again until next April, and not 
then, if she took a notion. 

The exception came at hog killing 
time. Then, from gluttening them- 
selves with the offal, the lights, etc., 
we would get a surplus of eggs for 
awhile. This, finally, taught us, if we 
would have eggs in winter, we milst 
feed meat or some other heat and egg 
producing food. And this is why 
green bone food and linseed oil meal 
cakes keep the chickens, even the 
barnyard breed, hunting nests all of 
the winter. The Leghorns really do 
not need so much stimulation, as it is 
their business to lay in winter as well 
as summer. But it is just as well, for 
the Leghorn as the other breeds, to 
save all the skim milk you can spare 
for them. Skim milk, helped out with 
corn, is an excellent egg producer. 

The first one of our neighbors who 
set us the example of raising chick- 
ens upon a scientific basis for profit 
had the dark Brahmas. They sold 
a sitting of eggs from these for, I be- 
lieve, 50 cents. And the rest were 
sold to the huxter or grocery at the 
regular market price at the time. But, 
for fear we would buy them from 
these parties, each egg was perforated 
with a needle before it was sold in 
market. There was considerable 
questioning among the neighbors as 
to the right or wrong of this. But, 
whichever it was, it certainly proved 
stimulating to the pure bred chicken 
trade, as for spite many of the neigh- 
bors invested in different fancy breeds 
of their own, and now the country is 
full of mixed chickens, mixed down to 
the twentieth generation. 

ANNA BELL. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN- 
TION. 

The second annual meeting of the 
American Hamburg club will take 
place at Topeka, Kan., January 1st to 
6th, 1902. We have been highly suc- 
cessful in securing the services of one 
of the popular judges of the west. 
Judge L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb., 
is the man who will score our birds, 
and every one who knows him will 
agree that it means a fair skake for 
everybody. 

Arrangements that are quite satis- 
factory to all concerned have been 
made by which we will meet In con- 
nection with the Kansas State Poultry 
association in their annual show, thus 
giving every breeder an opportunity 
of meeting the leading poultry people 
of the west. Our premium list is 
growing nicely and we expect a nice 
string of prizes by show time. 

Here it is to date; 

G. A. Chamblin, S. S. Hamburgs, 
Moran, Kan., fS.OO. 

L. Cook & Bro., S. S. Hamburgs, 
Oakville, la., $5.00. 

Good Bros., S. S. Hamburgs. Cim- 
arron, Kan., $2.50 cash, or $5.00 in 
stock. 

M. M. Johnson, Sure Hatch Poultry 
Co., Clay Center, Neb., one Sure Hatch 
brooder, 200 chick size, $5.75. 

Now is the time to whoop it up. En- 
thusiasm is growing and interest in 
Hamburgs is rapidly increasing. Have 
you done anything to help us? Are 
you going to help now? Get a hustle 
on and send in your contribution, 
whether large or small. It will help. 
Yours for success, 

G. W. CHAMBLIN, 
Secretary Pro Tem. 

Moran, Kan. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. Upton, Falrbury, 
Neb., have an extra fine lot of Barred 
Plymouth Rocks and must sell soon 
to make room for winter. Their stock 
this fall is much better than before, 
and those wishing to buy will get full 
value for money paid. 



The cut we use on our first pag-e 
this month was made from a photo of 
a flock of Pekin ducks and Toulouse 
g'eese, owned by Mrs. Flora Shroyer, 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



P. Hostetler^ 

E.\ST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 

Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt 

.... edg'e .... 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

and best laying: strain of 

..S. C. White Leghorns.. 

At low down prices. 



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Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er & 
Felch; Black Langshans, Fmry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
CLARKSVII,I<K, : : : : MISSOURI. 



The New . 



Standard of Perfection 

Revised Edition, 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

The Standard of Perfection 

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Address, 

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 

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Certificate of Sale. 



October 16, 1901. 
This is to certify that I have this 
day sold and shipped my first prize 
winning Light Brahmas to Mr. J. P. 
Newman, Bloom field, Iowa, consisting 
of 1st cockerel at Nebraska State Show 
at Lincoln, 1901, also 1st and 2nd prize 
pullets at Kansas State Show, Topeka 
1901, and good will thrown in. Any- 
one wanting eggs from first class 
Light Brahmas in the spring^ will do 
well to correspond with Mr. Newman. 
I will hereafter devote my time to rais- 
ing Chalk White Wyandottes and Buff 
Orpingtons. 

Respectfully Submitted, 
G. B. Clary, 
Route No. 1. Fairbury, Neb. 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accommodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



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THE GOOD THINGS OTHERS SAY 
OF US. 
Buffalo. N. Y.— Poultry Investigator- 
Gentlemen: I thank you for sample copy; 
it was very Interesting. I know some ol 
your correspondents; they are reliahU 
people. Enclosed find stamp for one year's 
subscription. Respectfully, J. H. B. 



Philadelphia. Pa.— Poultry Investigator 
—Gentlemen: If your paper follows the 
plan adopted it will be one of the besi 
poultry papers published. Tours truly, 
T. B. S. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

for you to drop my ad. I have been 
swamped with letters for the last two 
months from my ad In your paper. I had 
etters from nearly every state and made 
ready sales. Tour paper was worth more 
to me than any paper I ov. r advertised 
in. As soon as I can raise more stock I 
will send money for ad again. Yours very 
truly, L. D. GREEN. 

Redlands, Cal. 
Formerly of Red Oak, la. 



Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10. 1901.— Poultry 
Investigator— Dear Sir: Your paper Is 
surely covering a large territory, and ef- 
fectively, as we hear from our ad in it 
from all sections. Yours, 

H. E. MOSS, 



Midland Poultry Food Co. 
Clay Center. Neb.— Poultry Investigator 
—Gentlemen: We have had better results 
from our ad in the Investigator than any 
other poultry paper we ever used two to 
one. Success to you. Tours. A. J. W. 



Jacksonville. 111., Aug. 23, 1901.— L. P. 
Harris, Editor Poultry Investigator — Dear 
Sir: Allow me first to congratulate you 
on the style and makeup of your initial 
number. It surely Is a live chick and has 
been well Incubated and is predestined to 
become a prize winner In Its class. May 
it continue to scratch out the golden 
grain from the chaff and thrive until It 
is known and heard from In every state 
In the union. I have already several in- 
quiries from Its influence. Respectfully. 
M. L EDSON. 



Allegheny, Pa.— The Investigator— Gen- 
tlemen: Enclosed you will find stamp for 
paper. It Is a gem. T fell in love with 
it on sight of first copy. Tours truly, 
M. E. VOGEL. 



L>a Jara. Colo— Poultry Investlgntor— 
Dear Sirs: Sample copy of paper received 
and have read It through and I like It 
very much. We all want a western paper. 
The eastern papers are not In touch with 
the poultry business out here. We have 
good poultry raised In Colorado If one 
could find it, but very few advertise so 
we can find them out Very respectfully. 
C. A. L. 



Buel, Kan.— Poultry Investigator— Dear 
Sirs: After reading Esq. De Puy's "Edi- 
torial Reception" I determined to let "ye 
editor" know that "Poultry Success" Is 
not nearly the only one "Well Wisher" 
for you. To the Investigator, long may 
her pennant wave and may she receive 
the Immediate support of deserved thou- 
sands, and hope her Investigatory 
scratchlngs may result In good picking 
for all concerned. Tours truly, 

D. Z. H. 



Cottage Grove, Ore.— Poultr>' Investi- 
gator—Gentlemen: I received sample 
copy of your paper and like it fine. En- 
close stamp for one year's subscription. 
Tours truly, A. J. B. 



Redlands, Ca!., Oct. 20, 1901.— L. P. Har- 
ris, Editor Poultry Investigator— Dear 
Sir: I write you for the purpose of noti- 
fying the readers of the Poultry Investi- 
gator that my stock Is all sold out and 



Chatham, O.. Aug. 28. 1901— L. P. Har- 
ris. Clay Center, Neb.— Dear Sir: The 
first number of the Investigator is a good 
one and I have received several inquiries 
already from It. Tours, J. W. W. 



LIST OF SPBCIALTT CLUBS. 
For the convenience of those breeders 
who would like to become members of 
the specialty club devoted to their favor- 
ites, we publish the following list of spe- 
cialty clubs and the names and postoffice 
addresses of the secretaries. We believe 
the list is correct and complete, but if 
any of our readers know of any omis- 
sions or corrections we would be under 
obligations to them if they will inform 
us of the fact. 

American Plymouth Rock Club— H. P. 
Schwab, secretary-treasurer. Rochester, 
N. T. 

American White Plymouth Rock Club- 
Frank Heck, secretarj'-treasurer. 32.5 
Dearborn street. Chicago. 111. 

New England Barred and White Ply- 
mouth Rock Club— W. B. Atherton. sec- 
retary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, Boston. 
Mass. 

American Buff Plymouth Rock Club— 
W. C. Denny. secretary-treasurer. 
Rochester. N. T. 

National White Wyandotte Clul>— 
George C. Rose. secretary-treasurer. 
Shawneetown, 111. 

New England White Wyandotte Club— 
G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, Perry- 
ville, Mass. 

Eastern White Wyandotte Club— C. A. 
Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 

Western Wyandotte Club— J. D. W. 
Hall, secretary-treasurer, Des Moines, la. 
National Wyandotte Club— C. S. Matti- 
son, secretary-treasurer. South Shafts- 
bury, Vt. 

Silver Wyandotte Club of America— E. 
S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, Torkville, 
111. 

American Golden Wyandotte Club— A. 
L. RIngo, secretary-treasurer, 333 Rook- 
ery building. Chicago, 111. 

The Partridge Wyandotte Club of 
America— Theo. Haight, secretary-treas- 
urer, Astoria, L. I,, N. T. 

American Buff Wyandotte Club— W. R. 
Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
Creek, Mich. 

New England Light Brahma Club- 
George W. Cromack. secretary. Stone- 
ham. Mass. 

Western Light Brahma Club— W. S. 
Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, la. 
Gents: I not only found your paper an 
American Dark Brahma Club— Clark E 
Adams, secretary. Racine. Wis. 

American Langshan Club— A. H. Asche. 
secretary-treasurer. Princeton. 111. 

American Cochin Club— Arthur R. 
Sharp. secretar>-. Taunton. Mass. 

American Leghorn Club— George H. 
Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station, 
... T. 
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Games. B Minorca Cockerels $2 each. 85 
per 3 M. B Turkeys S3 each. Toiouse 
Geese s^i per pair. 

LT. BKAUMA. S. C. B. Leghorns 81 each; 
K per trio. 

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cents uostpald 

SCORE CAKDS. U S. Postal .ard slock 50 
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REaMOL1i>E.' TablesDOonful to quart of 
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MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176. 



Poultry Supph'es 

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, %1 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can T5c. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 2oc and SOc a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure 50c and SI a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices. 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, §12. 

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
per 100 pounds T5c. 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c. 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 



The best Folding, 
Exhibition Coop. 

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 

Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition 
Foldlnjr Coop on the niaiUet. Prices within 
the reach of all. He alfo has .50 S. C B.LEO- 
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom ".5c to *i no 
each. Write your wants, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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Club— C. M. Davison, secretary, Chicago 
Lawn, III. 

American Buff Leghorn Club— George 
S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
Creek, Mich. 

American Rose Comb Brown Leghorn 
ClutH- C. R. Milhous, secretary-treasurer, 
Spencer Ind. 

American Houdan Club— Thomas F. 
Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, la. 

Blue Andalusian Club of America— Rob- 
ert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marlborough 
street, Boston, Mass. 

American Black Minorca Club— Charles 
L. Blanton, secretary, Falls Church, Va. 

American White Minorca Club — William 
Sapper, secretary, Brie, Pa. 

American Indian Game Club— C. S. 
Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien, 
N. T. 

American Polish Club— M. V. Caldwell, 
secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, O. 

National Exhibition Game and Game 
Bantam Club— W. W. Withee, secretary- 
treasurer. La Crosse, Wis. 

American Dorking Club — Frank H. 
Prentice, secretary. North Grafton, Mass. 

American White Wonder Club — A. L. 
Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me. 

American Rhode Island Red Club— John 
Crowther, secretary-treasurer. Fall River, 
Mass. 

National Bantam Association— E. La- 
tham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I., N. Y. 

National Bronze Turkey Club— Mrs. B. 
F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111. 

Western Turkey Club— Mrs. F. A. Har- 
grave, secretary-treasurer, Richmond, 
Kan. 

Water Fowl Club of America— Theo. F. 
Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa. 



The Osceola Poultry association will 
hold their next show at Osceola, la., De- 
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr, 
Weldon, la.; vice president, W. S. 
Luther, Osceola: secretary and treasurer, 
Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent, 
J, M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris, 
judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send 
for one; it is free. 

The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso- 
ciation will hold its annual show at Og- 
den, Utah, December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M. 
J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning 
will place the awards. Premium list will 
be out November 4. Be sure to send tor 
one. 



Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered, 



personally selected, while at Los Angeles reeently, the cream of the finest atock from 

several rabbitries. including a variety of Ibe pnpular champion strains. By 

purchasing them >n herds I trot rare bargains, which I offer to 

my customers at prices ranging 



From $3 to $6 Each, Express Paid to Any Point 



None of these ; 



core ie 



than !IJ. .tnd a few run as liigh as '.ifi. I ship either from 
r OS Angeles or Houston. 

300ANIMALSTO SELECT FROM 

Authorized Judge of American Belgian llari' Keiiistry Association of Kansas City, Mo. 

Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas. 




■ym^ Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 
Coop 



Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
Nothing to 1 o astray. The neatest 
and strongest coop ou the market. 



Wm. MILLER, North Bend. Neb 



Barred Plymouthl»ayi"SHow vor 
Rocks. 



Some fine Cockerels I 
..FOR SALE.. 



Scotch Collie Pups 

Pure bred, tiolddust strain, eiigahje to res- 
isier. From imported Bench Winning St ck. 

H. R. McLean, 

Red Oak, : : : : : Iowa. 



Barred P. Rocks 



EXCLUSIVELY. 



I have a number of early hatched cocker- 
erels thnt are jioofi in all sections, and really 
poor in none, that I am oflerins for a short 
time only at s' and sa each. A few pullets to 
spare at $1 lo *5 each. All farm raised. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Bo.x I. <_)ttumwa, Iowa. 



That we raise as good Barred Rocks 
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
equal for $5, or money back. If you 
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
for $8 Try me. CORWIN JONES, 
Sidney, Iowa. 



Mrs. J. B. Jones, 9 ^ ^ 

Breeder of 

Barred Plymoutli E.ocks 

and Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys 

STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
SON. 

.\BILENE, : : : : KANSAS. 



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when answering: advertise nents. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



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X year and the Early Advertiser is 
<> the one that will Reap the Harv- 
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less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sinjjle in- 
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 

No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
allowed each quarter. 



30 WORDS 

WITH INVESTIGATOR 

I YEAR $3.00 



BUFF PLYMOnTIl ROCK Cockerels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prices. Albert R. Swett, 3«4 Mosley St., 
Elgin, III. 

BLACK LANGSHAN, W. I'. RorU.-iIl old 
stock for siile at $1.00 ('«ch. youne white 
Peklns duck-s6foriM00all from lilfcti .scor- 
ing stork. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 
Nebraska. 

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Oomb White Leg- 
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot 
Mound. Iowa. 

J. W WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
Judse. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 

SILVFR LACKD WYANDOTTS.S, White Wy- 
andottes. Buff Leghorns. Black Leghorns 
and White Pekln lim-ks. First class Mrrts 
for sale. Mrs. W E. Tlbbltf, Imperial. Neb 

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
«arly. Games. Heathwoods. Irish and Mex- 
ican Grays. BIk. Rfds, Tornadoes and Cor- 
nish Indians. Free Illustrated circular. C. 
D. Smith. Fort Plain, N. Y. 



100 S.S. HAMBURGS. -Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit the season. Stock In good 
condition fashionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rev. G. A. Chamblin, Moran, 
Kansas. 

IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New 
York winners in Barred Rnrks, S. (). Brown 
and White Leghorns. 1 ><ave it and can 
please you in stoci' at low prices. Eggs In 
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
treville, Md. 



SEE HERE. Fine Light Bnihma Cockerels 
$1.25 each Pullets tl.OO. Palrs$2 00. Trios 
$3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock 
Cockerels .11 each. Order now. Richard J. 
Holt, Utica. Minn. 

FOR S* LE. Two last year's cockerels, score 
9UJi and BWi- $3 50 and $2.00 respectively; 
also about ten cockerels at $1.50 each 
Write soon. Harry Fleming. Hastings. Neb 

BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and e.\hiblllon 
steck for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
F. Whaiey. Appleton City, Mo. 



SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes. 
pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar 
Rapids. I'^wa. Also a tine line of Bantams 
such as Game Coi'hins. Sebriglits and .Jap- 
anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, De 
Witt, Iowa. Bo.x 26. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at I'hicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
150 youngsters for sale after ' ictober 1. fin- 
er than ev«r, superior feathering, =bape 
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
teed, U, J. Shanklln, Wanbcek, Iowa. 

BARGAINS in Buff Wyandotteo. line bred 
(Brey's str-ain) >2 and ki yrown. E.xtra se- 
lected for eqhlhltlon and br- eding 4 pul- 
lets and I cockerel only $10. .John brey. 
Specialist, Nrola, Iowa. 

FOR EXCHANGE A 60-egK Pure Hatch In- 
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games. 
Must be first cla-s stock. A. J. Williams, 
Clay Cecter, Nebr. 

ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS for sale 
1st cockerel St. Paul. Febru.iry 1!«1 and 
nine one year old hens, score 824 to W/,. by 
Russell, for $15 T. F. Reinelt, Tripp, S. D. 




Rules ofthe Cock Pit 



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The Recognized Authority. 

FRICB. 36 CENTS. 
Addreu tbs FublUber of tUs Vtv—. 
Rules of the Cock-Pil and Poultry 
Investigator one year 

For 25 Centsm 

Address, THE LNVESTIGATOR, 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 






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PouUry Yards. <^^ 



.HAVE. 



..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 

James M. Perkins, 

KAVENWOOD, : ; MISSOURI. 



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jy. St, Joe, Mo. S. M. Wallace, Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska. 

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100 While Wpndotte Cockerels 



n If you need bid drakes or cockerels get my prices. Look up ray 

? n cord. Get my circular its free. 

I Lincoln, Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH. 



Cur e Guaranteed ! 

THE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In all Its 
forms as long as the fowl can 
see to drink. For Oanker, es- 
pecially in pigeons, this cure excels 
others. One .'.0 rent package makes 25 yallotis of medicine. Dlr<>ctlons with 
rv packa^i'. If i' falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1. 
nkey's Lovise Killer never fails to I ill. Try it. 25 cents per package, and 



Donkey's 
Roup Cure 



Conkey's Egg Food and Poxiltry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
healili. and pm u.i- iiiiirf t-trcsiliaii an\ -imiiMr prenaratinn. 25 cents per piickage 
ami l.icenisexin. for posta-e C. E. CONKEY & CO.. Clovel&rvd, O . 

Paclli • coast aj-'ents: Petaluma Iiicubamr Co . P. laluiija. t'lii. Eastern wholesale 
I mce: No.SP.uk Pla,-e .New Vork fitv and S 11, I. Co.. CImv Center. N'ehr. For 
!.;ili' hy all poollTV Mll))ily Imiuscs. " |»-.\s.'eiils Vitril,-d. 



Barred Plymoath Rocks 

KXCLUSIVELY. 

If you want winners bred from win- 
ners that will win for you, write me. 

FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. 



Hydro-Safety Lamp 

myo'rini-uljiilcirnnd llrnclor and save oil, 

^^t;4 attention and avoid all diuiu'vr. Wattr jacket 

keeps burner coo!. Price, 7fic. (n $2.70. Cata- 

loeueof allln-o'->.-.r»urn.li.s J<'.Irt.:E:E:. 

OtKES. Mfr. Wo 12 6'h St., Blnoitilngton. Inil. ^ 




F. A. CROWELL, 

GRANGER, MINN. 
Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff 
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; 
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and 
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will 
please you. Circular free. 

Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
stock for sale. 

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Centep,Neb 
F. H. SHELlABA RfiEB, west^liberty. 

Has '""•' I— 

Barred Plymouth Rocks 

for 20 years. We have tlieni that are up to 
date in size, shape and color. Write me if 
you ne*"d any. 20^h annual circular which 
fully describes our Breedin;; stock is free. 
Mention this Journal and address as above. 

OTMO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Winning 

IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. 

Stoek for sale at all times. Eggs in season. 

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling 6reen, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31 

Gleti RaveH is Covered with 

CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS 

Bied to standard requirem"nts and if hlnh quality. Prom E.vhibition scored parents 
Brown and White Leahorns. Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, Black Minorcas and 
Bronze Turkeys. Pri?es reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for. 
description. 

E. W.GEER, Farmington, Missouri. 

Pnnl+rv QnrkrklioC! For the next 6O days I will sell Grit and 
1 UUlll Y OUUIJllCO. • Shell in lots of 500 pounds or over at great- 
^'^.'^'^'^^^'^'^'^'^-^'■^'^'^'^^-^^^'^'^^ ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in 
your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 

E. n. PEGliEH, 241 S 11 St., Liincoln, Neb. Box 463. 




THE IDEAL 

Aluminuni 
LEG BAND. 



I Is the acknowleged leader. It loosing off is Impossible as it Is made with a double nlinch 
and is guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
on. It is absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say: 

Vermouth, Me.— Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been thoroughly testing your 
leg band also others of the latest make The Ideal Aluminum Leg Bi,nd Is certainly the 
best one that I have ever used and I believe I have used about all of them. Please ship 
me lOOU as follows: 200 No. 6, ."^0 No. 7,400 No, 8, 100 \o. 9. 200 No. 10. 50 No. 11. 

Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome. 

I Prices of bunds, pn-t paid. 12 for 20c, 2.=. for 35c, 50 tor 8.5c. 100 for II. ,500 for M, 1000 for «7. 
Send 4c in postage for circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands. 

FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, III. 



G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska. 

( Chalk White Wyandottes, 
Breeder of •! Mammoth Light Brahmas 
( Buff Orpingtons. 

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39 
regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- 
son. Satisfaction assured. 



Still 10 Cents a Year. 

Until further notice you can still get 
the Poultry, Bke and Frdit Jour- 
nal for 10c per year. Or by getting 
four of your friends to send with you, 
we will either extend your subscrip- 
tion one year or make you a gift of a 
good poultry book. Send today — now 
— before it is too late, as this offer 
may be withdrawn at anytime. Send 
your dime and get the neatest, boiled 
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when- 
you've-said-it, monthly journal an en- 
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders' 
Column for 25c. Display advertising 
75c per inch, net. No discounts for 
time or space. A guarantee of satis- 
faction written in every contract. 
POULTRY, BK A, FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. 



Barrett Plymouth Rocks 

..200 QUICK SALE 200.. 

We have more young stock than we can handle in cold weather hence 
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served. 

35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3.00 each. 

li.'i Cockerels extra good breeders 1.50 each. 

50 Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 

.■)0 Pullets, good breeders 1.00 each. 

25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones l.SO each. 

5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
and can do you good circular free. Your Truly, 

MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



Buff Orpingtons 

TBE COMING BREED 

W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY 



No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
young chicks for sale in pairs and 
trios. Bred from the best matings of 
imported stock. I have hundreds of 
February and March hatched chicks 
for sale. Mention this Journal. 

NEBRASKA. 



White Leghorns. 

Layers and winners. An Inducement to 
buy at once and of us— tented breeders, hens 
$8. 110 and J12 per dozen. Cocks 11.50 to *2.50 
each Scottish Terrier puppies S5. 

PRACTIOAL POULTRY FARM, 

R. R, Fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.i 47, Ford City, Mo. 



BUFF P. ROCKS ^.^.^itTl^id S"" 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



Burdick Gold Nug- 
gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
can be found, and are up-to-date in 
every respect. Some fine specimens 
for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
tion. Address 

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Gentsr, Nebr. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANf^OTTES. R. 
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultr y 
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 



32 

Imported Buff Orpingfons. 

Arfl winners at B. P. R.. Madison Squaro 
Wiish., N. J. Keota. Iowa ( ity Iciwa State 
Shows, Orplnirton »7 to $.10 per trio. Will 
cloBe out nil the Rooks. Hradlev Kii.s, niid 
Latlians Strains. One pair of i vr ola show 
birds for sale cheap. 92 to 92!s. A Hne lot of 
younK show birds In both varieties. Always 
win; sure to please. Better j:et In the pns"li. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 

SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 

8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar- 
gain. Also 300 selected Langshan 
chicks. Address, 

BEN S. MYERS, CrawfordsvlUe, lad. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 500. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Sure Hatch Poultry 

as the largest aggregation of 
thoroughbred poultry in the west. 



We import, breed, buy and sel| 
All Varieties. 

Each variety is bred separately on 
a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
Write your wants. Address, 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 

Clay Ceater, Neb. 



Barred P. Rocks... 

Extra fiae, Extra large. Extra color 

In the show room they have shown 
their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
C. F. HINMAN, Frlead, Nebraska. 




Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 

Kills lice Mnd niites on poultry, hogs and Mnimals. is the 
strongest and be.st lice killer made. With our double 
tube sp'-ayer you can save one half the tinuirt and pene- 
trate ail cracks and spray the bottom of tho house where 
you find the mites or spider lice. It uets there every 
time Every can is guaranteed or money refunded' 
Write and learn how to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FttliK. 

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 

Kills Hoe on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on doss, ticks on sheep and lice on cat^ 
t.le and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths from your clothing and carpets. 
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We 
want one in every town 

Always use the powder before sattin? the hen 

THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - - Lincoln, Nebraska. 




A START 

IN BUSINESS. 



which requires only a few moments time to 
attend, pleasant recreation, with piofit 
greater than can be had from aii\- similar 
outlay of cash. Your Wife or Daughter 

would be surprised to find how easily they 
coukl help pay the household expenses b)- 
vising a good incubator and brooder. We manufacture the 

Successful, 

Eclipse dLnd Crescent IivcubaLtors. 

There are none more scientifically correct. Perfect regulation of heat 
and ventilation. Made of best material. Double and pocketed 
walls. Non-Explosive Safety Lamps. Prices most reasonable, $9. up. 

We arc the only incubator firm wlio imblish catalo.siics in 
Eiiftlisli, German, .Swedish, Ficnch and Simni.sh. Send 4 ctMits 
for Kiijriish edition, others free. Eastern ciirrespoiidenoe and orders 
will be nUeiicUd lo at the RtilTalo house. .Vildress ue:irest oilico. 




DES MOINES INCUBATOR CO., 

Box 601, Des Moines, lowaL, or Box 601, BuffaLlo, N. Y. I 



Mrs. O. M. Sc.itt of Mt. Zio 



cliasi 
have h' 



er invested J'ii.nn that 
halt the returns of our 
'f a Successful Incuba- 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



GUARANTEED 
--ROUP CURE -^ 



i«. Bay the bo^t; dnn't bo de( 
~ ■ &0o BOdtl.no pert 
J. D. W.KAUI.. 




Choice 
Cockerels 

& 
Stock Eggs 

for 
Hatchingm 



The Result of 25 
Year's Breeding. 

Line Bred at tlie 

American Po ultry 

Farm. 



Krnrn Biirrpd aiul While I'lyniouth Riifks 

Whilp and Silver Wyandoites. WiiHe iind 

rtiDwn lyi-nliDrn.s. Gulden Hebrislit Bantiims. 

Bronze Turkeys, and I'eiirl Guineas. 

Belgian Hares, Jerae j attle. 

ValiKiliie Cireiilar. 

F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalb, III 
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Kelson's Ke;.'islered Strain, from a Ions line 
of prize-winninj; anreslers; li;ive made them 
a specially for lit year" Now offering line 
e.xhibition and srand br eding stock of both 
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
>oon. Send for Illustrated circular with 
half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address. 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 



^ Buff P. Rocks 
W Exclusively... 

We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
These, together with our own prize 
winners, gives us the best flock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please you both in <|uaHty and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
ouse Geese for sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
Clay Center, Neb. 

WANTED! ~ 



25o\Vhite Wyandotte Hens 
and Pullets. 

250 White Leghorn Hens 
and Pullets. 

100 White Rock Hens and 
Pullets. 

100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
males. 

Will pay cash. Address, 

Box 421, Clay Center, Neb. 



200-Egg Incubator for $12 



.■ of the Ktubl Incubators ereat< 
n. h t,'ri at proi>orlions it is now posstl 
- 81'4.H0. This new Incubator is an e 



demand that forced the produc- 
le 10 oiler a first-class a)0-egglncu- 
ilartrenient of the famous 



WOODEN HEN 

recncnized the most perfect eniall hatcher. This new Incu- 
bator is iborouehly well made; is a marvel of simplicity, and 
so perlcct In its working tliat it hatches every fertile egg. 
WrUe for nnvtlilng you want to know about Incubators, Send 
for the now free Illustrated catalogue. 

CEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 




THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
.30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK.S. With that uice even ring barring 10 the skin as blue 
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN- 
GLE COMB BROWN Ll<,GHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Haeket and Sad- 
dle, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels 
and elegant combs In fact birds that give the other fell"w that tired feeling in ihe 
show room If so. address J w. WHITNEY, Chatham, O , P. O. Box I. 






?J 






We 
I Have I 

i Those • 
a That 
Win... 



mavrnm 



Barred Rocks - - White Wyandottes | 

WE HAVE ^ 

Some -Choice- Exhibition ^= 

AND 

Fine Breeding Birds 
For Sale! 

We have always won at State Fairs and State 
Shows more prizes than all other exhibits. 

tTl. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : Friend, Nebraska 

. ,. "^^BREEDERS OFB— . 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland 
Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska 
State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st 
hen, 1st cock, 3d cockrel, which was a prize 
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska 
State Fair, id to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 
1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock- 
erel—a first prize on every bird entered. 
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 




5 



Buys 5 Brown Leghorn Roosters 
Y2L >00 fine Birds must go soon 



00 



For illustrated circular and particulars, write 

E. W. GREER, - — ^L 

Prop. Glen Kaven Egg Farm. FarmingtOn, Mo. 




Vol.3 



Cla.y Center, Nebratskak. December, 1901. 



No. 10 




Glimpses of Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm, Judge T. L. Nerval, proprietor, Seward, Nebraska. 




L. P. "arris. Clay Center, Nebr. President 
uf the Nebraska State Poultry Association, Ed- 
itor Poultry Investigator, poultry judge, 
and manager Sure Hatch Poultry Co. He has 
been a breeder for 28 years and has exhibited in 
all the largest shows in the east and west. Has 
belonged to the Nebraska State Poultry Associ- 
ation since first organized, and has always been 
an exhibitor and won his share ot premiums. 



Shipping ^'^^^^ 
M Fancy ftl 

^M^^^ Poultry 



Our business calls us to the ex- 
press office very often. Having an in- 
terest in every chicken we see, we will 
stop to look at fowls that are ship- 
ped. We noticed a coop that had 
three floors. There were Brahma, Buff 
Cochin and Langshan fowls in the 
coop, each kind separate, neither 
apartment being high enough tor the 
birds to stand erect, and from the 
heavy weight of the birds and the 
large size of the coop it had to be 
made of extra heavy material. Alto- 
gether it was a poor contrivance, and 
the man who bought the fowls, even 
though he got them cheap, was beat 
when paying express on such a coop. 

We have noticed fowls shipped in 
cracker boxes. Another extreme was 
a muslin coop, with hardly breathing 
space for the fowl, as the muslin cov- 
ered the coop in all but one little 
place, and if something happened to 
sit against that in the express car 
the bird no doubt could have been 
nearly smothered. 

When selling a bird it is due the 
customer to ship the bird and have 
It arrive In as good condition as pos- 
sible, with as little express chargee. 
It is not only due the customer, but 
really necessary If a breeder wishes 
to do good advertising. 

A bird in an attractive, convenient 
coop standing on the platform, a gen- 
tleman examines coop and bird care- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

fully, takes out his note book and 
puts down name and address of the 
breeder, remarking that when he was 
ready he would send to this breeder 
for stock. 

Poultry is a business that should 
he advertised all along the line. The 
shipping of one good bird, sent out 
properly, usually sells another. 

It is a sad fact that some chickens 
are sent out without food and water 
and from this very cause the writei 
have known of several instances 
where birds have died. Again fowls 
has known of several instances 
causes and some express agents are 
not careful about feeding and water- 
ing the- birds. 

When shipping birds we take care 
that name and address is written 
plainly and put on in two places. 




W. A. Irving. Tecumseh. Nebr. Vice-presi- 
dent of the .Nebraska State Poultry Association. 
Sir. Irving is one of the oldest members, and 
doubtless ban shown more birds at its annual 
shows than any other, an has won more prem- 
iums than any other. He has bred several var- 
ieties but now has best Barred Plymouth Rocks 
and White Wvandottes. Mr. Irving may be 
counted as one of the "Faithfuls," and will be 
at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1902. 



Then if birds are going a long dis- 
tance a sack like a salt sack is tack- 
ed on, having wheat in it, and call 
attention of express messenger to this 
fact and ask on a card that is tacked 
on if he will please feed and water 
the fowls. Such a notice is seen by 
some of the men and the fowls usu- 
ally receive attention. When we send 
out birds the greatest danger is in 
their being overfed, which we prefer 
to running the risk of starving or 
hunger and thirst on the road. 

When a bird arrives after a long 
journey it should be put in a nice 
roomy place where it can take a dust 
bath, grit put before it and soaked 
bread and milk. The last has the ef- 
fect of helping the bird In case too 



much grain has clogged the crop. If 
there is much grain in the crop of a 
bird on its arrival the oest thing to 
give it is sweet scalded milk and 
nothing else for a day or two. We 
have known one instance where a 
bird's crop was packed for several 
days after its arrival, and if our 
friend had not handled the bird right 
he would have lost it, and it was a 
cockerel that cost him $15. We de- 
scribe extreme cases that the reader, 
if not experienced, can avoid any loss, 
but in most cases only the usual care 
is necessary. If only a $2 bird is sent 
for, parties want the value of their 
money and should be willing to give 
a little extra attention to the bird and 
not put it out with a lot of hens at 
once. Again a bird sometimes con- 
tracts disease, as one don't always 
know about the stock they are buy- 
ing. We do not mention this to cause 
fear, for hundreds of birds are ship- 
ped every day and everything satis- 
factory. 

While some shipping coops are too 
heavy, other may be reduced to trap 
sticks by being so light as to shake 
apart by the nails getting loose. The 
express rate on a muslin coop is too 
expensive. The lath coop lined with 
cheap muslin is the most satisfac- 
tory. Sometimes a load of orange 
boxes can be picked up around town 
cheap, rhese, taken arpart and the 
lumber used for coops, if well made, 
are a satisfactory coop. 

We buy lumber direct from the lum- 
ber yard, using for floors the thin 
stuff such as is used for backs of pic- 
ture frames, with one-inch pieces for 
corner posts. We have usually em- 




L. W. Garroutte. Lincoln. Nebr., Secretary of 
the Nebraska State Poultry Association. Mr. 
(iaroutte is a hustler, and he is certain sure the 
show at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1<)02. will be 
the largest ever held and that the Auditorium 
will be tilled ctmipletely with fine poultry, 
sigeons and hares. Mr. G. thinks tbera are no 
other chickens an earth but B. P. Rocks, and 
breeds good ones. 




E. O. Spencer. Courtland. Nebr.. handles the 
cash for the Nebraska State Poultry Associa- 
tion. Mr. Spencer has long^ been a member, 
and has held some office every season, and has 
an eve open for the pood of the Association. 
He is an expert breeder of W. P. Rocks and 
can show you a biff string of blues. Mr. Spen- 
cer can be counted as being on hand to take the 
cash January 2] to 24. 10(12. at Lincoln. Nebr. 



ployed a man to make our shipping 
coops by the dozen. For a Leghorn or 
Plymouth Rock cockerel a coop is 
made as follows: One inch stuff for 
corner posts twenty-four inches high. 
These are for two sides. Thin muslin 
is put on to within three inches of 
the top; then laths are cut in three 
equal pirts, placing six pieces on 
each side and ends, fitting and cut- 
ting laths to put inside of top and 
bottom so as to have double thick- 
ness to nail the top laths to, and 
double thickness to nail the floor on. 
The laths are put so close on top as 
not to allow a cockerel to get its head 
out. If laths are too far apart and 
ope gets broken the bird might get 
out If the cotton is not put on the 
sides the laths are put on as close to- 
gether as tney are on top. The coop 
should be high enough to allow a 
cockerel to stretch its neck and crow. 
For some of our birds we have had 
coopes higher than those above men- 
tioned, which were for young cock- 
erels. The comb and plumage of tail 
may be hurt if sufficient room is not 
given. 

A drinking cup is nailed inside to 
one of the corner posts, and alfalfa 
leaves and chaff put on the bottonl of 
the coops. The bird is kept in a 
larger, roomy coop with grit feed, 
water and all conveniences until as 
near train time as it will do to take 
it to the depot, when it is placed in 
its shipping coop ready to start, with 
food, water and all comforts it needs. 

The lath cut in half makes just the 
right size for a trio. The ends are 
then cut the same length for cockerel 
coop. Our man, when he makes coops 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

for us, cuts the laths in half for a 
dozen coops used for trios, then the 
lath in three parts for the ends. Some 
coops are made the length of the lath 
if hens or pullets are sold instead of 
cockerels. The coops need not be as 
high as for cockerels. Always give 
plenty of room for a fowl to stretch 
its neck and floor space so it can turn 
around. 

The coops are the easiest made and 
most satisfactory of any we have ever 
made, and we have made several 
kinds. Our carpenter said he was sur- 
prised when the writer showed him 
how to make the coops, and said he 
did not suppose a lady took an inter- 
est in such work. We can learn how 
such work is done as well as to do 
embroidery. The embroidery is more 
to our fancy, yet it is profitable to 
be able to look after the carpenter 
and show him what we want as well 
as the man who cleans the houses. 
CORA A. RICKARDS. 

Ogden, Utah. 




S^IIon. T. L. Nnrval, Seward, Nebr.. Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, 
chairman Board of Manag"ers of the Nebraska 
State Poultry Association lannual show at Lin- 
coln January 21 to 24. \noZi. Mr. Norval is one 
of the foremost breeders of B. P. Rocks and W. 
Wyandottes in the state, always winniner the 
lion's share of premiums. Mr. Norval attends 
every board meeting' and i.s a worker in the 
cause, having- the good of the Association at 
heart. 



Poultry Business. 

Poultry, Bee and Fruit Journal: 
Poultry keeping is naturally adapted 
to making waste places profitable. It 
is a business that stimulates the fac- 
ulties, gets people in touch with na- 
ture, makes them observant, quick- 
witted and careful in the methods of 
doing things. It is adapted to while 
away the cares of the over-burdened 
business man, charm the woman 
away from the dreary and endless 
round of housework, absorb the en- 



ergy of the boy who otherwise might 
find some of that mischief that it is 
said a certain well known character 
finds for idle hands to do. It is the 
business of turning waste material 
into money, and adding to the wealth 
of nations by the exercise of patience 
and skill which otherwise would be 
lost to the world. While it is all 
these, there is so much room for it 
that men who are capable of manag- 
ing the larger affairs of life take it 
up and make it worth their while to 
give it their atiention. No business 
under the sun is so suitable for every 
age and condition in life as keeping 
poultry. The boy of 12 or the pa- 
triarch of 80 finds in it profit or 
amusement according to his needs. It 
is not play to keep poultry, but It Is 
light work suitable for weak but will- 
ing hands, and the strongest man 
will not feel as if he were wasting 
his strength if he devotes his time to 
it. It is one of the oldest industries 
of man; it has always been profit- 
able; it is getting to be one of the 
largest industries and it always will 
be profitable. 



Hutch Record Ca.rdstoalI Breed- 
ers, Free. 

The Belg-ian Hare Co. of Lyndoti- 
ville are supplying- all rabbit and Bel- 
gian hare breeders with Hutch score 
cards FREE. All breeders should 
avail themselves of this liberal otler. 
.\fter the first order they will keep 
YOti supplied with Hutch cards for the 
future. Send stamp: remember it is 
free for the asking-. 






Rev. L. P. 


Ludden 


Lincoln. 


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I has ever 


evinced 


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a this state 


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sociation 


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Mr. 


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a 


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book-keepiner aa< 


will doubtless 


handle the books at the show. 








E. E- Greer, Cambridge, Nebr-. is a member 
of the Board of Manairer« of the Nebraska 
State Poultry As-..ci.ili..iK annual -Iimw al 
Lincoln January :i i.. ^4. 1'": M r. i ;i .-. r u a- 

one of the first 1.. i"irl lllr A^~,.l lal loii a ll.l lla, 
nearly eyery year -nuc li.lil -on,,- .ini..irlaiit 
office. He breeds White anil Black L.'i; horns, 
and is an enthusiastic worker for the Associa- 



^ Hints About Management | 

^ By Mrs. J. W. MINES. ^ 

• ®®»S®®®®®® »®^® ®® • 

The iioultry that everybody keeps 
is technically designateti "fowls," or 
"barn door fowls." As a rule they 
are kept in small flocks, fed chiefly 
upon what no one misses. On most 
farms a flock of forty or sixty will 
pick up a living without receiving a 
particle of grain from May to October. 
What wonder it is that flocks thus 
kept are demonstrable more profitable 
than any other class of stock, or any 
crop on the farm? If fowls can roost 
in the trees, lay all over the farm, and 
dust themselves in the road, they will 
almost surely be healthy, lay a great 
many eggs, and keep in good condi- 
tion. Besides, every now and then 
they will unexpectedly appear with a 
brood of chicks, hatched under some 
brush where she had stole her nest. 

Many farmers fail to provide nests 
for their hens, and then grumble be- 
cause they seek their nests about un- 
der the farm buildings, in fence cor- 
ners and various out of the way 
places. As a rule it is better to have 
all the setting hens completely under 
our control. With a well arranged 
poultry house it takes but little time 
daily to have the hens come off for 
food and exercise. If they can be 
made to Keep the same nest three or 
four days there will be little danger 
that they will make any mistake 
about It for the remainder of the time 
and will save us the trouble of mov- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ing them, but not the impossibility of 
seeing that they return promptly to 
their nests after feeding. When all is 
right, darken the setting room again 
and leave them until the next day at 
feeding time. If not done before this 
the poultry house should be gone over 
before winter begins and all cracks 
and crevices covered. If cracks are 
left uncovered there will be drafts 
through the house and consequently 
disease, especially roup, will follow. A 
teaspoon of coal oil to the gallon of 
drinking water will be a great help in 
breaking up colds and preventing 
roup. I think it is with poultry the 
same as with a person — a cold does 
not amount to much when quickly 
cured, but when allowed to run on and 
another is taken it will develop in 
roup and catarrh. If cared for and 
they have clean, wholesome quarters, 
and not crowded, poultry will always 
be healthy. If a fowl merely acts a 
little "cranky" do not imagine that it 
is sick and commence stufliing it with 
drugs. In looking over the average 
poultry house in winter, I find the 
most common defects are as follows: 
bare, damp floors, upon which the 
fowls stand and mope, broken win- 
dows, letting cold air blow upon the 
roosts, damp droppings left for weeks 
to heap up under the roosts; lack of 
a supply of warm water, obliging the 
hens to eat snow, lack of plenty of 
good sharp grit, which alone is suSi- 
cient cause of failure, over-feeding on 
corn, overcrowding and no induce- 
ment to scratch for a living. These 
are the most common and important 
mistakes, and those who wonder why 
their hens do not lay will do well to 
go over the list. Now, if you will 
study their natures and wants and 
learn to care for them right, like I 
have you will be successful. When 
the ground is bare of snow during the 
winter, give the fowl a chance to run 
after their first meal in the morning. 
A good winter feed for laying hens 
is equal parts of corn meal and shorts 
or any fine feed; add to this some 
beef scraps and boiled potatoes; mix 
with hot water and feed every morn- 
ing. Give corn, oats and wheat in 
equal parts, all they will eat, at night. 
When snow covers the .ground keep 
them confined in the scratching shed 
and feed the whole grain in the shed, 
in which you can put leaves, cut 
hay or straw, so they will have to 
scratch for the grain. I find the great 
secret of eggs in winter is to make 
the hens work for their food. Don't 
over-crowd, don't over-feed, but try 
to over-exercise. I provide a generous 
box of dry dust by a sunny window. 
Add halt a pound each of lime and 



sulphur to each bushel of dust used. 
These greatly assist in killing lice. 
Fine sifted coal ashes are excellent. If 
wood ashes are used they should make 
up but one-fourth of the dust, as 
their potash is too strong when «a*Hl 
alone. I always lay in stock some 
cheap vegetables and apples for win- 
ter use. To prevent packing of the 
crop, irregularity of the bowels, etc., 
give a little sulphur and Venetian red, 
mixed with soft feed, once a week and 
provide of gravel and lime. Hens 
should be provided with fresh meat 
and bone in winter. But do not do 
like Mr. Wise Man who hung some 
rabbit just out of their reach in the 
hen house and gave them the jaw 
bones of a mule, and thought they 
were all right. Not long ago I asked 
a grocery merchant what effect the 
poultry question had on his busine3.s. 
He replied that the farmers who rai?e 
poultry very seldom run grocery bills, 
and those who do not nearly always 
have to run a grocery bill and are al- 
most helpless when a drouth or other 
failure comes along, like it was this 
year. He also named a few cases 
where the farmers' wives paid the en- 
tire living of their family with ixjul- 
try and eggs. As a usual thing the 
farm poultry is the property of the 
wives. The farmer pays very little 
if any attention to it, except to sco'd 
when we feed their grain. If 
this same farmer would keep an ac- 
count of the feed, care, and the 
amount of products sold, he would not 
scold and complain to us and say that 
after all our fussing a chicken is but 
a chicken, and call us women poultry 




Frank I'ai 



Ni 



th. 



Board of MaTiauers of the Nebraska State Poul- 
try Association annual show at Lincoln Janu- 
ary 21 to 24 He is a breeder of Bu£E Rocks. 
.Mr. Patton has been a member of the state as- 
sociation for seyeral yeaes and has exhibited 
at nearly every show, winning eyery time in 
his class the best part of premiums offered Mr. 
Patton is a enoA judge and we oecommend him 
to any association as perfectly competent and 
honest. 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

men like poultry, but you bet they all 
like fried chicken. Some men who 
look wise have asked me, "Is there 
really any money or pleasure, in fact 
anything at all in the way of recom- 
pense, sentimental or financial, in 
being a poultry crank?" There is only 
one recipe for a sure cure; it consists 
in trying it yourself and prove it for 
yourself. MRS. J. W. HINES. 

Walnut, Kan. 



Ben S. Myers. Crawfordsville, Ind., is one of 
Ihe judges at the Nebraska state show to be 
held at Lincoln, Nebr., January 21 to 24, 1902. 
Mr Myers is known the country over as an old 
experienced poultrynian and judge. He judges 
the Denver show the weel< before the Nebraska 
state show, and has a lartre list this season. He 
is an . expert at breeding Langslians. and iiis 
stock wins wherever shown , 



cranks. But does it not take a crank 
to make the wheel go round? So 
many people enter the poultry busi- 
ness under the impression that all 
they have to do is to gather eggs and 
set a hen and she will do the rest. 
Many a man would take it as an in- 
sult if told that he had not sense 
enough to set a hen, and yet when 
tried by the straight edge of success, 
he finds more truth than poetry in 
the charge. There is millions in it if 
properly pursued and it is just as easy 
when you know how. 

Some may say chicken fever is con- 
tagious and tell us chicken cranks we 
need a preventive prescribed. I will 
devise some kind of a tonic, such as 
holding on to part of a good job. I 
find it with the poultry business like 
everything else — the more we learn 
from experience the better we will be 
prepared for success. We will find a 
screw loose occasionally, but always 
carry a screw driver and never give 
up, as I know there is a reputation 
for us if we press on to get it, and 
will be found in the business for 
many years, instead of one and then 
in something else. There is many a 
delicate girl who should raise poultry 
instead of taking a trip to the moun- 
tins or to Colorado. I have poor 
health and know Kansas sun and air 
are as good as any, if we could only 
get out and stay in it. Taking care 
of poultry is not always pleasant or 
clean work and there are some young 
ladies who are afraid of making theii 
hands rough and black, and so it is 
left for the men to do. I find not all 



How to Succeed. 

I noticed in a daily paper of recent 
date that the four qualities needed and 
absolutely required for a first class 
business men are these: Punctuality, 
accuracy, steadiness and despatch. We 
can well apply this to the poultry- 
man of today who is running his busi- 
ness in a good way. He is punctual; 




C. H. Rliodes. Topeka, Kas. Poultry judee 
at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902. If any one 
doubts Mr. Rhodes" popularity as a judge thev 
have only to read his list of shows in Kansas. 
.Missouri and Nebra.ska this season. He has 
long been known as an expert breeder of Black 
Cochins and his stock has won in all the best 
sh(iws in the United ■'■tates. 



that is, he is on time in everything. 
He has all the buildings and fixtures 
completed and ready for use before 
needed. He does all his work in time. 
He selects and mates his fowl at an 
early date. He provides for winter 
feed in ample time. He buys all neces- 
sities before actually needed. And 
when dealing with any one he meets 
all appointments, never late and ans- 
wers all letters at once. He ships 
fowls immediately on receipt of the 
order, unless for some good reason 
It is unwise to do so. 

He is accurate. Now we find that 
nearly every poultryman intends to 
be accurate in all his work, not only 
that which is his own personal inter- 
est, but in all his transactions with 



other people he aims to be accurate. 
It is wrong to be any other way. Yet 
we do often find those who are not 
so accurate. First, it is right for a 
man to be accurate when considering 
those things which would make a loss 
or gain to himself alone. He should 
keep an accurate account of all re- 
ceipts and expenditures of his work 
among the fowl, charge them with 
feed and all that is purchased for their 
use, etc., and credit them with all 
returns, eggs and fowl. Thus he will 
know his profit. But accuracy is 
most needed when corresponding with 
and selling fowl to some one. Ac- 
curacy is surely necessary at these 
times. It is the only aid to the build- 
ing up of a reputation and paying 
business. 

Then comes steadiness. Who can 
expect to make poultry pay if he is 
unsteady and fails to keep the work 
done as fast as it needs be finished? 
There is always work for the poultry- 
man every day in the year. So he 
must necessarily be of steady habits. 
He can't leave his work and go away 
when he is needed there without mak- 
ing a loss. No, he cannot neglect his 
work. There is work to be done and 
it must be done. 

Last but not least is despatch. 
Despatch all business with punctual- 
ity, accuracy and steadiness. Com- 
bining the four qualities you have an 
abundant opportunity for great suc- 
cess. With one of these lacking, none 
of the others can be complete. Within 
all these four qualities are included all 
nope of success. 




David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr., is one of the 
judges who will place the awards at the Ne- 
braska state show held at Lincoln in the new 
auditorium, January 21 to 24, 1902. Mr. Lar- 
son is a well known breeder of Leghorns and an 
ebpert judge in this class. He also judges 
other classes, and is secretary of the Western 
Pigeon Club. Address him for entry blanks. 
etc. 




under 



Carrutte. Litui.ln. Nc 
jw at Lincoln, all \va 
ended bv the Water 
tnds weli what he is d 



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er fowls and was 
Fowl Club. Hi- 



lt is success that we are all look- 
ing and seeking for. Someone has 
said that success comes to him who 
waits. This is true in one way, for 
we cannot get success until we have 
time to obtain it. But we cannot idly 
wait for it. We must go out to seek 
it. So let every breeder be punctual, 
accurate, steady and prompt in all 
work. 

PERCY. W. SHEPARD. 



I wish to answer topic No. 3. My 
experience with thoroughbred poultry 
dates back about twenty-live years. 
When a boy of 15 I attended a poul- 
try show in Hartford, Conn., and 
caught the fever, which has never left 
me. A brother of H. H. Stoddard, 
who edited Poultry World, the paper 
at that time, had three pairs of B. P. 
Rocks, so-called, on exhibition. These 
seemed to strike me and I bought one 
pair for $10, which caused some of my 
friends to hesitate when asked about 
my business ability. However, those 
same friends and neighbors were glad 
enough to exchange common eggs 
with me, of course. These were the 
first B. P. R. chickens any one in our 
town had ever seen. This pair weigh- 
ed nineteen pounds, so were not cut on 
weight, but as I remember them, 
could have been cut several points 
without referring to size. Legs were 
willow, with black striping. Barring, 
where there was any, quite splashy 
and muddy. I also invested $3 in a 
setting of eggs about the same time, 
getting one or two weaklings. But 
to come down to the past, since 1897 
is what I purposed to relate of my ex- 
perience, .luly 10th, 1897, my first 
White Wyandottes were hatched — 
seven, and all raised to maturity. One 
cockerel, the best of the three, weigh- 
ed September 10th two pounds; Octo- 
ber 10th, three pounds; January 10th, 
1898, at six months, seven pounds. 
This is one reason I breed them ex- 
clusively. No other birds I have ever 
bred mature as quickly. If you wish 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

to dress a broiler it must be white 
or buff or you will be tempted to 
strong thoughts, if not exclamations, 
before all the little pin feathers are 
out. And when out. what are you go- 
ing to do with the little black spots 
where they grew? I have bred five 
or six varieties, but none can fill the 
White Wyandottes' place for me. 
Have had them in competition with 
Brown Leghorns and they won in egg 
production. The best of setters and 
mothers. Easily broken up, if you 
wish, and always ready to eat after 
eight weeks old. It is only necessary 
to look at the Boston show to prove 
their popularity, where they were the 
largest class last January. It is fast 
moving westward. Only two or three 
years ago advertisers were mostly 




H J. Smith. Lincoln. N'ebr. Superintendent 
of the Nebraska State Fair, held in the New- 
Auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. January 21 to 24. 
1'>I12. Mr. Smith is one of our most energetic 
members, and is a breeder of White Le&horns 
a«d Barred P. Rocks. Mr. Smith is also a first 
class judire and has officiated in several shows 
in Iowa and Nebraska. 



eastern breeders. They are now fast 
crowding their older rivals, the B. P. 
Rock, east and west. 

I wish to speak also on topic No. 5. 
My experience in showing fancy poul- 
try has been entirely confined to my 
one favorite variety. Of the seven 
hatched July 10th, 1897, I exhibited 
one breeding pen at the National Fan- 
ciers' association show in Chicago, in 
January, 1898, my first exhibit. To 
those of my readers who have been 
there for the first time, it is not nec- 
essary to explain my feelings. There 
is some little anxiety the first time. 
Judge Bridge scored them and I 
learned some things, as I handled 
nearly all the birds, having charge of 
placing the identification cards on 
coops. My birds scored from 91 to 
931/4, but did not get a place, as they 
were in too warm company. But when 
they got home they laid In February 
67 eggs, March 66, April 76, May 74, 
June 50 (one setting the 13th), July 
43, August 28 (from two birds only), 



or 404 eggs in seven months, from 
which I raised 100 chicks in the sea- 
son of 1898. Have exhibited since, at 
Omaha, December, 1898, first pen, first 
cockerel, first, second and third pul- 
lets, under Judge Harris. At Jeffer- 
son, Iowa, January, 1901, entered five 
birds and won first pen, 187 (flO 
cash); first cockerel, 93%; first pullets, 
95% (highest score in show) ; third 
pullets, 94%. My experience showing 
fancy fowls has been pleasant, profit- 
able and instructive. To any one that 
reads this who has never exhibited, 
I wish to say this: Take your best 
birds to a good show. Compare live 
models, meet brother fanciers and 
learn a few things. You will never re- 
gret it, I am sure. If you don't win, 
try again. Perhaps you will learn 
why you don't, if you do not. 

I wish you great success as a Poul- 
try Investigator, which you are making 
true to name. W. A. GODDARD. 

Woodbine, Iowa. 



The Wichita Poultry association will 
hold their eleventh annual show at 
Wichita, Kan., January 6th to 11th, 
^JM. A. J. Waddell, president; H. W. 
Schoff, secretary. H. B. Savage, judge. 
Send for list at once and come and 
show witu us. H. W. SCHOPF. 



F. C. Hindman, Friend, Neb., writes 
that he has purchased one of the Pan- 
American winners in the Barred Rock 
class and says he is a big fine fellow 
weighing ten pounds and not fully de- 
veloped. He says "he has a May 1st 
hatched cockerel that weighs eleven 
pounds and others weighing 9, 8 and 
10 pounds. If you want size and qual- 
ity, Mr. Hinman can supply you sure. 




John Haman. To: 
Nebraska State Pou 
21 to 24, 1')I12. Mr. 
breeder of pi^.'eons ai 
in many tif the best s 
Pigeon men w-ill cret fail 



thi! 



:as. Judg^e at the 
:sociation January 
1 has lonff been a 
jfficiatcd as judjre 
the United States- 
treatment at Lincoln 



intertand will receive liberal premiums. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




It gives u8 pleasure to present to our readers this month a halftone of The Perfection E> 
HiBiTioN Coop, manufactured by Wni. Miller. Nor^h. B*nd. Nebr. His g cods are first-class.' anc 
can be relied upon as such. 



\ FACTS VS. FIGUR.es 

t By M. M. JOHNSON 

I 



Figures will make a man rich migh- 
ty quick in the poultry business — the 
Klondike country is not in it. Yes, a 
hen will lay 200 eggs in one year (you 
see figures always take the highest 
probable possibilities). At 24 cents 
per dozen this makes ?4 for said hen, 
or we can leu her lay, say, 175 eggs 
and hatch out 16 chickens. Yes, broil- 
ers often bring $1; that would make 
$16 for the broilers alone, not say"ing 
anything about the $3.50 for the sur- 
plus eggs. But who would fool along 
with one hen? Why not have 10,000 
hens and make $195,000, just as easy 
as rolling off a log if you have your 
pencil in order. But for goodness 
sake don't monkey with the expense 
account. It would spoil the dream. .- 
would fog the trial balance, and what's 



try business. It is referred to far and 
wide and for years as a positive proof 
that poultry don't pay. 

Yes, poultry raising pays, but a 
sharp pencil don't help it pay, better 
than it makes other occupations pay. 
It is all right to keep account, espe- 
cially so on the expense side, but the 
more we monkey with figures other- 
wise, the more we invite disappoint- 
ments. When it comes to raising 
poultry and really making it pay, the 
dear women folks are the chaps — 
please excuse me. Right here I want 
to explain that I am a married man 
and my wife gives every indication 
that she is going to outlive me, there- 
fore I can't be accused of courting 
in this article. No, the women folks 
don't raise all the poultry, and that's 



the use anyhow? Wben a man starts a fact, but they come so near raising 
out to raise poultry with a lead pencil, all of it that the men folks would get 



a barbed wire fence wouldn't stop 
him. No sir, and more than this he 
would fall out with his best friend if 
he dropped the least hint that he 
doubted the figures. It's one of the 
peculiarities of these men of figures 
to like the people who encourage him 
to bust, better than any man that 
dared to go back on Ray's Arithmetic. 
But it remains a cold stern fact that 
they always bust. It is also a fact 
that it goes on record (regardless of 
the circumstances) against the poul- 



mighty hungry for chickens if they 
only got what they raised, and that's 
no He either. 

To the best of my knowledge, this 
court has never caught a woman 
poultry raiser mixed up with figures, 
except when she was figuring on how 
much groceries and dry goods and 
Battle Ax plug (for her husband) that 
she can get for her poultry and eggs. 

It would be falling from grace to 
mention several truths about poul- 
try raising; for instance, it would not 



be good taste to mention that thou- 
sands have been able to hold down 
their homesteads on the plains on ac- 
count of their cows and hens, but it 
remains a fact that can't be wiped out 
by the land boomer (who wants to 
raise corn 16 feet high over the beau- 
tiful cut and dried desert). It is also 
a sober fact that thousands on the 
worn-out hills in the eastern states 
appreciate the help of the hens. Even 
in the rich corn and wheat producing 
states the hens pay over 50 per cent 
of the grocery and dry goods bills. 
Yes sir, the hens have demonstrated 
and proven their ability to pay for 
their feed and our feed, drouth or no 
drouth. They are equal to the occa- 
sion, and the queer part of the whole 
business is that no particular locality 
or person does it all. Every state and 
every nook of this country does some 
of it, and nearly every country on 
earth helps do it. To do away with 
the hens in this country, the govern- 
ment and its people would go broke, 
and "that's not another lie, either." 

Pass the chicken, please. Yes, 
thank you. Yours truly, 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



The Western Poultry Fanciers' as- 
sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which 
holds its seventh annual exhibition at 
Cedar Rapids on January 13th to 18th, 
1902, wish to call the attention of the 
poultry fanciers to a few of the spe- 
cial attractions of their show. The 
American Buff Rock club and the 
American Black Langshan will be two 
of the special features. 

Theo. Hewes of Treton. Mo., and 
J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will 
judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of Ma- 
con, Mo., will judge the hares, and 
Henry Tieman of Baltimore. Md., will 
judge the pigeons. 

Write for premium lists December 
1, 1901. 

Entries close January 4 at mid- 
night. E. E. RICHARDS, 

Secretary. 



When chicks are hatched we often 
find some are unable to walk and soon 
their knees are sore and swollen, and 
if they try to follow a hen they soon 
die. or kept in a brooder they are 
overrun and have a discouraging short 
trip of life. Take coarse yarn, tie a 
loop around one leg, then pass to the 
other, leaving only about one inch of 
yarn between, and pass another loop 
knot around the other leg. If done as 
soon as you find one so afflicted, in 
one week to ten days you can take off 
the yarn and they spring around and 
walk all right, as lively as any of 
them. R. AGNES CLARK. 

Greenwood, Nebraska. 



lo POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

^ Does Advertising Pay? g 

§3 MR.S. BETTIE GLOVER. MACKEY. ^ 

If the question were not so often 
asked by intelligent people, the title 
of this article would seem to be a 
foolish one. For one only has to take 
up any paper, it matters not in what 
lino of thought it is published, to be 
convinced that either one of two things 
must be true. It either pays to adver- 
tise or there are thousands of people 
deceived into believing that it pays. 
Nor does it matter whether the article 
advertised has genuine merit when it 
comes to advertising in general. It 
seems that people will answer the 
catchpenny advertisement as often as 
those with genuine guarantees. The 
writer would not like to tell of the 
many times she has been the victim 
of fraudulent advertisements, and I 
am convinced by these experiences 
that I am not a fool, for it is said 
that fools profit by experience, and I 
do not. Every little while I am caught 
by some wily advertisement. When 
we consider that • many of these ad- 
vertisements cost from 75 cents to 
$1.25 per line, we know they must pay, 
for these appear in from one to two 
dozen publications each month, and 
many of them in a much greater num- 
ber. But my purpose is to give my 
views as to whether advertising pays 
the poultry fancier. I say most em- 
phatically that it does pay. And I be- 
lieve there will not be a dissenting 
voice among experienced fanciers. 

That some receive better pay for 
money invested than others Is also 
true. And for this there is a reason, 
sometimes more than one reason. 
First, if you are an amateur and have 
good birds which you would like to 
sell, it will be necessary for you to 
make a choice as to what medium 
you will choose to advertise your 
stock. And much depends upon this 
choice. Always remember that a re- 
spect for the fitness of things is a 
great assistance in any line of busi- 
ness. It you have fowls to sell, there 
is no other medium of advertisement 
as good as a poultry journal, and next 
to this Is a good agricultural journal. 
Do not put a poultry advertisement In 
a purely literary paper unless you have 
come to the place in your business 
where you take the whole realm of 
the advertising world as your field in 
which to advertise. I see a few fan- 
ciers have arrived at that place, but 
the beginner must, like 
"Little fishes, keep close to the shore, 
While larger ones may venture more." 



Not even a religious paper is a good 
advertising medium for poultry fan- 
ciers. Why? Simply for the reason 
that the people, as a class, who read 
the religious and literary journals, 
though they may be much interested 
in poultry, do not look upon advertise- 
ments seen only in these journals with 
as much favor as they do upon those 
found in agricultural and poultry jour- 
nals. 

An amateur might possibly start by 
advertising in his local town or county 
paper. I have known a few persons 
to start in this way. But my experi- 
ence along this line of advertisement 
was not at all satisfactory. True I can 
sell stock, but the people this class 
of advertising brings to me are a class 
that want stock only a little above 
market price. They usually come in a 
two-horse wagon to stay all night or 
take dinner. The horses must be fed. 
They say: "I think as we came to the 
house and you don't have to take 
stock to depot, you ought to let me 
have these birds cheap." In one In- 
stance a family of five came with two 
horses for dinner and bought one tom 
for $3.50. The poultry journal is the 
natural advertising medium. 

After you have decided that it shall 
be a poultry journal, you will have to 
decide what journal or journals you 
will use. In order to do this you 
must take into consideration the class 
of readers you wish to reach, what ter- 
ritory will be the best for your ad- 
vertisement to cover. Then select the 
journal which in your judgment will 
best meet your desires. Now, much 
will depend upon the wording of your 
advertisement whether it attracts or 
drives. I often read advertisements 
that make me think the advertiser 
either has no knowledge of the power 
of attraction or wants to drive custo- 
mers from him or her, as the case may 
be. One of the most obnoxious forms 
of advertising is that of giving thrusts 
at other advertisers in the same line 
of business. Always advertise your 
own business and let other people do 
their own, is a good motto. Very fre- 
quently the thrust arouses a spirit of 
inquiry which throws the trade to the 
other party. Never under any circum- 
stances make the claim to all the best 
poultry in class advertised, for should 
this be true when copy is written, be- 
fore it could go to press the proba- 
bilities are some one else has secured 
stock as good or better. This is a 



progressive age and the man or wo- 
man who claims all of the best Is 
under suspicion for lack of veracity. 
I think the best way for an amateur 
to advertise is to give the pedigree of 
his stock, at least tell whose stock he 
has. I see in this one objection, and 
have sometimes advised my own cus- 
tomers to build on their own merits 
rather than advertise Mackey stock. 
The reason for this was that those 
parties were not very far from me 
and I felt that persons who wished 
my stock would send to me instead of 
my customers if I were as near as 
the customer, and he would simply be 
paying to advertise my stock. 

But if you are a great distance from 
the party from whom you purchase 
stock, you can use his name to ad- 
vantage. To make clear my meaning: 
I. K. Felch is the king of the Brahma 
domain, and if you are a western 
fancier and advertise Felch Brahmas 
you may be sure of a good share of 
the trade from an advertisement in a 
journal circulating in the west and 
middle west. 

Make your headlines catchy. Last 
season I headed an advertisement of 
eggs as follows: "Mrs. Nation's Hatch- 
et Can't Smash Eggs Packed by Mrs. 
G. G. Mackey." In the nineteen years 
I have been in business no ad. ever 
brought as many inquiries in the same 
length of time. Of course that will be 
out of date next season, and I must 
hunt up another. I believe it a great 
mistake to keep the same wording 
year after year. I know some of our 
best known fanciers do this, but they 
can alTord it. We lesser lights must 
shine from different points of view. 
Remember that the best written ad- 
vertisement in the best advertising 
journal will only give you an oppor- 
tunity to do a paying business, and 
that your success depends on the use 
you make of the opportunity. In order 
to make your advertisement pay to 
the fullest extent, you must observe 
certain rules. Make it a rule to re- 
ply to every inquiry received concern- 
ing your stock, and do so promptly. 
The day letter or postal is received has 
always been the rule I have observed 
as nearly as possible. Sunday, as a 
matter of course, I make the excep- 
tion. And of course there are times 
when every business man and woman 
is compelled by circumstances beyond 
their control to postpone business. But 
promptness should be practiced by all 
business people, especially those whose 
business comes mainly by correspond- 
ence. Answer your letters promptly 
and in a business-like manner. Tell 
the whole truth about the stock and 
try always to give description little 



below what you believe you caa make 
the bird if you receive order. And 
when you receive the order do your 
best to please your customer, for the 
very best advertisement you can have 
is a well pleased customer, while a 
dissatisfied one is the most detrimental 
advertisement. This is true even if 
you are not to blame for the dissatis- 
faction. In order to secure best re- 
sults, an advertisement should be kept 
running continually. We become fa- 
miliar with names we see in our jour- 
nals every month year after year and 
we think they are reliable or they 
could not remain so long in business. 
If you canont afford much space, take 
just what you can afford and as your 
business increases better enlarge 
space in one journal than take small 
space in another. Advertise what you 
have and be sure you have what you 
advertise. Give prompt attention to 
prospective and actual customers, and 
my word for it, you will find that ad- 
vertising will pay ten, twenty, sixty 
and one hundred fold. Aswer postal 
cards. It pays to answer all, stamp 
or no stamp. 

MRS BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 
Clarksville, Missouri. 



CARE OF DUCKS. 

Because ducks can be neglected 
without killing them, they are often 
left to take care of themselves the 
best way they can. 'lo use a western 
slang expression, "Ducks are good 
rustlers, but it is doubtful if it is well 
to let them sleep and eat where they 
please. Ducks will not lay in January 
if housed in a damp, draughty place, 
nor will they lay so early if fed grain 
alone. It is not necessary to have a 
house where water will not freeze for 
ducks. Any place where the wind and 
water cannot enter Is good enough. 
Mashes of scalded bran and cooked 
vegetables ought to be the morning 
meal for the ducks. On the farm we 
never troubled ourselves about any 
other meal. The ducks are greedy for 
alfalfa, cane and corn lodder. After 
years of experience we have come to 
the conclusion that ducks are not 
much of grain eaters if other food is 
to be had. Raw carrots and sugar 
beets are fine feed for ducks, as they are 
for all poultry. Cooked they are also 
valuable for the morning meal. 

We would recommend the sugar beet 
above all vegetables for poultry. If 
one has the opportunity to raise them, 
a small patch will give lots of beets. 
If they are purchased, they are cheap 
at the price the factory pays the far- 
mers. They are easily kept, which is 
more than one can say for carrots. We 
do like carrots, but it is almost im- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

possible for us to keep them longer 
than for the fall. 

The feeding of the ducks is an im- 
portant matter if one wishes the first 
eggs to hatch. In duck raising we 
have found the feathers Quite a profit- 
able part of the business. The early 
ducks may be plucked several times 
before they are sent to market. If 
breeding stock is desired, the early 
birds are generally the prize win- 
ners. 

It seems to me a great mistake not 
to have the duck house open into a 
small yard where the ducks may be 
confined until they lay in the morning. 
Ducks rarely lay after 9 a. m. We 
have often heard people complain that 
they got no duck eggs. The reason 
was evident to me, for I knew the 
ducks were not confined. When the 
season arrives for ducks to lay they 
can be depended upon to lay. and the 
season will begin very early if a little 
care is given to feeding and housing. 

I wonder if there ever was a flock 
of ducks that would go into a house 
without being driven there? But how 
easy to drive. Our ducks lay out on a 
snow drift in the depth of winter un- 
til we shout and give them a start 
toward their house. We always keep 
the duck trough in the yard, other- 
wise the ducks would not be so much 
at home there. The duck trough we 
find is a convenience not enjoyed by 
a great many who only keep a few 
ducks. If the ducks are furnished a 
low trough in a convenient place they 
do not pollute horse troughs and be- 
come general nuisances. At the old 
home we had a water pipe and hydrant 
in our duck yard. We have not as 
yet a pipe of our own in this house, 
but we have a pipe running through 
the fence and into a large bucket, so 
that we have no gate to open when 
we fill the trough. As it is only a 
few steps to tne hydrant, the children 
can easily fill the trough. We give 
this as a suggestion to others whose 
yards are a little distant from a hy- 
drant. 

The cost of piping water to the 
duck yard is saved in labor, fertility 
of eggs, and, above all, in keeping 
the ducks in their own house and thus 
avoiding having filthy mudholes where 
we least wish them. 

HATTIB BYFIELD. 



THE WESTERN PLYMOUTH ROCK 
CLUB. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: The 
Western Plymouth Rock club his 
been organized and this is a call for 
all breeders of this grand breed to 
come into our ranks and help make 
the club a success. 



II 

It seems that a western club would 
be a great assistance to the breeders 
and it shall be the aim of the officers 
of this club to make it as beneficially 
as it is possible to make such a club, 
and we kindly ask all breeders to join 
us at once and help us to make a suc- 
cess of our efforts, for remember "in 
union there is strength," and to suc- 
ceed we must work together. 

Lady breeders will be admitted 
without the payment of the member- 
ship fee or the annual dues. We 
earnestly invite all lady breeders to 
send in their names at once and be- 
come members. 

The officers for the first year shall 
consist of as follows: President, Sid 
Conger, Shelby ville, Ind.; vice presi- 
dent, Mrs. J. W. Randolph, Kenny, 
Ills.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Penny, 
Des Moines, la.; executive committee, 
Sid Conger, ShelbyvlUe, Ind.; C. A. 
Penny, Des Moines, la.; L. P. Harris, 
Clay Center, Neb.; A. L. King, Wal- 
nut Grove, Ills.; J. W. Headlee, Ot- 
tumwa, la. 

The membership fee is fifty cents 
and the annual dues twenty-five cents. 
Send in your name, membership fee 
and first annual dues to the secretary 
at once and become a member and 
give the ball a good start. 

Constitution, by-laws and applica- 
tion blanks may be had upon applica- 
tion to the secretary. 

CHAS. A. PENNY, 
Sec'y-Treas. 
U. P. Station, Des Moines, la, U. S. A. 



SUMMER CHICKS. 
Bunker Hill, III., Sept. 16, 1901. 
Mr. Will Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.: 

Gentlemen — While I am not in the 
habit of "tooting my horn ' or lauding 
my praises, but in justice to yourself 
as the manufacturer of "Chamberlain's 
Chick Food," I must relate to you my 
experience with your feed. 

While I have used your feed for the 
past three years, I hava never had a 
single case of bowel trouble. This 
season I had a lot of Buff Rocks hatch 
in July, and until they were six 
months old I used nothing but your 
chick food, and a healthier lot of 
chicks one could not wish for, and I 
have raised every one of them. 

Summing up poultry raising in a 
nutshell, any one that will furnish the 
necessary labor, "Chamberlain's Chick 
Feed" will do the rest. Yours very 
truly, THEODORE BBNNER. 



"To keep pace with the procession 
As it moves along, you know. 

You must grasp new notions quickly. 
Then as quickly let them go." 

VBLMA CALDWELL-MELVILLE. 



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By Charles L. Thayer, Chicago, in 
Commercial Poultry: About five years 
ago, in the spring of 1896, hearing my 
neighbors tell of the number of eggs 
they were getting from their hens, I 
decided I would have some, too. 



, the best layers. The Leghorns began 
laying six weeks earlier than the 
Plymouth Rocks; they often lay be- 
fore they are five months old, and 
mine beat the Rocks every month lili 
I March; during that month the Ply- 
I had only a city lot, 50x125 feet, I mouth Rocks laid as many eggs as 
and of course the house and barn the Leghorns, but in the latter part 
take up a portion of it, so I couldn't of the month the Plymouth Rocks 



have a very extensive poultry farm, 
but found I would have plenty of 
room for a poultry house and yard 
and have some space left. I had the 
house built with a double wall, with 
a four-inch space between, and lined 
it with tar paper. 

I started by buying some hens of 
the butcher — mixed stock, in which 
the Plymouth Rock blood predomi- 
nated. They laid awhile and then 
wanted to set. I got a poultry cata- 
logue from a man who raised nearly 
every breed in the Standard, and as 
all were praised very highly, I hardly 
knew which tp select. 

I wanted layers instead of a large 
meat fowl, so determined to try the 
Plymouth Rocks or the Leghorns. I 
bought eggs of three varieties — Bar- 
red Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns 
and Buff Leghorns. At that time I 
had never seen a Buff Tjeghorn, but 
thought from the description I might 
like them. Having had some experi- 
ence in raising chickens when a boy, 
I had very good success, and raised 
about sixty. I gradually killed and 
ate them until in the fall I had thin- 
ned them down to sixteen — eight Ply- 
mouth Rocks, five Brown Leghorns 
and three Buff Leghorn pullets. I 
then kept a record to see which were 



want to set, so that stopped their 
good laying record, while the Leg- 
horns kept right on. 

I decided that the Leghorns were 
the fowls I wanted for laying, and 
that the Buff Leghorns were better 
than the Brown Leghorns in many 
ways: First, they lay fully as well if 
not better than the Brown; second, 
they lay a much larger egg, as large 
or larger than a Plymouth Rock. I 
have frequently weighed them when 
seven eggs would weigh a pound, while 
it took ten or twelve Brown Leghorn 
eggs, an advantage of 50 per cent in 
weight, which if eggs were sold by 
the pound means 50 per cent more 
per dozen; third, the Buff Leghorns 
are larger than the Brown, making a 
better table fowl, and more popular 
with people who prefer a larger fowl 
than the Brown Leghorn. 

To my mind the Buff Leghorn is 
the most beautiful fowl bred when 
perfected as we have them now, of an 
even buff surface color from head to 
tip of tail, especially the females, 
bright yellow legs, white ear lobes, 
and bright red comb and wattles. 
When seen on a green lawn, or 
scratching in yellow straw, almost 
the color of the fowl, they are ad- 
mired by all, and certainly present a 



very fine appearance, 
function of speed is accompanied 
Well, I sold the Brown Leghorns, 
bought a Buff Leghorn cockerel and 
another pullet; since then I have 
raised nothing but Buff Leghorns, and 
am more in love with them every 
year. 

I find that most Buff Leghorn 
breeders are increasing the weight 
somewhat, as we think it an advan- 
tage so long as they keep their non- 
setting qualities. They rarely want 
to set, btu will sometimes when they 
grow older; if allowed to set when 
they get old. In the only one I ever 
tried, I found her an excellent setter 
and a fine mother, fighting anything 
that came near her chicks. 

The last few years has seen a great 
improvement in color of plumage and 
color of legs. Where formerly there 
was more or less black or white in 
plumage, especially in wing or tall, 
and the legs of a greenish cast, we 
now get many specimens of a solid 
buff color throughout, and with bright 
yellow legs; of course we have culls, 
the same as with all other breeds, 
but I have never had to sell a pullet 
for less than $1, even if she is off 
color, as she is worth that tor her 
laying qualities. 

The first three years I raised the 
chicks at home, but since that I have 
used all my space for breeders, and 
had the chicks raised on a farm. I 
send out the eggs in the spring and 
bring backs the chicks in the fall. 

I find no trouble in selling all the 



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Please send more rats over to Wm. Delahaun 
ty*s place. I am liungrry. Oh. I love to .catch 
th m and crush their bones! 



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Subscriptions DonaLted. 



The following poultry papers have 
made donations of yearly subscriptions 
as follows, to be used as 4th premiums 
at the Nebraska State Poultry Associ- 
ation show at Lincoln, Nebr. , Jan. 21 
to 24, 1902. 

American Poultry Journal, Chicago, 10. 
The Feather, Washington, D. C. 2. 

Parmer & Breeder, Sioux City, la. 100. 
Poultry Gazette, Topeka, Kas. 10. 

Oregon Poultry Journal, Salem, Ore. 5. 
Georgia Poultry Herald, Jackson, Ga. 12. 
Poultrj' Farmer, Des Moines, la. 0. 
Mich. Poultry Breeder, Ithaca, Mich. 10. 
Poultry Gem, Siloam Springs, Ark. 10. 
Poultry Success, Des Moines, la. 5. 
Western Poultry Breeder, Topeka, Ks. 12 
" Fruit Grower.St. Joseph, Mo. 10. 
Poultry Topics, St. Joseph, Mo. 12. 

W'n P'ltry Journal, Cedar Rapids, la. 10. 
Poultry Monthly, Albany, N. Y. 4. 

Poultry Keeper, Ouincy, 111. 4. 

W'n Poultry News, Lincoln, Nebr. 15. 
P'ltry Investigator, Clay Center,Neb.20 

We evtend our thanks to the propri- 
etors and editors of the above poultry 
journals for their liberal offers, and, 
wishing success to all, we are 
Yours truly, 

L. P. HARRIS. 
Pres. Nebr. State Poultjy Assn. 



While Wyandotte hen, score 96 by Russell, 1st at Nebraska state fair of 1900, 1st state show of 
1901; bred and owned by Judg-e T. L- Norval, Seward, Nebr- 



eggs and chicks I can spare, and 
while it is a side issue with me, I make 
it pay and get a great deal of pleasure 
out of it. 

Some of the large broiler plants are 
using Buff Leghorns extensively now, 
as they feather out so quickly, and 
the yellow pin feathers do not show. 

If there was as much written 
about the Buff Leghorns as some of 
the other breeds they would be even 
more popular than at present, and I 
find that the noted Buff Leghorn 
breeders have sold every Buff Leghorn 
they could spare from their breeding 
pens. I think they stand at the head 
for beauty and utility. 

The American Buff Leghorn club, 
of which George S. Barnes of Battle 
Creek, Mich., is secretary, is bringing 
the breed before the public, and doing 
more active work for the Buff Leghorn 
interests than ever before. The club 
solicits the membership of every rep- 
utable Buff Leghorn breeder and fan- 
cier. 



Mrs. Ida E. Bard of Imperial, Neb., 
sends the editor a sample feather 
from a Buff Cochin pullet, and writes 
as follows of it: "This pullet was 
hatched 22nd, 1901, and is laying. 
October 11th was the first I know 
of her laying. She is a pet and kept 
coming to the door singing. I plac- 
ed a letter box on a bench by the 
door, in which I placed a nest egg, 
then placed the pullet in and in a 
half hour she had laid. I am quite 
sure she has been laying two weeks 
prior to this time. I think that quite 
good for a Cochin pullet." 



NOTICE. 
All Incubator Co advertising in our 
paper get out a very handsome cata- 
logue. It would be well if all persons 
intending to buy incubators this season 
would send for catalogues of each com- 
pany and then make their choice. 



Editor Investigator: : : 

We are surely going to have a big 
and good show at King City, Mo., De- 
cember 9-14, 1901. John Preston of 
that place has consented to act as su- 
perintendent, which insures that that 
portion of the work will be attended 
to in the very best manner. 

Many breeders have already written 
.signifying their intention of exhibit- 
ing with us. 

Our association has more than dou- 
bled its membership since our last 
show and is still growing. 

We have a fine list of specials and 
premium list will be sent free on re- 
quest. Yours truly, 

R. R, FRENCH, Secretary. 



The Osceola Poultry association will 
hold their next show at Osceola, la., De- 
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr, 
WeldOn, la. ; vice president, W. S. 
Luther, Osceola; secretary and treasurer, 
Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent, 
J. M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris, 
judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send 
for one; it Is free. 

The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso- 
ciation will hold its annual show at Og- 
den, Utah. December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M. 
J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning 
will place the awards. Prenuum list will 
be out November 4. Be sure to send for 
one. 




"Iliglilantl Uiieeri," tnini 
Tnclier. A first prize wi 
shinvs in the United Sl.Uf 
by llig-hland Poultry Farn; 



14 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




lish Indian Gan 



, bred by L'. I), 



th, Fc 



Shipping Coops 

I wrote some time ago about ship- 
ping coops, and aslied why some firm 
could not put them on the market in 
much the same way that berry boxes 
and crates are sent out. I have not 
seen nor heard anything of the kind 
being done yet, but have accidentally 
"stumbled" onto the nearest thing to 
it, and as usual when I have a good 
idea (in my own estimation) am in 
a hurry to tell it. Sometimes, though, 
even I think my ideas are not worth 
much, because they won't keep. If I 
don't put them on paper while they 
are fresh, I am very apt to forget it. 
I am suspecting that the poultry 
world is giving one great sigh of re- 
lief at the escape of many of my ideas 
that have grown stale and forgotten 
because of lack of time to put them 
down when first thought of. But please 
don't congratulate yourselves too 
much or they may reappear by way of 
punishment. 

But about those coops. We have on 
hand a -auantity of tree wrappers that 
were never used. They were left out 
of some 2,000 bought a couple of 
years ago, and as the wrapers from 



the first winter's use stood the storm 
so well, many of them were taken off 
in a damp time, piled evenly and a 
weight put on them, and being "as 
good as new," were used the second 
winter, and the next winter the trees 
are too old, many of them, to need 
wrapping, and now I am going to use 
some of those out of the original pack- 
ages for the construction of hen 
coops for shipment. They are made 
of a tough white wood and are very 
thin, like berry boxes. I suppose the 
thickness is meant for one sixteenth 
of an inch. Elach wrapper is ten inches 
wide and twenty inches long (they 
can be had in different sizes — 12x24 is 
the largest), but twenty inches high is 
the kind we have and are plenty high 
for an ordinary shipping coop; and 
the way we intend to make the coop 
is to cut laths the length we want 
them for the sides and ends of the 
coop, lay them on a flat surface, one 
for the top, one for the bottom, and 
one through the middle, for large 
coops; then lay the wrappers over 
them, then another lath on top ex- 
actly over the under lath, and nail 
them with small nails, clinching on 
the under side. Each side and end 



will be made in separate sections, and 
for small coops they will be nailed 
around the floor of coop and together 
at the top corners, also at the middle; 
but for large coops a corner post will 
be needed, the top will be sealed over 
with lath and a couple of cans for 
feed and water, in small coops, corn, 
wheat and "oyster shells for feed, put 
in after weighing at the depot. We 
put four cans in large coops. Speak- 
ing of cans, we have them this yeat 
without going to the hotel or restau- 
rant for them. We have always 
bought more or less "canned goods" 
when we would get tired of the home- 
grown put up, and relished it; and 
we always thought it sort of a part of 
speech or a myth with the town folks 
who used to make faces when you 
mentioned canned goods to them. It 
will be canned goods or nothing with 
a good many of us this winter, and 
already we are on the verge of "mak- 
ing faces." We have the usual amount 
of fruit put up, but not a tomato nor 
a grain of sweet corn dried, and will 
have to buy nearly all winter vege- 
tables. 
Fraternally yours, 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



' Practical and Profitable \ 

5 Poxiltry Culture. V V?' sayre.p«x i 



By L E KEYSER. 
Sayre, Pa.- 



THE FOOD PROBLEM. 
To intelligently teed fowls, either 
for eggs, growth or fattening, we 
must uuderstancl their various re- 
quirements ana the constituency of the 
food, it stanus to reason that if we 
luruish those elements which go to 
mate up the fowl and the egg and sup- 
ply them in the rignt proportion and 
sufficient quantity the lowl must lay, 
or it a young fowl, it must grow. We 
and in the composition of the hen a 
large numiier of different substances 
which may for our purpose be grouped 
under four heads — water, ash or min- 
eral matter, protein, and fat. 

Water is the principal ingredient 
and amounts to from 4U to BO per cent 
of the weight of the live fowl. 

Ash or mineral matters amount to 
from 2 to 5 per cent, their presence 
being most evident in the bones, but 
they exist in small proportions in all 
parts of the body and are as essen- 
tial as any other ingredient. 

Protein is a name given to an im- 
uortant group of substances, all of 
which contain about 16 per cent of 
the elements of nitrogen, and of which 
washed lean meat and the white of an 
egg may be taken as a type. They 
form the organic parts of the bones, 
the skin, the internal organs, the 
brain and nerves, in short all the 
working machinery of the body are 
composed largely of protein. Conse- 
quently this group of substances is of 
great importance. 

Fat varies greatly in the body o£ the 
hen, but seldom falls below o or rises 
above 30 per cent. 

The feeding stuffs supplied poultry 
contain all four of these ingredients, 
and in addition another group of sub- 
stances not found to any considerable 
extent in the body of the fowl, known 
as carbohydrates. The most familiar 
substances belonging to this group are 
starch, the various kinds of sugar and 
woody fiber, starch being more abun- 
dant in most foods, so they are some- 
times spoken of as starchy substances. 
Carbohydrates have substantially the 
same use in the body as fat, but a 
given weight of fat is worth for this 
purpose two and one-fourth times as 
much as the same weight of carbohy- 
drates, so when they are grouped to- 
gether, as is usually the case when 
considering the value of a ration, the 
fat is multiplied by two and one- 
fourth and added to the carbohydrates. 
Carbohydrates and fat serve three pur- 



poses in the economy of the fowl, 
iiiey are burneu to create heat to keep 
Lue fowl warm; tney produce the 
lorce exerted in the motions of tne 
iowi, anu If tne supply is greater 
luau IS neeued for tne production oi 
ubai aua force, tne excess gives rise 
LO tne production and laying up oi 
lat 111 tue body. 

lue protein of the food is used to 
juuu up and keep in repair tne work- 
ing iisBues of tne body, which we 
uave snown consist largeiy of protein, 
mat is, It supplies the material for 
tne growth oi tissue, which may be an 
actual increase in bulk, as in tne case 
Lii tne growing chick; it may simply 
ue tne making good of waste, as in the 
mature fowl, or it may take the torni 
of egg proQUction, which is really the 
giowtn and breaking down of the tis- 
sues of the ovaries and oviduct. For 
ail these purposes protein is indis- 
pensable, and its place cannot be tak- 
•en by either carbohydrates or fat. If, 
however, more protein is given the 
fowl than it needs for these various 
forms of tissue growth, the excess is 
burned up, like fat and carbohydrates, 
or perhaps furnishes material for the 
production of fat. 

The mineral matter in food consists 
of lime, soda potash, magnesia, sul- 
phur, etc., but to ascertain the amount 
it is reduced to ash, which is the term 
generally given to this group of sub- 
stances. This ash or mineral matter 
in the food serves as a source of sup- 
ply tor the mineral ingredients of the 
body and for the formation of the 
shell of the egg, in the case of laying 
hens. Most food products contain suf- 
ficient ash for all practical purposes, 
especially when the fowls are given 
meat, bones, oyster shells and grit. 
Grain contains very little ash, while 
clover, grass and most of the green 
foods have a liberal supply. When a 
ration is otherwise fairly proportioned 
there is generally mineral matter suf- 
ficient for all needs. 

As we do not feed to supply water, 
this portion of the constituency of 
the diet need not concern us, but we 
should always have a sufiBcient sup- 
ply constantly at hand so that the 
fowls maye take it as required. 

THE EGG. 
The egg, exclusive of the shell, con- 
tains about 68.25 per cent of water; 
albumen or protein, 13.8 per cent; 
mineral matter, 1 per cent; fat and 
oil 16.8 per cent. The average egg 



IS 

is divided about as follows: Shell, 11 
per cent; white, 56.5 per cent; yolk, 
62.0 per cent. The shell consists of 
about oU per cent of the salts of lime, 
or about 20 per cent of the pure uu- 
combmed lime, which is calcium ox- 
ide, and the remainder carbonic aciu, 
water in a crystalized shape, etc. 

We have now considered both the 
lowl and tne egg and know the ele- 
ments we wish to supply, and as ash 
will be taken in sufficient quantities 
u we leed meat, clover, oyster shells 
and grit, and the water supply can 
be regulated by the fowls, we find we 
nave only to furnish the proper pro- 
portion of protein and carbohydrates 
and fat to produce a ration to meet 
any requirement. If there is not suffi- 
cient carbohydrates and fat the hena 
will not be able to keep warm, and ii 
too much they will become fat ana 
unproductive, while if the protein be 
lacking there will be nothing from 
which to form the egg. 

li'or the purpose of determining the 
relative proportion of protein and car- 
bohydrates and fat contained in a 
substance, and for better comparing 
one feeding stun: with another, tne 
term "nutritive ratio" is used, which 
means the ratio of digestible protein 
to digestiQle carbohydrates plus fat. 
before making this comparison, how- 
ever, we will explain that the fat is 
multipliea by two and one-fourth, be- 
cause one pound of fat is two anu 
one-fourth times as valuable as a 
pound of carbohydrates. The term of 
the ratio is taken as a unity; for in- 
stance, if there should be five pounds 
of protein and thirty pounds of carbo- 
hydrates and fat in a ration, we 
would express it as 1:6— there being 
one part of protein to six of carbo- 
hydrates and fat; but should there be 
more protein than carbohydrates and 
fat the ratio of the latter would be 
expressed in decimals. For example, 
should a substance contain twice as 
much protein as carbohydrates and 
fat we would express it, 1:0.5, but as 
nearly all feeding stuffs contain a far 
larger portion of carbohydrates and 
fat than protein this seldom, if ever, 
occurs. 

The nutritive ratio is referred to as 
being "wide" or "narrow." A feed- 
ing stuff with a wide nutritive ratio 
is one which contains a large propor- 
tion of carbohydrates and fat as com- 
pared with protein. One with a nar- 
row nutritive ratio contains a small 
proportion of carbohydrates and fat 
as compared with protein. Corn has 
a wide nutritive ratio, 1:12, while cot- 
tonseed meal has a comparatively nar- 
row nutritive ratio, 1:1.2. If we are 
feeding to produce growth or eggs w© 



i6 

should use a compartively narrow 
ratio, but for fattening for market, a 
wide one. It is impossible to lay 
Uown set rules for feeding, as every 
person must be governed by condi- 
tions, the availability oi' the material, 
price, etc., but we will say that for 
egg production in winter and for 
growing chicks in the early spring, a 
ration with a nutritive ratio of from 
1:5 to 1:7 has been found to be the 
most productive, while one slightly 
narrower is better in hot weather. 
t'oi- fattening matured fowls a ration 
with a nutritive ratio of 1:10 or 1:VZ 
is about right. 

For the purpose of aiding those who 
wish to compound a ration of a fixed 
nutritive value we append a table 
showing the composition of the di- 
gestible parts of the feeding stuffs 
usually used by poultrymen. While it 
may not be absolutely correct, it Is 
sufficiently so for all practical pur- 
poses. 

Table showing mineral and digestible 
matter in feeding stuffs: 

Ash 

Per Cent of Digest- 
ible Matter 

Protein 

Carbohydrates and 

Kat 

Nutritive Ratio 

Wheat I 1.8|77.li| 7.1|70.5|1:9.9 

Corn I 1.5|79.7| 6.0|73.7|1:12.3 

Buckwheat | 2.U|ti2.6| 7.8|54.»|1:7 

Oats I 3.062.41 9. 2|53. 211:6.8 

Barley | 2.4|77.9| 8.7i69.2|l:8 

Rye 1.9176. 71 6.4ri0.3|l:U 

Peas 2.7|72.3|1S.S|53.5I1:2.S 

Rice I 0.4|ST.a| 7.4|Sti.l|l:10.S 

Sunflower se«d | 2.1 :•:.': 1".:, 1J.:|1;4.2 

Wheat bran | . i i_ - 1,1:3.8 

Wheat shorts | l ' ■■ • i. - 'i,l:4.8 

Wheat middlings | :;.:;,. ;-i i:.^,i.'i,;i|l:4.8 

Corn and cob meal..| l.olTU.S,' 4. 4, Oij. 011:15.1 

Cottonseed meal | 7.2|80.9|37.2|43.7|1:1.2 

L,lnseed meal, n, p...| 5.8 73. S|28.9|44. 911:1.6 
Unseed meal, o. p. ..I 5.7l77.8|29.3|48.5 1:1.7 
Hominy chop | 2.5|86.6| 7.1|79.5|1:U.2 



Gluten feed \ 1.0 

Chicago gluten meal. 1.1 

Cut clover hay 6.2 

Alfalfa hay I 7.4 

Sorghum seed 

Buckwheat midd'gs. 

Beef scraps 

Dried blood 

Mangel wurzel 

Potatoes 

Sugar beets 

Kutabagas 

Skim milk 

Buttermilk 



82.7119.4163.311:3.3 
84.6127.7156.91:2.1 
44.9J 6.4|38.5|1:6 
:53. 4110.4143.011:4.1 
72.21 5.4|66.8|1:13.3 
"4.2123.7150.511:2.1 



3.3|82.2i37.7 44.5 
4.1|61.4|32.7|28.7 
1.11 6.5 1.11 5.4 
1.0|16.6 0.9 15.7 
0.9{12.5| 1.6|10.9 
1.2 9.51 1.0| 8.5 
O.S 9.2 3.5| 5.7 1:1.6 
0.8| 7.81 2.81 5.0|1:1.S 



1:1.1 

1:0.8 
1:4.9 
1:17.4 
l:b.8 



The fat reduced to its starch equivalent. 

By referring to the above table any 
intelligent poultryman can prepare a 
ration that will meet his requirements 
with such food as he can secure. 
Green cut bone, a most important food 
for hens, is not given in the table be- 
cause it varies so greatly, owing to 
the amount and kind of meat adher- 
ing to it, that an analysis of one sam- 
ple would be of little value as show- 
ing the general average. It is usually 
considered by poultrymen to be a lit- 
tle better than beef scraps. 

While we can compound a ration 
wholly of grain and its by-products of 
the proper nutritive ratio, we find for 
some reason not shown by the analy- 
sis that a mixed ration — one compos- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ed in part of meat and green foou, 
hay, grass, or roots — will produce tar 
better results. In order to narrow the 
ration a mash is often fed, especially 
in winter, and we have had better re- 
ifults by this method than any other, 
yet it greatly increases the labor. We 
compound a mash mixture of one part 
by weight of wheat bran, one pan 
wheat middlings, two parts No. 1 
mill feed( equal parts by weight of 
oats and corn ground together), two 
parts buckwheat middlings, one part 
ground beef scraps. Where buck- 
v/heat middlings cannot be obtained, 
Chicago gluten meal may be substitu- 
ted, or half the weight of linseed or 
cottonseed meal may be used. When 
making our mash we take one part of 
cut clover hay, steam it well, and add 
two parts of this mash mixture, mak- 
ing it as thick as possible. It is then 
allowed to stand before feeding until 
It is just lukewarm. This gives us a 
ration the nutritive value of which is 
about 1:3.4, which would be too nar- 
row, but as we only feed a small quan- 
tity of mash, the other feed being 
composed of grain, usually wheal, 
corn, buckwheat or oats, it makes the 
day's ration about evenly balanced. 
We do not feed all of these grains, 
but alternate each day as many as we 
have, using most largely of such as can 
be bought on our market at the lowest 
price. Corn and oats are the staples, 
and these are grains which we feel 
we cannot well do without. When 
supplemented by a mash with a nar- 
row nutritive ration corn is undoubt- 
edly the best whole grain to feed, as 
it is more easily digested and pro- 
duces a better quality of eggs than any 
other. Wheat and rye are as good as 
corn, their nutritive ratio being slight- 
ly narrower, but they usually cost 
more, and when fed in connection 
with a mash the slight gain in pro- 
tein is more than overbalanced by the 
additional cost. 

A ration can be made up of grain, 
roots and hay, green cut bone or beef 
scraps which will give very good re- 
sults, without the trouble of mixing a 
mash. Such would be an ideal diet if 
we could make it fully as productive. 
Nature did not intend the hen to eat 
soft food, giving her a gizzard where- 
in to grind it; but nature did not in- 
tend the hen to lay in winter or to 
produce more than forty to sixty eggs 
in a year. If we change her natural 
tendencies we must also change her 
diet. 

The amount to feed is sometimes 
hard to determine and can only be 
told by experimenting. The standard 
given is sixty-five to seventy pounds 
of food for each 1,000 pounds of fowls 



weighing from three to four pounds 
average weight. We have kept a 
careful record for several years and 
find that our Plymouth Rocks con- 
sumed an average of fifty-eight pounds 
of whole and ground grain, ten pounds 
clover, fifteen pounds meat and ten 
pounds roots each in a year when 
confined in small yards. This would 
allow each fowl a trifie over one-fourth 
pound of food per day. Where fowls 
have free range for six or eight 
mouths in the year this amount will 
be materially lessened. When fowls 
are on a range it is a good plan to 
give them one scant feed a day or a 
highly nitrogenous food, such as cut 
bone or beef scraps. A self-feeding 
box of wheat bran placed where they 
can help themselves to it will aid In 
egg production. The fowls will not 
eat a great deal of the bran after the 
first day or so, but will use It to 
balance their ration and supply any 
deficiency in the food supply found on 
the range. 

In feeding for eggs we should en- 
deavor to give all the exercise pos- 
sible, especially if our food is of a 
carbonaceous nature, as the carbon is 
thus converted into heat and thrown 
off from the body, while the quick 
breathing throws off the carbonic acid 
gas. All grain should' therefore be 
ted in deep litter and the hens be 
forced to scratch and hunt it out. 



American Incubators Abroad. 

A great deal is .said these davs about 
the expansion of American trade, and 
everyone who has studied the figures 
shovs'ing' the growth in American ex- 
ports, has been astonished at its mag-- 
iiitude. 

American incubator manufacturers 
have not been behind other lines in 
this respect. This is especially true of 
the Prairie State Incubator Co. of 
Homer City, Pennsylvania, which has 
extended its trade to all parts of the 
world, sending- shipment after ship- 
ment to distributing points in Europe, 
Australia. South America and South 
Africa, besides sending many smaller 
lots of one or two machines to indi- 
vidual poultrymen in the same coun- 
tries. Since the 1st of August. of this 
year, their foreign demand has been 
especially heavy, and many car-load 
shipments have been made from Hom- 
er City 

The new catalogue of the Prairie 
State Incubator Co. is now on the press 
and. by the way, we understand it to 
be the handsomest book ever printed 
by an incubator company. It will con- 
tain good illustrations showing some 
of these shipments. These, however, 
are only a few of the hundreds of fine 
pictures in this handsome book, which 
will be sent free to all who request it. 
Ask for the 19()2 catalogue, and copy 
will be sent as soon as it is off the 
press. We advise vour sending in vour 
name at once. Address THE PRAI- 
RIE STATE INCUBATOR CO'P'Y., 
Homer City, Pa. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Making.Prize Winners 

Did you ever stop to think when you 
were loolimg at and admiring the tirst- 
prize bird at a poultry show that it was 
not through an accident that it was 
carrying off the lirst prize? Did you 
I'ealize the amount of labor and the 
time spent in order to get that bird to 
such a high state of perfection? The 
time spent to produce that bird was 
not the one year or less than it actual- 
ly took to raise him. The work to 
produce him began perhaps a dozen 
years ago by some other breeder. He 
kept improviing his birds and selling 
some to another. The improvement 
was continued until the bird here men- 
tioned was produced. But then the 
time and labor spent to produce the 
parents of this bird was not quite all. 
The parent birds had to be properly 
mated and cared tor to produce fertile 
eggs. Then proper incubation to hatch 
him strong and wel developed. Then 
came the tug of life. While he was 
growing, perhaps several of his mates 
failed to survive. He had to be fed 
well and not, too much, given plenty 
of exercise, kept warm, and kept from 
exposure. So we see there is a vast 
amount of work and time spent to 
produce the prize bird. He was not 
raised alone, perhaps, but we may 
know that along with him grew a 
hundred or more, and not one of them 
near him in perfection. Do not imag- 
ine that the high class breeders pro- 
duce all prize birds. There is al- 
ways a large number of birds raised 
that are not in any way fit for breed- 
ing, but are fit only for market. So 
you see hat even the best breeders 
must sell part of their birds in the 
market. If you start out with a flock 
of birds that cost a long price do not 
expect to raise all as good as the pa- 
rent birds. If you get a fair number 
of good ones be satisfied, even if you 
do not get some that are very good 
and fit to win in hot competition. 

Well, you say, it is easy enough to 
raise "scrubs," but to raise prize win- 
ners is work. That is true; yet some 
people can raise scarcely any on ac- 
count of disease. You have got to be 
very careful to avoid disease. 

Now to raise the prize bird you must 
have good stock scoring up well and 
been bred from extra stock. You 
must have them mated so as to pro- 
duce best results. I can not tell you 
here how to mate your birds because 
I do not know what kind of birds you 
have to mate. Keep them strong and 
vigorous and healthy. Do not allow 
any exposure, and feed properly. You 
may ask. How do you feed properly? 
The proper way to feed Is to keep 



17 



V The Wooden. Hen V 




The illustration shown here is of the 
famous New Wooden Hen now known 
the world over as the most successful 
of all small hatchers. 

It is now six years since the Wooden 
Hen put in its appearance, and each 
season it has come forward with im- 
provements that increased its popular- 
ity until the sales are nearing 40,0(X). 
For the coming season long legs have 
been added to make it more conveni- 
ent; also a moisture diffuser, which 
overcomes the question of how much 
artificial moisture should be supplied. 



A few minor changes have been made 
in the general construction, and with 
the above improvements, it is a most 
perfect little hatcher. Three sizes are 
offered for the coming season— , 50, 100 
and 200-egg capacity, and the prices 
are surprisingly low. 

Send at once to Geo. H. Stahl, Quin- 
cy, 111., for his beautifully illustrated 
Catalogue, which also contains a most 
interesting chart showing the "Devel- 
opment of the Chick" in natural colors, 
also 1() other colored views. Free if 
you mention Potii,TKY Investigator. 



them busy and feed a variety; make 
it a balanced ration, feed green food, 
animal food, grit and all such things 
as they get in a natural state. There 
are no hard and fast rules for feed- 
ing. One breed requires a somewhat 
different feed and management. If 
you want to get the prize bird, you 
must know your breed, know how to 
feed it to produce best results and 
know how to mate and manage. The 
secret is in knowing how. After you 
have raised him you have got to get 
him so that he will look the best in 
the show. If he does not carry him- 
self in the proper way, you need to 
train him to pose when desired to be 
judged, etc. 

J. W. SHEPARD. 



VALUE OP CLOVER FOR POULTRY 
Clover hay contains about twenty 
times as much lime as corn. This 
makes it a very valuable feed for 
poultry in fall or winter. It may be 
chopped in a feed cutter one-fourth 
of an inch long, placed in a pail, then 
pour hot water on and let it stand 
for one hour; then thicken or stir in 
shorts and corn meal and you have a 
splendid feed, a balanced ration, hard 
to beat, and you will find that the egg 



basket will soon be full, where there 
are none in it now. The second crop 
of clover is counted best, although 
the first is good. It ought to be cut 
before it is in bloom. Alfalfa is also 
equally as good, treated in like man- 
ner. Young oats that is cut before the 
head starts to grow, cut and nicely 
cured, is also good fed as above. 

L. P. HARRIS. 



MICHIGAN STATE SHOW. 
As the show season approaches it 
becomes apparent that there is going 
to be a general interest taken in the 
coming exhibition of the Michigan 
State Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock 
association to be held in Battle 
Creek, Mich., January 7-10, 1902. Thfe 
past two shows have been held at 
somewhat disadvantage on account of 
not knowing just how we would come 
out financially, but after holding two 
shows and paying every dollar earned 
in premiums and specials, this year 
we promise in addition to a good time 
to pay every dollar won at show. Ar- 
rangements will be made to accommo- 
date the large number of exhibitors 
and their birds in a manner both 
suitable and satisfactory. For fur- 
ther information address L. G. Nich- 
ols, secretary. Battle Creek, Mich. 



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Some time past the editor visited 
Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm and was 
surprised at the interest shown by the 
proprietor in thoroughbred poultry, 
the substantial way the houses and 
yards were built, the quality of the 
stock seen in the yards, the extent of 
the farm and the thorough manner in 
which it was kept. Cedar Lawn Poul- 
try Farm consists of ten acres devoted 
wholy to the breeding of Barred P. 
Rocks and White Wyandottes. The 
farm adjoins the city of Seward. This 
is Judge Norval's home, a sightly 
place in the north part of the city. It 
is a beautiful home with a beautiful 
yard full of trees and shrubbery. The 
one thing that struck me forcibly was 
the large roomy yards; the houses 
were all shingled, painted and plas- 
tered and built as good as many dwel- 
ling houses are. The best are none 
too good for the Judge, and his birds 
prove it in the show room. The "poul- 
try fever" has no respect of person 
and it got the best of T L. Norval, if 
he was Chief Justice of the Supreme 
Court of Nebraska, and we wish there 
were more like him. 



Killed By Lightning. 



We are sorry to chronicle, this 
month, the death by lightning of H. 
W. Belville of Hebron, Nebr. Mr. 
Belville was a breeder and exhibitor 
of B. P Rocks, He 'eaves a wife, 
Edith Belville, and two children, a 
girl two years old and a baby boy of 
two months, to mourn his loss. We 
extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. 
Belville in her bereavement In ■\ let- 
ter to Mr. M. M. Johnson of this place 
recently she stated that she had his 
business well straightened up, except 
the funeral expenses and expressed a 
wish that she had money to pay this 
expense. The editor is willing to help 
this worthy lady and wishes to know 
how many of the readers of the Invest- 
igator wiil send the editor what they 
can spare and not inconvenience them 
to help the lady out of this embarrass- 
ment. Any donation will be grea'ly 
appreciated and promptly forwarded 
to Mrs. Belville in due time. 

L. P. Harris, 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



The Clay Co. Poultry Association 
will hold their fifth annual show at 
Clay Center from December 10 to 13 in- 
clusive. This association is made up 
of real live, progressive, reliable 
breeders. Some of them have blue 
ribbons secured at some of the largest 
shows in the west. They are striving 
to make this, their fifth annual show, 
second to none in the state except the 
state show; have engaged two exper- 
ienced judges, and the awards will be 
made as promptly as possible. The 
association guarantees $200 in cash 
premiums, besides a long list of spec- 
ials headed with an incubator. The 
co-operation of the fanciers in adjoin- 
ing counties is desired If you cannot 
come, send your birds: we will care 
for them as our own. Send for prem- 
ium list and list of specials. 

B. H. DUNN, President, 

FLORA T. SHROYEK, Secretary. 



TKe Black Red G&me Banta.iT\. 

"A 'Bl.ick Red Game." do g.ize at me: 

Longest of leg-s have I." said he: 

"A body smalL 

A reach quite taU, 

Head like a snake, a briErht. keen eye, 

A close, hard plumage, and I trv 

Stylish to be in all my moves. 

And not to tread in time-worn grooves. 

Do I succeed? Well, don't they singr 

Prai-ses to me and crown me kingr? 

No other Bantams such prices bring. 

Nor can they ever while I'm in the ring.' 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



I Poviltry Chats ^ 



MRS 

C. A BLANCHARD 



If persons asking questions or 
prices of stock would write their 
name and address with a little more 
care, it would save much worry and 
their letters would go more direct. 
People become careless in signing 
their names and some of the letters 
are made very poor, so it is hard to 
make out the right name. 

All we can do is to copy as near as 
possible the same scrawl and trust 
to the letter going right. Now, for 
example, a letter has recently came to 
our desk in which the first name was 
either Ernie or Ernie, one can easily 
see what a difference it would make 
in the name not having the letters 
plain. However, in that case the last 
name and the name of the postofflce 
were written very nicely, so we hope 
our letter reached the right person. 

Again, il a few more words were 
used in describing the kind of stock 
wanted, we could answer with much 
more ease to ourselves and satisfac- 
tion to our customers. 

Many of our letters are something 
like this: "Please give me prices on 
White, P. Rocks. Yours respectfully." 
Most of those people have a good 
idea of what kind of a bird or birds 
they want and it would make it so 
much easier if they would only say 
what they want. 

Any one who understands poultry 
breeding knows that all the chicks 
raised will not develop into prize win- 
ters, while sometimes a good many 
of them will even come under the dis- 
qualified class. 

A couple of years ago there was a 
person who called round occasionally 
and talked poultry with our girl as 
she gave "biddies" their supper. In 
his wise judgment things were be- 
ing run on a very disreputable plan. 
If those chickens were pure bred as 
Mrs. Blanchard, or Ida, as he termed 
her, claimed they were, every comb 
should be straight, with just the de- 
sired number of cerations. Every leg 
should be just the right color, and if 
that cream on some of their backs 
was not the right thing, why was it 
there? It all went to show in his 
wise mind that things were not as 
they had ought to be, and people were 
"well, you know, to come right down 
to the plain truth, dishonest." Thank 
goodness he did not know anything 
about typical carriage, shape of back, 
wings, fluff or tail. When it came to 



poultry breeding he knew nothing, and 
was too wise to learn. What more 
could he learn about a chicken? He 
knew when they were baked, fried or 
boiled to perfection. Pure breed was 
no better on the table than any other 
kind, only if we were to call them 
pure bred he could not see why they 
were not all just as we wanted them. 
I think we all find such people, and 
we can only hope that the day will 
come when they are better educateu. 

Anyone who tries to know anything 
about poultry can easily understand 
that they must be priced according 
to quality, and in asking tor prices 
should state whether they want birds 
for show purposes, or just good breed- 
ing stock. 

In sending out anything under the 
nead of good breeding stock it should 
be considered dishonest to send any 
bird that would be disqualified. In 
our state poultry show room last win- 
ter we know of one cockerel being 
disqualified whose owner had paid ten 
dollars for him. 

The bird had come from the yards 
of an eastern breeder, who certainly 
knew better than to send such a bird 
out. There is no fair play about such 
work as that. If we are going to raise 
pure bred birds, even for the improve- 
ment of our farm poultry, one of the 
first things we should do is study up 
the disqualifying points. Learn to 
know which are our good birds and 
which are our poor ones; the poor 
ones can be used on the table and n(5t 
kept as breeders. Again, if we intend 
taking birds to a show room we should 
know what disqualifies and leave all 
such birds at home, no matter how 
good they are in other ways. 

I presume many of the older breed- 
ers will commence to read this article, 
and then throw it aside in disgust. 
But the time has not become so very 
dim in the distance when we had all 
this to learn ourselves, and we know 
there is always new members in our 
circle who are seeking after the same 
knowledge we have gained. 

A few words on preparing birds for 
the show room may be of use to some 
who are going to make entries for 
the first time. First, we should have 
our birds in good condition. The 
"Standard" reads "In all the breeds 
of fowls having weight clauses, ex- 
cept bantams, deduct two points per 
pound for any deficit from the stand- 



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ard weights, or in that proportion for 
any fractional part of a pound." So 
you see if a bird is one pound under 
weight and is cut two points on 
weight it is pretty hard for him to 
gain over one that is up in weight. 
Again the Standard says: "They 
should be exhibited in their natural 
condition." That does not mean that 
they should be dirty. It our birds 
are white they should be washed. It 
takes a good strong soap suds to cut 
the dirt from feathers and give them 
their natural whiteness. Then a good 
tub of rinse water and plenty of tow- 
els to wipe them as dry as possible. 
If there is no cold wind and you have 
a south corner that is sunny and 
warm, they can be put out of doors 
to dry; but most times the coops have 
to be brought in by the stove, or the 
birds would chill. Their feet and legs 
must be cleaned well. When they 
are dry comb wattles, earlobes and 
legs can be rubbed with sweet oil. It 
makes them smooth and clean, and is 
all right, for I once heard a judge 
make this remark to an exhibitor: "I 
could have given that bird a better 
score had you washed and oiled his 
legs. They are good but they are in 
such miserable condition." The ex- 
hibitor said, "Well, the book said they 
must be in their natural condition." 
The judge said, "When you go to 
church you wash your face and hands, 
so when we go to the show room we 
should wash our face and hands." 
MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
Friend, Neb. 



THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

You ask me to tell you how I came 
in the poultry business. It is short. I 
wanted a good table bird. I wanted 
a good egg-producer. I wanted a good 
rich, fine flavored egg for my own 
consumption. I wanted eggs in the 
winter when they were highest and 
best, so I selected the "L. B." and have 
worked for that purpose, and I have 
just what I wanted. I like the "L. B." 
They are to the chicken family what 
sugar and coffee is to the groceries, 
muslin and prints to the dry goods, 
the gold dollars to the financiers, etc. 

I have bred the "L. B." off and on 
since '76. I have had no failures for 
the reason that I commenced at the 
bottom of the ladder and went up step 
by step. Have never tried to over- 
come but one fault at one mating. 
Have never thought that I was smart 
enough to handle all of the different 
varieties, and have been contented 
with the breed I like best. 

C. E. BARNEY, 
Kearney, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




^ MOULTING TIME AND WINTER CARE OF FOWLS. ^ 



The moulting time is here for the 
fowls and will not be over for some 
time for the older hens or those who 
have almost worn themselves out in 
laying all summer, and if they are 
non-sitters, last winter also. 

So many poultry raisers, especially 
among the farmer's wives, do not 
seem to know this is really a critical 
time for the hen. Instead of coddling 
her up a little and stuffing her with 
nourishing food, she is let run around 
any old way to pick up her living. 
No wonder so many of our finest hens 
die during the fall months for no rea- 
son we can see. And yet there is rea- 
son enough. Weakened with laying 
and perhaps starving, herself to feed 
an August brood of chickens, she is 
in no condition to cope with the extra 
strain upon the blood to produce new 
feathers, unless we help her along 
with plenty of food. 

The moulting hen must not be left 
to struggle with the others for the 
moiety, often of grain thrown to them, 
if you expect to make a success of 



poultry raising. 

There is quite a difference In the 
way fowls moult. Some begin very 
early and merely shed a feather or 
two at a time, the new feathers com- 
ing in as soon as the others are 
dropped, the fowl is not weakened, 
and always is well covered, thus giv- 
ing rise to the idea that some fowls 
never moult. Again there are other 
fowls of the same breed that with 
little warning lose all or almost all of 
their feathers, remaining naked a long 
time. These are generally the older 
fowls, and the frosty nights and morn- 
ings will chill them to death if not 
well housed, as well as fed. 

The Rouen duck moults in a pecul- 
iar way. The male moults twice in 
the season. In the early summer he 
loses all of his gay feathers and 
comes out in a suit so near like the 
female that he is mistaken for her. 
But. later on, he moults again, and 
this time he gets back his gay clothes 
and pride. No other fowl that I know 
of does this way, although a few 



species of birds moult in this style. 

The time has come when the win- 
ter comfort of the fowls must be tak- 
en into consideration. Get rid of all 
the surplus young cokerels as well as 
the old ones. The young ones, for a 
real profit, should be or have been 
caponized. But so few of the numer- 
ous poultry raisers, the* farmer and 
his wife, have ever learned to capon- 
ize a fowl. And yet, it is not a dif- 
ficult task after one lesson or two. 
We never allow our young cockerels 
to go over four pounds in weight. To 
do so, is to merely get 10 or 15 cents 
for them. Too much of a loss. 

In separating those you would get 
rid of now and those to keep over, 
be sure to keep over your largest and 
finest two year old hens. No use to 
talk, but maturity, I find, counts in 
this line as in all other lines of life. 
Mark your oldest hens, so that you 
will know them next spring, save their 
eggs for hatching purposes and note 
if these are not the most fertile eggs 
as well as producing, upon a big av- 
erage, the hardiest chicks. 

Of course, if you are in the chicken 
business to succeed, you must proviae 
a warm, roomy chicken house, with a 
closed shed near by, into which they 
can run from the chicken house and 
get some exercise the coldest days, 
scratching in chaff or straw. And here 
should be ranged the dust boxes. Dry 
dust gathered from the road or any- 
where handy to get it should be kept 
in sacks or barrels near by. This is 
one of the necessary appliances for the 
hen's body. It is her bath and she is 
healthier for having it. If there are 
little children in the family, nothing 
would suit them better than filling 
these barrels or sacks by hauling the 
dust to them in the little wagon. 

All roosts should be scalded or sat- 
urated with coal oil, as you prefer; 




l!:irro>l I'lynuiuth Kock cockfrel. s^orc ')3'4, 
by Russfll. in lirsl prizt- pen al Nebraska state 
sliiiw. January. \'hn . Bred and owned by Judtfc 
T t,. Norval, Seward, Nebr. 



the floor well cleaned and, scalded 
and the walls whitewashed with very 
thick whitewash into which a little 
salt has been stirred. 

There are two reasons for this last, 
three in fact; the whitewash helps 
kill the mites, if any are lurking 
around; the chickens dearly love light 
and white quarters, and the thick 
whitewash will get flaky and the hens 
will greedily pick it from off the wall 
and thus get a good supply of lime 
for their egg shell formation. Many 
hens, even of the winter laying breeds, 
do not lay well in winter because not 
enough lime is kept for them to make 
the egg shells. Grit does not always 
contain enough lime for them. The 
main good that broken dishes, pound- 
ed fine, bring for them, is because 
dishes are formed from oolite, which 
is simply lime after all. 

If the chickens must produce eggs 
for the winter market, then a variety 
of food must be given them, warm, 
soft feeds and mashes as well as 
whole grain. I have known hens to 
lay eggs all winter upon a diet of 
snelled corn mainly, but it is not best 
for them, unless you intend selling 
many of them when the high spring 
prices set in, as corn makes them very 
fat, and some think diseases them, 
and it is my experience that it does 
to some extent. It is always a temp- 
tation to me to feed exclusively upon 
the whole grain, especially shelled 
corn, as it satisfies the fowls so well. 
They fill their craws and go off to not 
bother you for hours. But it is just 
the other way with soft or ground 
feeds; either they like it so well or 
it digests so soon, leaving them as 
hungry as ever, for they are always 
squalling after you when fed this last. 

Fowls do not drink much in winter, 
but it should be put where they can 
get at it at all times, and in very cold 
weather should be given luke warm. 
ANNA BELL. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
Poultry Experience 

By Mrs. lElIa. Dawson 




Barred P- Rock pullel, scored I3'i liy Russell, 
ill first prize pen. Nebraska state show, 19tH , 
Bred and owned hy Jndire T. L. Nerval, Sew- 
ard, Nebr. 



My experience with different varie- 
ties; Well, that would be a long 
story, as I have tended the chicken 
since a child of ten — at that time for 
mother or grandma — because I loved 
to watch them scratch and throw the 
litter over one another. You know 
at that time we had chickens and 
chickens of all shapes, color, and size; 
the great big Shanghi, as we called 
a gangling red mother used to have, 
the little dunghill, the beautiful Buff 
Cochin, stately Black Spanish and 
Malay, a half dozen little bantams, 
pets of the children; speckled hens, 
Domauecks, and every other color 
imaginable, all in one flock; the more 
kinds and colors the nicer they con- 
sidered their flocks. But how changed 
these times from the present. I have 
tried to have only one variety or 
kind and have that the best I could 
get, since I have had a home of my 
own. My first thoroughbreds were 
the dark Brahmas. We bought them 
when we went to housekeeping on 
the farm. Oh, such a time I had with 
those Brahmas. They would get in 
the barnyard and could not get them 
out, unless I lifted them over the 
fence or opened the horse lot gate 
and drove them through like sheep. 
The hogs just loved those Brahmas. 
As they would creep through the fence 
they would forget the place they got 
in at and the hogs would get after 
them. It makes me tired yet to think 
how I ran after those Brahmas, twen- 
ty-two years ago. I sold or killed 
them and said they were not the fowl 
the farmer wants. Then we got a 
flock of Partridge Cochins; then how 
the egg basket filled; what beautiful 
plumage. I said surely this is the 
kind I have long sought for; it is an 
ideal fowl for the farmer. I would 
have had descendants from that flock 
yet if we had not sold out in Illinois 
and came west. When I started here 
in Nebraska I bought the Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. That was thirteen 
years ago, and I have B. P. Rocks yet, 
but not the same, as I sell off the old 
stock every year; never keep them 
older than two years. I send every 
season to get new stock of some re- 
liable poultryman. I keep only the 
best for my own yard. 

The Barred Plymouth Rock is the 
farmer's bird; it is of good size, makes 
quick growth, good layers, good color, 
and the color is just suited to people 
that neglect cleaning the poultry 
house and sheds. The white fowls 
soon show how they are cared for. If 




I White Wyandotte pullet at Nebraska 
ihow, 1901; score 90, by Kussell. Bred 
vn^d by Judg-eT.L.Norval, Seward. Nebr. 



they are allowed to roost in or kept 
in dirty quarters they soon show ft 
by their plumage. 1 always admire 
a white bird of any size or shape if 
they are clean. I have had the Wyan- 
dottes, the Silver Laced and have a 
pen of white now. They are beautiful 
fowls. The best layers I ever owned 
was a pen of hens I had from a cross 
with Silver Laced Wyandotte hens 
and Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel. 
Those hens layed when all others 
were on strike. The Wyandottes make 
the best of mothers, so kind, and will 
mother all of the chicks on the place 
if they have a chance. There is al- 
most a tie between them and the 
Rocks as to which should have the 
banner. They are both as good as the 
best. Then we have our big pets, the 
Light Brahmas. I like them because 
they are so gentle, can pick them up 
aiywhere, and such nice large eggs, 
so nice in color, both shell and egg. 
They are surely worth having. 

Then there is the pen of shining 
B. Langshans. How pretty they look 
with their coal black eyes and shining 
green plumage; their big round white 
eggs look so nice when we have a 
basketful all together. I sometimes 
think I prefer one breed, then an- 
other, but I think the kind we have, 
if well cared for (I mean pure breed 
of the best all round fowl, the one 
best suited for the people and place) 
is the one to stand by; but I don't 
let them mix. If you have different 
varieties, have pens to keep them 
apart, shut the cracks up, give the 
hens range if you are through setting, 
and then there is no chance of getting 
them crossed with one another. 

Farmers should have all kinds they 
can handle. Turkeys have the range 
of stubble fields, the meadows, and 
ranges of so much farther from the 



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house than chickens that they utilize 
what would go to waste. Then the 
duck will wann the cabbage and not 
eat it if kept out until the head is 
formed. And do you know baked duck 
is very nice and a change from chick- 
en; so any fowl, well cared for, will 
more than pay for itself. 

MRS. ELLA DAWSON. 
Cozad, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



•HEN AND CHICKS." 



A Great Picture on a Great Book 
About a Great Machine. 

We reproduce in hali-tone herewith 
an oil painting which many competeni 
judges pronounce tue greatest poultry 
painting wnich has appeared in the 
past decade. It is Mr. Ben Austrian's 
?2,500 "Hen and Chicks ' picture, se- 
cured by Humphrey & Sons for re- 
production on the cover of their new 
bone cutter catalogue. Tuis picture, 
when exhibited in the east, attracted 
universal attention, and is now on 
the way to Berlin, where it will be 
shown this winter in the German ex- 
hibitions. Humphrey & Sons may 
well consider themselves extremely 
fortunate in securing so valuable ana 
so attractive a painting for their book. 
It is reproduced iu the exact colors of 
the original and is a fitting setting tor 
an extremely interesting catalogue. 

Like the Humphrey book of last 
year, it contains in addition to much 
valuable matter on the care and treat- 
ment of fowls, for money-bringing re- 
sults, a set of blanks for keeping a 
record for a year of every transaction 
in the poultry yard. Of course con- 
siderable space is devoted to the open 
hopper Green Bone and Vegetable Cut- 
ter, the machine which in so short a 
time has leaped to such great popu- 
larity among poultry keepers all over 
the country. We attribute the suc- 
cess of the Humphrey largely to its 
extreme simplicity. It has practically 
only three working parts — the cutter 
head, which carries the knives; the 
pivot wing, which holds the bone in 
position, and the open hopper, in 
which the bone is placed for cutting. 
This hopper is really an "open hop- 
per" (a term originated by Mr. Hum- 
phrey). There are no partitions nor 
screws nor apartments in it; conse- 
quently you don't have to chop the 
bone into little pieces before you be- 
gin cutting. The machine is ready to 
cut when you are ready, and as the 
operator controls the feed, she can 
cut as fast or as slow as she likes. 
We say "she" because the Humphrey 
turns so easily that in a majority of 
cases It Is used by the women of the 
family. It is backed by a guarantee 




to cut more bone in better condition, 
in less time and with less labor, than 
any other bone cutter, or the pur- 
chaser's money is refunded. Isn't that 
a fair proposition? 

We know that every one will be in- 
terested in this catalogue, and we 
know it means money if you buy a 
Humphrey. Send for the book. Ad- 
dress Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. 



Editor Poultry Investigator: 

You have asked me to give you an 
article on the poultry industry here 
in Arizona. Let me preface my ar- 
ticle with a description of the coun- 
try. 

To most people Arizona is a barren 
desert, and most of it is so, but she 
has valleys that are fertile and rank 
with that of the Nile, such as the 
Salt River valley, on which Phoenix 
is situated. We have a grand climate, 
and a fine, pure air. Stock is grown 
in large numbers, and is an important 
industry. The poultry industry is not 
to be despised. There is much chance 
for growth, as we can't produce 
enough to glut the market. We have 
within one hundred miles or so, min- 
ing camps calling for our surplus. In 
winter, Phoenix has thousands of in- 
valids, enjoying a healthful climate 
here, and the hotels pay large prices 
for fresh eggs and poultry. Fat hens 
sold for a dollar, dressed, and few to 
be had. Eggs sold from 15 to 40 cents 
per dozen. We hatch the chicks from 
January to April, inclusive, to get our 
stock pretty well grown by the hot 
weather of July. Some hatch in Sep- 



tember and October. I have never 
' done so, but eggs naturally hatch well 
' in those months; shall try it in the 
fall, myself. We have roup to look 
I out for; it is very bad in this country, 
and I know of several who have lost 
' hundreds. Lice are always in evi- 
dence, and must be fought hard. And 
1 since coming to this place a year ago 
I have had a hard battle with the 
I great black ticks. I have fought them 
I hard and am not yet a conqueror, but 
have them on the run. I have never 
lost birds from them. These things 
are, of course, to a great extent, un- 
der the control of the poultrymen, 
hence hens are kept under favorable 
conditions and do well. Broilers 
bring good prices, 40 to 60 cents 
each. There is a good opening in this 
line. We have several large egg 
ranches here and there is a good mar- 
ket and plenty more room for the 
poultry raiser. 

Let me say one word to you who 
have good birds to sell. Cultivate the 
trade of the valleys of Arizona. We 
want good stock and already have too 
many mongrels. 

W. W. GERARD. 
Mesa, Arizona. 



If you watit .... 

Belg:ian Hares 

Call oil or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or :>(io:! Clark, Ave., St. Luui.s, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



Profit in Duck R^aising 

Mr. Editor: — I thought perhaps my 
experience in ducli raising might help 
some hesitating one to make a start 
in the right direction, so I will jot it 
down. I am a strong believer in small 
beginnings, for I think we should 
learn as we go, and we have more 
time to study the wants and peculi- 
arities of our fowls with few than 
many. You know vessels large may 
venture more, etc. When I decided to 
raise ducks I had very little capilal 
but much determination, and being a 
poor lone widdow, with one husband 
and seven small children to work for, 
there didn't seem very bright pros- 
pects of a surplus, but fortune favois 
the courageous, so finally it favored 
me. I had the opportunity of picking 
strawberries for one cent a quart and 
so earned $2.00 to buy a sitting of 
eggs. Now if any one thinks it is 
fun picking strawberries with the 
temperature 100 degrees in the shade, 
they are welcome to the delusion. 
Well I bought the eggs of a breeder ol 
prize winning Pekin ducks. When the 
eggs arrived I let them stand thirty- 
six hours and then tucked them into 
a nice clean nest of oat straw, nicely 
sprinkled with a powder which I 
make by mixing one pint of crude 
carbolic acid Into one peck of road 
dust. I cleaned a box of sufficient size 
by washing all corners and crevices 
with a strong solution of oxalic acid 
and then put a shovel full of clean 
earth in the bottom under the straw; 
then dust biddie well with the powder 
and set her with care on the eggs. 
I have a room for sitting hens alone 
and keep a good dust bath, plenty of 
gravel and water before them and 
leave them at liberty to come off 
when they please. But they cannot 
leave the room, so I have no trouble 
with chilled eggs. Well, in due time, 
nine lovely, lively "boxers" came 
hatching out and I raised eight of 
them, one being carried away by a 
disreputable hawk. I fed the ducks 
ground corn and oats, beef scraps and 
sour milk, cheese mixed with coarse 
sand and gave them all the water they 
want to drink, but none to swim in. 
I have often read that ducks have no 
crops, but mine are not built that 
way; mine have both crops and giz- 
zards, and when dressing them I find 
small stones in their gizzards that I 
never gave them, thus doing away 
with the theory so often advanced 
that a duck don't know enough to 
hunt such things and will surely die 
unless it be fed to it. Well, those 
ducks grew and waxed strong, and be- 
ing two ducks and six drakes, I kept 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23 

Factory and Home Offices of tKe Cyphers 
Inc\iba.tor Corrvpa.ny. 




On October 1 the factory and home 
offices of the Cyphers Incubator Com- 
pany were removed from Wayland, N. 
Y.,to Buffalo, N. Y., where the com- 
pany now has ample space and every 
modern facility for manufacturing 
their popular line of goods and con- 
ducting a large business. The new 
factory and home offices are located at 
the Corner of Court and Wilkeson Sts., 
within half a mile of the city hall. The 
Buft'olo Belt Line and Erie Canal par- 
allel their ware house and shipping 
rooms on opposite sides. Their lum- 
ber is brought from the Michigan, 
Wisconsin and Canadian saw mills di- 
rect to the factory by boat, thus plac- 
ing them in a position to buy the prin- 
cipal material used in their product at 
the lowest market prices. In this new 
location they have unlimited power 
and their equipment of machinery lias 
been added to until their plant is a 
model one. Herewith is shown a view 
of the building now occupied by this 
company. 

Buffalo is aij ideal location for the 



manufacture of incubators, brooders 
and other poultry appliances. This 
city has unexcelled shipping facilites 
both by rail and by waterr Bufialo'is 
the natural gate way between the East 
and the West, as much so as though an 
arch were built and people traveling 
east and west passed through it. The 
Southwest and Southeast are reached 
from Buffalo by direct trunk lines, 
while across Lake Erie and Lake On- 
tario lies the garden spot of Canada. 
Buffalo is the principal eastern lumber 
market and one of the leading wood- 
working cities of the Union. Skilled 
labor is available in all departments. 

The progress made by the Cyphers 
Company has been rapid, and it is be- 
lieved that this removal to Buffalo will 
prove highly beneficial to the company 
and its many customers. With its fac- 
tory and home offices at Buffalo and 
branch offices and salesrooms at New 
York City, Boston and Chicago, the 
Cyphers Company is in position to fill 
all orders entrusted to it at an import- 
ant saving to customers in both time 
and money. 



a trio of the best ones for the next 
season's breeders; sold four for one 
dollar apiece and roasted one. I then 
had my eggs more than paid for and 
had a trio of fine breeders besides. 
The next season those two ducks be- 
gan laying in March and laid two 
eggs every morning until the middle 
of July. I raised eighty young ducks, 
sold eleven at ten weeks' old for $g^75, 
the hawks got one of them, the hogs 
eat some, but I still have a nice flock 
and have roasted a number; and let 
me say if you want something fine, try 
a duck roast, sisters. I have feathers 
enough for two large pillows from one 
season's picking of young ducks. I 
read an article lately where a lady 
was counting the profits of a flock 
of ducks and she estimated a pair of 



Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
CLARKSVIHB, : : : : MISSOURI. 




$ Poaltry Investigator { 

^3j4 Is edited by a practical poul- j 
; trymau of 30 years experi- , 
ience and is full of plain,! 
t common sense articles by; 
'those that breed poultry and ) 
) work instead of theorizing. ( 
:It is just what you want.; 
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try and we will send you the . 
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VH 



Standard of Perfection 

Revised Edition, 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

The Standard of Perfection 

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Address, 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 



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POILTRYMEN IZ, ^'"'.7, 

unless PpiWTpn neatly. I do it 
it is inll'l 1 LV well and use good 
cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



B\iff 



ORPINGTONS 
LEGHORNS 

a.nd Brown Leghorns 

YuuuKorold stock, first class birds cheap. 
Hundreds to selen from. EgKs all the time. 
M.& F. f-TKKMAN. 

B.\ 178. Hinsdale. 111. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANOOTTES. R 
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultxy 
Judse. Fort Huron, Michigan'. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

pillows at at least $5. I thought, My, 
wnat large pillows she must make! 
Anyhow I am satisfied it pays to raise 
ducks and am in hopes to soon own 
an incubator and go it on a much 
larger scale. And, sisters, if you have 
a growing desire to try duck culture, 
don't quelch it, but take my advice 
and go in and win. Ducks are great 
big eaters. I believe for that reason 
they should have a free range, though 
they are easily confined, as three feet 
of poultry netting .s all sufficient for 
their yards. But don't attempt to keep 
them in the vegetable garden; if you 
do you will surely be 
Like the young lady of Nigre, 
Who went out for a ride with a tiger; 
They returned from the ride 
With the lady inside 
But a smile on the face of that tiger. 

Ducks are very fond of "garden 
sass." I Imow of no fowl easier to 
raise. I have never lost one from 
sickness. MATTIE MATTHEWS. 

Morning Sun, Iowa. 




Mating BaLrred Plymouth Rocks 



To produce both sexes of "Stand- 
ard" color from the same mating has 
been the study of thousands of breed- 
ers for over thirty years. That some 
fine specimens have been produced by 
the "single mating" system, is true, 
but undoubtedly more than 90 per 
cent of the winning Barred Plymouth 
Rocks in the country have been the 
product of the special mating sys- 
tem, which is unquestionably the sur- 
est, quickest and safest method that 
the tyro can employ to secure the 
highest scoring specimens of the 
breed. To produce standard coIoretJ 
females, use in the breeding pen only 
females of the highest type of the 
color and form with the qualities de- 
sired in the female progeny, or in 
other words, the very highest scoring 
specimens. To these lemales, mate a 
male of medium light color (not a 
washed out, barrless bird) and evenly 
barred all over, including wings and 
tail, and rt possible one whose dam 
and sire's dam were of the same high 
form and color desirded in the female 
progeny. He should have a deep, 
full breast, broad concave back, small, 
wW serrated comb, orange yellow 
legs; all important and desirable qual- 
ities in his produce. From such a mat- 
ing you can depend on 95 per cent of 
first class breeding and exhibition fe- 
males. The males from this mating 
will be of about the same color as 
their sire, not exhibition birds, but 
useful for breeding choice females the 
following season. Pullets of even 
color all over, and distinctly "barred 



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Notice— We do not send samples of 
other papers. 



Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 

C. W. Leghorns, White 

Wyandottes. 

Stock from high scoring- birds and 
winners wherever shown. Prices right 
Send your wants. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 



Notice! >- 

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
for any kind of standard bred poultry. 

W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 

Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh 
from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, »3.50 
each. My stock is as good as the best. 

J. P. Schroeder, '"''i,2Sr^%M^. 

It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dog. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 



You Can Buy Eggs 

From my Prize Winning White Wy- 
andottes balance of this season at SI. SO 
per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. 

GRANT MOTT 
Box A-2!». Austin. Minn- 



My Buff Rocks 

—"^^^^ 

Won at Madison Square Garden this 
season; at Boston and other great 
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
record. 

MILES H. LOUER, 
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 

Dogs! : : : Dogs! 

I have a litter of fine Pups from a 
large Bitch, W St. Bernard and yz New- 
foundland, bred to a great Dane. 

These pups make the best of watch 
dogs for farm or poultry plant. Male 
pups $5 each. D. W." GR.ANT, 

Almena, Kans. 



Now Ready..^*- 

Young stock for sale at the Golden 
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
tion of stock. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMONT, WIS. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

arrow parallel lines of a dark 
b at stop short of a positive 

bh.^K," is khat we desire, and with 
judicious and careful selection in the 
breeding stock it is not difficult to get 
the rich blue barred pullets that at- 
tract the eye and win the blue rib- 
bon. 

To produce the medium dark blue 
males called for in the standard, put 
at the head of the breeding pen the 
very finest exhibition male that you 
can afford to buy, of standard color, 
evenly serrated comb, broad, concave 
back; full, deep breast; small, spread- 
ing tale; orange yellow legs, bright 
bay eye, and evenly barred all over, 
and to the skin. Do not use a male 
with any serious defect, even if he 
scores high. With this male, mate fe- 
males of the same line of breeding 
as himself; females whose sire and 
dam's sire were high scoring, standard 
colored birds. These females should 
be medium dark in color, not smutty, 
but evenly barred all over and to the 
skin, with good form and legs. From 
such a mating you can produce about 
90 per cent finely colored males, suit- 
able for breeding and exhibition. The 
females will be too dark for exhibi- 
tion, but useful the following season 
for breeding choice males. 

When you start, buy the best to be 
had; if you can't afford to buy the 
best stock, buy some eggs from the 
best. Do not expect to breed prize 
winners from cheap stock. You sim- 
ply cannot do it. It requires skill and 
study to produce prize winners, and 
life is too short to breed them up 
from poorly bred stock. 

Yours for more and better Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. J. E. HAGE. 

Goldsboro, N. C. 



25 



DEACON'S WARNING. 

If ven't provided a place where 

your ill be warm and comfortable 

next \ we think the following 

"poem, ./hich we find in an exchange, 
will point a moral: 
"I dreamed I was a chicken." 

Saidi good old Deacon Black, 
"With a comb upon my head 

And feathers on my back. 
"I thought I was roostin' 

In the top of an oak tree. 
My comb wuz as hard as a brick 

And I could hardly see. 
"The cold north wind went whistling by 

As I gripped an icy limb. 
And the farmer said, as he passed by, 

'Fresh air is good fur him.' 
"I flew down in the morning 

And was searching fur something to 
eat. 
The farmer said, 'He's a rustler, 

But I think he'll lose his feet!" 
"I done without my breakfast— 

Didn't get a bit that day; 
'My chuckuns are eatin' their heads oft,' 

I heard the farmer say. 
"I peeped into a hoss trough. 

The corn looked good and sweet, 
But they pelted me with cobs and stones 

And hastened to retreat. 
"Then I woke up and you bet 1 was glad 

To find it was a dream. 
And now I've got me a new hen house^- 

The result of that 'ar dream." 



For Sale.. 



High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol- 
lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies, 
Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers, 
Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits, 
Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts, 
Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in- 
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White 
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, 
Rouen Ducks. Write for price list. 

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb. 

Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
ord this Winter. 

He will make some of the boys smile, 
and girls too. His stock has always 
won wherever sliown. 

B. P. R a^nd Buff Orpingtons. 

I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10. and one pair 
$12. Have been booking orders for 
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 



EGG FOOD.. 
Make It Yourself. 

Eggs are high at this time of year. 
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
cipe for making the best egg food 
known. Easil3' and quickly made. Re- 
cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice, 
15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow- 
der, best on earth. liO. The :{ for $1.00. 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J. 



Buff Cochins. ^ 
Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorhs 

My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank nitch- 
oocii and have won for two years in the show 
room. Prices ri':ison!ible. Write your wants. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, imperial, Nebraska. 



Barred Plymouth 

IJ /^ /-« 1 7- o 1 Some fine Cockerel s\ 
KOCKS. I ..FOB SALE.. I 



Scotch Collie Pups 

Pure bred, (nilddust --i i ain, eligabje to reg- 
ister. From inipoiii-d Hi-n.-li Winning Stock. 

H. R. McLean, 

Red Oak, : : : : : Iowa. 



We Sell.. 

Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure. Absolute sure 
cure: price .50c and $1.00. 
Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
era Cure, a preventation 
for all diseases; price 50 
cents and SI. 00. 

Hall's Egg Model 

an absolute necessity in 
operating incubators. 
Price .""lOc. Address, 

Poultry Investigator, 

Clay Center, Neb. 




26 

Hints orv Raising T\irkeys 

Dear Editor: People ask me If I 
think it pays to raise turkeys and 
would I advise them to try raising 
them, to which I reply it pays me to 
raise them, but whether it would pay 
them depends on whether it would 
or not. When I began turkey culture 
I decided to raise turkeys and I raised 
them. Had I listened to "advice," I 
would never have undertaken the busi- 
ness. Why, the theory was advanced 
that turkeys were "unraisable," that 
in fact there was nothing a turkey 
enjoyed so much as death. But by 
being something of a reasonable being, 
I wondered why a well-bred, thrifty 
turkey in its right mind and pleasantly 
situated, surrounded as it were with 
the comforts of life should court death, 
and I made up my mind there was a 
screw loose somewhere. We often 
hear of some persons' turkeys dying 
with cholera, when if you visit their 
yards you will find them cooped up 
in a filthy run with a "borrowed" hen, 
inhabited with a million lice and mites 
to the inch, depending of course on 
the number you allow to the million. 
I say borrowed hen because no other 
breed has lice, not on paper at least. 
Well that poor old hen looks as though 
she thought "life am not worf de 
libbin' fur," and the turkeys look pale 
and poor, with wings drooping, etc. 
You may suggest the possibility of 
their being lousy, when their owner 
will rise up in his or her dignity and 
inform you that they have no lice 
about their poultry; they did have a 
few years back but they cleaned their 
poultry house once and there has 
never been lice about since, so they 
continue to dope and the turkeys con- 
tinue to die with lice cholera. And 
their owner will proclaim that it don't 
pay to bother with turkeys; you can't 
raise them; they will just lay down 
and die anyhow. 

While my experience has been so 
very flattering, still I am led to believe 
there is a good profit for time and 
money expended in raising thoroiugh- 
bred turkeys. My beginning in turkeys 
was small. I first bought a sitting 
of eggs from which three turkeys 
hatched, two of which met an untime- 
ly death by being stepped on; the 
other one lived and obtained a fine 
form and plumage. As it was a hen 
and a fine one, I sent to a reliable 
breeder for a %5 torn and I then had a 
pair of Mammoth Bronze at a cost of 
$7.05. The first season I raised thir- 
teen turkeys, the majority of them be- 
ing toms, and selling for two or three 
dollars, netted me a neat little sum. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Well, I figured if one turkey hen will 
laise thuieeu youug turkeys, lour 
Lurkey hens wul raise lour times th»r- 
iten turkeys or fiuy-lwo turkeys. Now 
Luat sieems uead easy. So it is — uu 
paper. 1 kept four hens and raiseu 
just thirteen turkeys. \ou see 1 made 
ine latal mistake of maiing my young 
uens with my forty pound torn; so 1 
lUiseu no Lurkeys iiom uiy youug 
uens. it was a uear icsson, uul l 
learned it well. 1 will never repeat 
il; It will not uo, i care nut now laige 
iiie young puliets are, he win crusn 
and oruise them until their eggs wi.l 
ue intertile. 

1 lind a good teed lor young tuikeys 
IS grouuu corn and oats mixed and 
wet with sweet milk or mixed with 
aour milk auu soda anu baked, boileu 
eggs crusued with shell and mixeu 
wiin wheat bread, sour milk cheese 
v>'iLn ail tne coarse sand and broken 
crockery they will eat, and about 
twice a week ground green bone. Wuen 
they are two weeks old ihey will ao 
10 search lor their own feed and they 
will CO It, too, "asking no odds ot nu- 
uody." 1 believe they grow faster and 
laiger auu neaiinier wueu auoweu to 
louow their own sweet wills and seek 
their bugs where they will, though 
mine con t wander far. 1 keep tuem 
tame and gentle by treating them 
Kinuly and not allowing them to be 
irightened or chased. They will eat 
irom my hand and answer when 1 
call, 11 they are in hearing distance, 
rfome people seem to think the correct 
way to tame turkeys is with a dog 
and gun, but 1 know there is no lowl 
easier won by Kindness than they are. 
1 have no trouble with my tuikey 
nens stealing their nests; it pays me 
to keep them tame and have them lay 
in nests 1 prepare for them, rather 
than chase and frighten them away 
and then spend "golden hours" hunt- 
ing their nests. Verily, I say, treat 
your turkeys with kindness and they 
will reward you greatly. 1 am not 
endeavoring to instruct any but be- 
ginners. 1 have learned something, 
Uut not everything. Why, what 1 
don't know would make quite a large 
volue. I would raise none but 
thoroughbred Bronze, even if I 
raised them for market. It costs 
no more to raise a large turkey 
than it does to raise a small one. I 
cant understand why so many will 
persist in raising the measly old mon- 
grels unless they figure like the mer- 
chant who claimed to be selling goods 
below cost, on being asked how he 
could afford to do it said he could by 
selling so much more. 

MATTIE MATTHEWS. 
Morning Sun, Iowa. 




Chick Feed 

Extra Quality 

We are putting up the best dry teed on the 
market to-day. It is esperially prepared for 
the rearing of young chicks from the time 
they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. 

We want reliable agents In all parts of the 
United States. The feed Is all right and 
when once tried is always used. "Sample by 
mail 4c. Circulars free. 

STEINMESCH & Co., 
St. Louis, Mo 

Reference: Editor tliis paptT. 



UWiiy Po ult ry Farm 

Are you looking- for something- fine 
in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White 
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
so Games and Leghorns. 

H S. FULTON &CO, 

Lock Box 24 StewartstowB, Pa. 



High Scoring Peti of 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

One Cockerel, score %H. weight 9 lbs.; two 
pullet.s, scores", weight 7 lbs.; three pullets, 
si-ore Sll)9i. weight li'/i lbs.; four pullets, score 
UtiM. weighted. 7. 7. 7 lbs.: two pullets, score 
%. weight li'^, 7 pounds. 

Eggs from the ab< ve pen. %'i 1 per 15. Oth- 
er breeding stock for sale. .lodge J. W. Wall 
■ ays. thU is ihe best lot of White Plymouth 
Kncks he bus scored this year. 

REUBEN HIATT, Lees Sututnit, Mo. 



MAMMOTH STRAIN 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 

... as bred by . . . . 

H. T. RODGERS. Cainsville, Mo. 

Are great prize 

witmcrs again 

At the recent Cainsville. .Mo .Show, against 
birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
other large shows, we inacic a rPniarkable 
record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN 
is as good a* the best. 

1st on Cock. 1st on Hen. 1st, 2d and 3d on 
Pullets, Cockerels and pen.s: also every 
special inrlnding the grand prize over all. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Our stock Is first cla.'.s. We have some year- 
ling stock and young stock tor sale. Prices 
reasonable. 

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr. 



A. J. WILLIAMS, 

. . . Breeder of . . . . 

Silver fit Golden Sebright, 
White «t Buff Pekin, B. B, Red 
Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 

Write for Prices. 

CLAY CENTER, NEB. 



X I 

I Glen Raven Egg Farm Notes. } 

(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
Two copies of this new-born paper 
have been read by me. I have given 
it special attention, from the fact that 
its originators are good friends of 
mine. I lilve the cut of it, also the 
tone. It is of good size and fine ap- 
pearance, being in its babyhood as it 
is, but we must "never despise the 
day of small things." We were all 
small at one time. 

I was very small in the chicken busi- 
ness once. Am not full gi-own yet. 
But I am doing something every day 
to build up. Also learning something 
each day all along the line. I am not 
in the business for glory's sake. I am 
in it to earn my bread and butter. 
My fowls are all fancy. My houses 
are built after the best plans known 
to me to be the most servicealbe in 
all seasons after seventeen years prac- 
tice with keeping fowls for profit. I 
have built up three plans before this 
one. Used all kinds of houses from a 
straw pile to a stone and concrete 
house, the latter are what I have now. 
My winter house for laying stock is 
10x74 feet, solid concrete. The rooms, 
six of them 10x10 and one 10x14 feet. 
Some of the partitions are made tight 
from ground to roof, others are made 
tight above the heads of fighting 
•cocks, and wire the balance of the way 
up. The doors are made the same as 
these last named partitions, with good 
latches that will not allow them to 
come open. There is no hallway in 
this house, and some of the partitions 
are made tight from floor to ceiling 
to prevent a draught 'through the 
house. The roosting perches (three 
to each room), eight feet long, rest on 
trucks so that all can be taken down 
and out on short notice. In fact, all 
the fixtures in this house are movable, 
as all such in chicken houses should 
be. The house, of course, faces south. 
There are wire runs to each room in 
front, 10x20 feet, a windbreak of solid 
plank 8x20 feet is at the west end of 
the yards, with a solid door through 
it next to the house. All the parti- 
tions to these yards and around the 
outside of the yards are ttoe same as 
those in the house two anu one-half 
feet solid and four feet wire, making 
the yard fences six and one-half feet 
high. The house is eight feet high in 
front by four feet at back. 

The gates and yards are made of 
lath frames, covered with wire net- 
ting. They are solid at the bottom, 
but made of light material, as they 
slide on wires at the top, instead of 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

being hung on hinges. They are eas- 
ily opened by the attendant and never 
blow open by the wind. 

Each of the rooms 10x10 and yards 
10x20 feet will accommodate twenty- 
four hens and one cock during the 
winter season, and can be made to 
lay to be profitable. 

The eggs hatch to my satisfaction. 
I had a hen to hatch eleven chickens 
from thirteen eggs in February in one 
of these rooms, and the mercury 29 
below zero, and there was one chick 
died in the shell. 

Eggs were laid, set and hatched in 
the same house in midwinter. My 
old breeding stock are mated the whole 
year. I am putting in this nouse now 
(November 1st) 100 Brown L.eghorn 
pullets hatched from January 1st to 
May 21st, and four two-year-old cocks. 
Most of the eggs from this mating 
will be set in incubators about Decem- 
ber 10th, and from that time on every 
three weeks until the last of May. I 
find these early hatched chicks pay 
me well for my time. I usually have 
more time to devote to mothering or- 
phan chicks in winter than any other 
season. One thing I learned well be- 
fore I Invested in an incubator was 
to raise the chicks without a hen. 
Right here is the stumbling block with 
most purchasers of machines. They 
get out the chicks all right and then 
fail to raise them. When I get to 
that part of my business I will tell 
how it is done. E. W. GEER. 

Farmington, Missouri. 



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Buff P. Rocks. 

Motto:— "Good stock at moderate 
price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15. 
W. D. SWAIN, Pattora, la. 



Single Co mb Brown Leghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. Rlckards, 

SOUTH • OGDEN - POULTRY • YARDS, 

Ogdea, Utah. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality and Quantity. 

Farm raised prize winning- stock, 
cheap for quality. If you want Rocks 
write us. 
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



^^^'^^''VS'XS'X^'VSi'VSi'VS'^S'^ 



Bnff Orpingtons 

AND 

White Wyandottes 



W I never have failed to win in 

ffi largest shows. Birds score from 

$ 90to95>^. 

I C ROCKHILL, 

^ Harvard, Nebraska. 



Mammoth Light Brahmas 

M. B TURKEYS 

Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms 
$3 each after Nov. 1st. 

E. W. MATBENY, Clay Center, Nebr. 



Biiff ilrpiiigtoiisj 

^The Coming Breed. 

W. H. BUSHEIL, Importer and Breeder. 

DAVID CITY, : : : nkbk.\ska. 



Winnings at the Nebra.ska State Fair, 
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
Every bird a prize winner. Also win- 
ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
Poultry Show four first premiums. 
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 




Shaves the Bone. 



The 



ADAM^KCVTTER 



prepares the bone in the best possible way for the 

I chick or fowl. Works on the shear principle — no 

splinters or pieces. Ball Biarins— runs easily. Cleans 

itself— you cannot choke it. Large Capacity — feeds 

at will of operator. Strongly made. Write for 

illustrated catalogue No. 6 

We send it free. 

W. J. ADAM, JOLIET. ILL. 



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28 

Selectirvg Birds for the 
Breeding Pen 5^5 

By M&ttie Webster 



Our veteran breeders have selected 
their breeding birds for the season so 
near at hand, and are even now work- 
ing and planning for the flock of 
chicks that are to be hatched in the 
dawning of the new year. These old- 
time breeders do not need hints and 
suggestions to enable them to wisely 
make up their breeding pens; experi- 
ence and acquired poultry wisdom 
have made them "sufficient unto them- 
selves." But there are others not so 
long time "in the way," and also be- 
ginners who are ready to select the 
birds that are to compose their breed- 
ing pens, who will appreciate a few 
suggestions on the subject, so it is to 
this class I write. 

As everything — the whole year's 
success or failure — depends upon the 
fowls in the breeding pens, should it 
not be a work requiring one's most 
careful and critical attention in mak- 
ing selections? Our breeding birds are 
the foundation and the young stock 
that will later fill our yards the super- 
structure, and we all know how very 
important it is to have a good founda- 
tion upon which to build, even in poul- 
try culture. We are all working for 
and coveting success in poultry rais- 
ing. Then, as the fowls in the breed- 
ing pen are the prime factors in this 
problem we are striving to solve, we 
shoul subject them, each and every- 
one to such a critical examination, 
making the test so trying thai it will 
be the few and not the many that 
will prove eligible to such an exalted 
place. The following are a few ques- 
tions that should be found in the list 
of examination questions, according to 
my opinion and the light I have on the 
work: 

First: Is the fowl under considera- 
tion in perfect health now, as proved 
by red comb, bright eyes, good appe- 
tite and active movements, and has 
she always been healthy from chick- 
hood up. 

Second: It the applicant for posi- 
tion in breeding pen has answered the 
first question satisfactory, we ask an- 
other question similar to it — is she in- 
dustrious and alert, or lazy and sloth- 
ful? The busy, active hen or pullet is 
the profitable breeder; her very energy 
promises eggs in goodly number for 
hatching and she will keep her prom- 
ise faithfully if we make right condi- 
tions for the fulfillment of it. 

Now we are ready for propounding 
questions the answering of which will 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

be much accelerated by a careful com- 
parison of bird with our "Standard jf 
Perfection." We have demanded that 
Mrs. Biddy be healthy and energetic: 
now, we demand that she possess as 
nearly as possible qualities of excel- 
lence as described, as belonging to our 
especial breed or variety in the above 
mentioned book. 

Third question: Is there anything 
in plumage, comb, wattles, shape — 
shape should have been mentioned 
first — legs or any other part that ac- 
cording to our "adviser" is a disqual- 
ification? If so, she is ineligible to a 
place in the breeding pen. Each hen 
or pullet must be separately and criti- 
cally examined, and perhaps more 
than once, if one is to make sure to 
have only the best, and those best of 
undisputable excellence in this pen 
that is to decide the qualities and char- 
acteristics of the season's flocks. 
Rather have only three or four hens or 
pullets for breeders in the best pen 
than, in order to make the number de- 
sired, allow others of inferior points to 
be admitted. Now, having a fine pen 
of females, we know it is to our in- 
terest and profit to select a "head" 
for the pen that will be worthy of the 
honor. If the pen is of pullets, better 
results will be obtained if a cock bird 
is selected as "lord of the harem." I 
prefer the sire of the pullets if he can 
answer all our requirements of the 
head of our pen. He must be now, 
and always have been healthy, vigor- 
ous, energetic and well able to defend 
his rights against other trespassing 
birds. I do not like to have a battle 
between my males, but I have always 
noticed that the "always conquerer 
was the always good breeder." With 
hens mate a young male whose breed- 
ing is known, and whose qualifications 
are such that we will be pleased to 
see them reproduced in the offspring. 
If it is necessary to purchase a male 
to head the pen, do not decide hastily 
of whom you will purchase; consider 
the question of "where to send" well, 



F. A. CROWELL, 
Granger, : : : Minnesota. 

Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
tion Buft' (Jrping'tons yet for sale, also 
Indian Kunner Ducks at $5 a trio. 
Circular free. 



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B&DdMcnalT Ul««tntod. i tmnuymm padtt. 



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lOW^A PO0IiTB^ OO, 
Box •• rmili'iiB Dm IColBM la 



MAMMOTH BRONZE 
TURKEYS.^-^ 

That score from 94 to 97 X; Barred 
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buif Co- 
chins, score from 87 to 93 J^"; Pekin 
Ducks that have won hundreds of 
premiums, have been sold to all 
parts of America and Europe. 
Chester White Swine 

Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, iu. 

Silver Lace Wyandottes 
White Wyandottes : : : 

^^^ . Buff Leghorns 

Pekin Ducks... 

All first class stock. Prices reason- 
able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 

They Are Going . . . 



Prize winners and reliable breeders at 
half price to make room. 



Partridge Cochins, B. B. R. 

Game Bantams, Buff 

Plymouth Rocks. 

Send for Catalogue 

L A- NOFTZGER, 
Oaklyn Place. N. IHaucliester, lud. 



Olentangy : : : 
Poultry Yards 

Delaware, Oliio. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
Indian Games, BuiT Cochin Bant- 
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular. . . . 



PrAiMAliMA '^ *^^ best, surest and 
wreinOlllle cheapest Hce and mite 
killer on fowls, nests or roosts. Never 
fails. 25c at all dealers. Circulars 
free. Baker-Eidson Chemical Co., St. 
Louis. 



White Poultry^ 

llolliLDd Turkeys. Enibden Ueese Indian 
Geese. Rose OomI) Leehorns, Plymouth 
Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbuns, Colored 
Hotiiinii and Tumbler PItieons. All stock 
winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
sented. Southdown Sheep. Hirl<shipe Swine. 

J. A. LELAND, 
Woodside Farm. Spring-field, 111. 



TRIUMPH 
STRAIN... 



White Wyandottes— 

Fiflticii years of ciLrt-ful lirct'din^' has pro- 
(incfti a si rain of fowls unequalled in practi. 
c:il quJi lilies and winner^ of the highest hon- 
ur-. in Uie show rooiii with only four birds in 
the Ito^ton show. January. 1901; I won 2od on 
(.'ockerel; ;ird on Hen. romniended on Cock 
and two specials for Hest Shape Cockerel. 
This is a class of our 4(Xt White Wyardottes 
iind after selling uiv two hest males. I breed. 
raise and own my show birds. Stock and 

W.kTMack, '""**"^^^£'. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



and let it be to some one whose stock 
has proved worthy in show room and 
breeding pen. There are many reli- 
able breeders, but, my beginner, a 
breeding bird from such breeders' 
yards can not be bought for a dollar 
and a half or two dollars. Nor should 
it be the bird you would buy is not 
merely a "chicken," but represents the 
breeder's time, money and days and 
nights of brain work necessary to 
bring the qualities possessed by the 
bird to such a degree of perfection, 
and if you buy the male he is the head 
of your breeding pen, the half of your 
young flock you are planning for. 
Then, careful, critical, studied exam- 
ination of the many birds in the flock 
before making a selection of breeders 
is the secret, primarily, of success. 
MATTIB WEBSTER. 
Belmont, Wis. 



FREE. ADVERTISING. 

Another show season is upon us and 
reports from the different poultry 
shows will appear in the various poul- 
try journals, which will include the 
winnings and scores of the exhibitors, 
and this is just as it should be; but 
I would like to ask some fancier who 
has not only the degree but also a 
"post graduate" degree in breeding 
fancy stock, exhibited and advertised 
the same: Is it just to publish the 
winnings of a man who does not 
patronize a poultry paper with an ad- 
vertisement of his stock? 

Although the poultry press is, and 
should be, liberal toward the fancier, 
and breeder, it is not, by any means, 
to be classed as a charitable institu- 
tion. Only to the worthy belong the 
favors, while the "smart guy," who 
never spends a dollar to further our 
cause or sustain the press, reaps the 
unmerited reward. 

Only the awards and scores of ad- 
vertisers should be published. 

HENRY HESS. 

Winona, Minn. 



KANSAS STATE SHOW. 
Breeders who are desirous of exhib- 
iting their birds in a show that will 
sell stock for them should not fail to 
send for a Premium List of the Kan- 
sas state poultry show, Topeka, Jan- 
uary 6-11, 1902. .Judges C. H. Rhodes 
and L. P. Harris are drawing cards 
and the association has a well-earned 
reputation for doing things "right" 
and paying all premiums promptly. 
Last year's exhibit was one of the larg- 
est west of Chicago and this year it 
will undoubtedly be much larger. Ad- 
dress Geo. H. Gillies, Secretary, Tope- 
ka, for all information. 





Hatch Every Good Egg 

Or Don't Keep It. 

Send 2 cents for Number 102 Cataloane 



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• ^,^ yir «- j-i rn Best in America, very cheap during- 

^^^ A*t*M^/iJ special sale. We guarantee satisfac- 

tion or no pay. Might exchange for fine clock, piano, gun or music box. What 
have you? Book free. 

E. J. WHITE HAR.E CO., Brlghton.^^Col. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show 
January, 1901; 1st Cock; 1st and 3rd, 
Hen; 2d Cockerel; 1st and 2d Pullet and 
pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, 1001, 1st Cock; one spec- 
ial. Eggs from best pens, $3.00 per 13, S.5.00 per 20. 

ROSS C. H. HALLOCK. 

6313 CUflon Av. ST. LOUIS, MO. 



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Ducks from Door-knobs. 



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PETALUMA 



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won't do that. It's just a good 
incubator— made for hatching 
^ on f>c entlflc prtnclpl«>A. of 
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okin- for a ma.-hine that will hatch j 
ek'iT'i. ymi'li be interested in THE PETALUMA. 
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.We pay freight anywhere In the United States 

^^ We make a good brooder too. ^ 

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



The Michigan ^f^^ 
Poultrymaii... iV" 

^^^^....^Only Exclusive Poultry 
""Paper in Michigan 



All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- 
men will pive its readers free 
such information as they 
may ask for. 

All the news of the poultry world. W II 
illustrated. 

For a short time you can get this pa- 
per one year for 15c. Send postal for 
sample. 

MicKigaLH PoultrymaLn. 

IthacaL, Mich. 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 

.S. 'DOTTES. Barred RiJCks, Light Brahmas. 

Golden Dotles, S. C. B. Leghorni. C. I, 

(ianies. B. Minorca Cockerels $2 each. $5 

per 3. M. B. Turkeys $3 each. Tolouse 

I'.eese $3 per pair. 
LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each; 

K per trio. 
ROUP OURE. Our make. Cures when eyes 

are swelled shut. I'owder tor half pint. 

small syringe and full instructions 50 

cents postjjald. 
SCORE CAKD.-^. II. S. Postal card stock 50 

rents per 100, $3 per 1000. Water fountain 

galvanized Iron, hangs on nail, 1 gallon 

sl?,e iJO cents. 
OREAMOLINE. Tablespoonful to quart of 

water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle 

23 cents postpaid Circuhi' free. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176. 



Poultry SuppHes 

Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, SI 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each SI. 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 2ac and SOc a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food I2..50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure .50c and $1 a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, S12. 

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
per lOOpounds 7Sc. 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c. 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 



The best Folding . ^^ 
Exhibition Coop.. ^ 

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 

Manufactures and sells the best E.xhibltion 
Koldlng Coop on the niarkel. Prices within 
the reach of all. He aUo has.'iO S. C B.LEO- 
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 7.Sc to $3.00 
each. Write your wants. 



I CLEANLINESS \ 

Mr. Editor: In the raising of poul- 
try we recognize cleanliness as the 
first step toward success. We have a 
frame house, built of native lumber, 
10 feet wide, 7 feet high inside and 
Ifi feet long. On the west end we cut 
off a six foot room for laying and 
setting. On the east end we built a 
shed 7x10 feet, which we use for young 
chickens in the summer and as a 
scratching shed in winter. We maKe 
It a rule to gather up ine droppings 
once a week and oftener when we 
can. Thes3 we scatter over our gar- 
den or in our vineyard and hoe them 
in. The oftener they are collected the 
better. If those who think it too 
much trouble to clean out their houses 
will try gathering them and apply 
them to their gardens or vineyards 
they will be amply reiwarded for their 
labor. 

After the droppings have been 
gathered up we scatter air slaked lime 
over the roost and on the floor or 
ground where they fall. Where the 
chickens scratch, lime and ashes 
should be kept. 

A whitewash composed of lime, sul- 
phur and carbolic acid has proven val- 
tiable to us as a preventive of insects. 
We have found that a single box 
large enough for one hen to sit in 
is better than several nests made in 
one box. As soon as a hen is 
through setting we bum the old nest 
and clean the box thoroughly before 
letting another hen use it. 

Tobacco leaves placed in the bot- 
tom of your boxes is a good preventive 
for insects. 

Around our shed we have a yarB 
fenced with wire to keep the mother 
hens from wandering off with their 
little ones when the weather Is bad. 

Our hen house is stirrotmded by our 
orchard, where they can always find 
plenty of green grass. We allow our 
chickens the whole farm for range ex- 
cept our yard, garden and vineyard, 
when the weather will admit. I plant- 
ed several of my plum trees near the 
hen house and find that I have better 
success with them. The chickens are 
good to destroy Insects. 

During the warm season of the year 
we spray pretty often with a strong 
solution of cold wa,ter and carbolic 
acid. Try It If you have mites. When 
we find a sick chicken it Is put to 
itself for a day or two and if then with 
nroper treatment it seems no better 
a sharp ax is applied just behind the 
ears and the remains so disposed of 
as not to convey it to the others. 



Where chickens have a large range 
they do not require as great a variety 
of food or as much, but we feed at 
regtilar intervals a small amount. 
About once a week we give ours a feed 
of meal, scraps of meat and red pepper. 
They like pepper and I believe it is 
good for them. 

A box with sand and charcoal is 
very beneficial during the winter sea- 
son. 

The next thing to watch carefully 
is their drinking water. It should be 
kept clean and pure. Don't allow 
filthy water to stand around your 
chicken yard; it will cause disease. 
Warm their water a little during cold 
weather. 

Last spring I sent for some poultry 
fountains made of pottery and never 
had better luck than we have had 
since. They keep the water clean, 
prevent the drowning of little chicks 
and are easy kept clean. Sometimes 
our chickens seem to drink too much, 
then we put walnut hulls, leaves or 
bark in their water for a few days 
and give them no other water. I be- 
lieve it is a good preventive of cholera. 

We work upon the theory that a 
"preventive is better than a cure." 
Your chickens must be kept healthy if 
you expect them to be profitable. Some 
of the things which I have spoken of 
in this article may sound very com- 
mon to many of your readers, but they 
have proven practical with us and I 
hope may with some one else. 

R. E. L. BLACK. 

Chillicothe, Mo. 



A PLEA FOR BETTER POULTRY. 
Abilene, Kan., Oct. 19, '01. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: Hav- 
ing received a sample copy of your 
paper and find so many nice letters, 
but none from this part of the coun- 
try, I thought I would write a few 
notes. Perhaps they will be interest- 
ing to some of your many readers. 
While there are a great many persons 
interested in good poultry, there 
should be many more. There is no 
stock on the farm gives (juicker or 
more sure returns for the amount in- 
vested than a few chickens. It is true 
the common mixed chickens pay their 
way, but how any one can be content 
to raise chickens just to lay eggs for 
the market and have a few young 
ones to fry, I cannot well see. Take 
a flock of mixed chickens, some one 
breed, some another; they do not lajf 
well; one reason is they are not alive 
to their own Interests. Such poultry 
to their own interests as poultry. You 
will hear their owners say there Is 
no use feeding chickens; they don't 



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31 



pay; they don't cost much and don't 
bring in much money; so they are 
left to themselves to rustle for a liv- 
ing, and consequently only in spring 
and early summer do they lay. When 
eggs are up in the twenties they have 
struck, for it talces all their time to 
rustle a living. Such poultry do not 
pay. It is where one pays a good 
price for their stock that poultry pays. 
Then it is we begin to think like this: 
Now I have paid out so much for 
these few chickens; we must get some 
returns; they cannot nest in the trees 
and rustle over the farm for feed, 
seed and a chance grasshopper. No, 
we will give them a nice warm house 
of their own; in the morning when we 
go to feed we think of the new chick- 
ens, and when we carry them a choice 
breakfast and a nice fresh drink, while 
they are busy eating we stare and 
look at them, all of one color, all so 
near alike. The moments fly, but 
we are enjoying the beautiful. Then 
it is we begin to see why these "poul- 
try cranks," as we have called them, 
do waste so much time over a few 
chickens. Often during the day we 
take a look at our chickens, and each 
time they seem more beautiful; so 
we fall in love with them and of 
course they get good care. Then we 
begin to talk chicken and get inter- 
ested in poultry journals. We real 
and compare our chickens with oth- 
ers. The work we must do seems 
half a pleasure, for are not these 
nice tame hens going on their nests 
daily and at the end of the month the 
eggs bring as much or more money 
than their feed has cost, and Ibis on 
the market, and when we can sell for 
hatching at good prices, and all our 
surplus stock, then we are truly inter- 
ested. The thoroughbred chickens 
take no more feed than the common 
stock should have and pays so much 
better, larger fowls, more eggs and 
all alike, makes them truly desirable. 
If farmers would pay more attention 
to poultry there need not be a cry of 
hard times even in drouth years like 
this. Feed is high but they will re- 
pay for every kindness given them. 
Give them a cozy house; it need not 
be costly; feed them regularly; in fact, 
treat them as well as your other stock 
and they will keep the grocery bill 
paid. 

For fear my letter is getting too 
long, will close. 

MRS. J. B. JONES. 



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If in need of> good cockerel to improve 
your present stock, write nie. as f have 
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and Mitchell winners that must be dis- 
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CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 

Breeder of Light Brahmas ExcloslTelj. 

My birds are heavy weight fine markings, 
close feathered. Eggs. $2.00 for 15; $3.50 for 30 
Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
your wants. No circulars. 



Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 



Chicks thrive best on a balanced 

feed of meaty, cereal and 

grain element. That's 

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It isn't a medicine, but a health 
and strength builder. It prevents 
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CarefuUj' compounded from re- 
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Cockerels 

A FEW 

White 

Wyandottes, 

Buff Plymouth 

Rocks, 

Barred 

Plymouth Rocks, 

Single Comb 

Brown Leghorns, 

Light Brahmas 

and Partridge 

Cochins 
at $1.50 each. 



Morning View 



^0 ] Mrs J B Jones. ^ ? ? 

^/S .^ I Breeder of 

Pniilfrv YjirHc ^Oa^gi I ^^^**^^ Plymouth JRocks 

r UUili y J^ai us. OS^^I "«"» Mammoth Bronze 

Turkeys 

HAVF I 

_ .■ „,. ' „ STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 

.. Barred Plymouth Rocks...! ^°^ 



Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eye.s. 



Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 



Jamc3 M. Perkins, 

RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 




BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
Wyandoiies are brerl from 
best strain obtainable and 
in line. We breed the pure 
•„'olden Butr. not the dark 
red. They're prize winners. 

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

t'ljester White Hogs for sale 



PEKIN DUCKS, 

Choice Pekin 

breeding ducks 

at $1.00 each or 

6 for $4.00. 



PLACE YOUR OR- 
DERSJARLY. 

Wildwood 
Poultry 
Farm. 

815 Chestnut St., St Louis, Mo. 




W. J. CHENEY, 



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TKoroughbred Fancy Poultry, 

BOX fiH-^mr. -^-CL'BA, MO. 

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W J CHENEY. 

(JriwfoidCo -J^CUBA, MO 



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*• ^-'^ VJ^X.£*5» of Clay Center; a good 8 room house with cellar, 
a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Russian cave, good barn, 
corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 j-oung, peach, 
plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing. 

Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 

'Address, A. B. SHROYER, 

Cla-y Center, Neb. 



I FRANK MYERS, 
tFree Port, III., U. S. A 

J Box 20. 

i Ureeder of jt_^ 

• Barred Plymouth Rocks ; 

•Theyare Barred Kitrlil and sood 1 
5 size. No Culls fur sale Choice J 
5 breeding Ckls. J2 to $5 eaoh. } 




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7.5c. Samples and circular of i 

Barred Kocks mailed 1 

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Imported Buff Orpingtons. 

Are winners at B. P. K.. Madison Square 
Wash., N. J. Keota. Iowa City Iowa State 
Shows. Orpington $7 to $30 per trio. Will 
close out bU the Rocs. Bradley Bus, nnd 
Lathans Strains. One pair of i yr ola show 
birds for sale cheap. 93 to 92',i. A fine lot of 
youns show birds in both varieties. Always 
win; sure to please. Better get in the push. 



SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 

8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar- 
gain. Also 300 selected L,angshan 
chicks. Address, 

BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsville, liid. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 500. 



Barred P. Rocks... 

Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 

In the show room they have showu 
their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
C. F. HINMAIS,. Friend, Nebraska. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May I "SHOW YOU" 

That we raise as good. Barred Rocks 
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
equal for $5, or money back. If you 
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
for $3 Try me CORWIN JONES, 
Sidney, Iowa. 




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mECATTLE 

-SPECIALTIES- 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

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P. Hostetler^ 

EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 

Breeder of a good laying strain of gilt 
.... edge ... 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

and best laying strain of 

..S. C. White Leghorns.. 

At low down pric€s. 




A Boon for Poultry Keeper.. 
BETTER than a «OLl» Ml>E. 

We will tell you liow we made our 
hens pay over -HX) per cent profit, 
^lerefy send yotlrname and address 
■ ~lde PonUryCo., Clintonville.Conn 



33 

Barred P. Rocks 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

I have a number of early hatched cocker- 
erels that are good in all sections, and really 
poor in none, that I am 'otTerinj: for a short 
time only at $3 and S^i each. A few pullets to 
spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised. 

W. S. RUSSEL , 

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 



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Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where 
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send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
and be convinced. 

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BUCYRUSOHIO- 



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as the largest aggregation of 
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We import, breed, buy and sell 

All Varieties. 
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Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
Write your wants. Address, 

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A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We 
want one in every town 

Always use the powder before salting the hen, 

- - Lincoln, Nebraska. 



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BONANZA RABBITRY, 

Founders of the first herd of pedigreed Belgian 
Hares in the world. The first to establish a 
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34 



High class stock for sale! 

Barred and lUifT Plymouth Kocks 
and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish 
show birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. 



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Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
stock for sale. 

J.C.KAP8ER, Clay Center,Neb 

BUF^ jiOCKS g-^tri^;. ^:. 

gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
can be found, and are up-to-date in 
every respect. Some fine specimens 
for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
tion. Address 

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 



WkliB Leghorns. 

Layers and winners. An Inducement to 
buy at onco and of us— tested breeders, hens 
18, 110 and 112 per dozen. Cocks H.liO to $2.50 
each Bcottlsn Terrier puppies 15 

MIAOTIOAL POULTRY FARM. 

^■ R. Priiich, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Glen Raven is Covered with 

CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS 

Bjed to standard requirements and of high ijuality. Prom Exhibition scored parents 
Brown and White Leghorns, Barred and White Plymouth Rocs, Blac MInorcas and 
Bronze Tureys. Pri'ies reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for. 
description. 

E. W. GEER, Farmington, Missouri. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 

..200 QUICK SALE 200.. 

We have more young stock than we can handle in cold weather hence 
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served, 

35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3,00 each, 

3.S Cockerels xtra good breeders 1.50 each, 

SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 

50 Pullets, good breeders 1 ,00 each. 

25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones 1.50 each. 

5 Cock Birds, Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
andean do you good circular free. Your Truly, 

MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Heb. 



Buff Orpingtons 

THE COHING BIEED 



No Eggs for Salel A nice lot of 
young chicks for sale in pairs and 
trios. Bred from the best matings of 
imported stock. I have hundreds of 
February and March hatched chicks 
for sale. Mention this Journal. 
W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA. 



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Cur e Guaranteed ! 

THE only remedy positively 
Ijnown to cure roup in all its 
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all others. One 50 cent package makes 25 gallous of medicine. Diroctlons with 
every package. If It falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1. 
Conkey's Louse Killer never fails to i ill. Try it, 35 cents per package, and 
15 cents e.xtra for post:it,'e 

Corvkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
health, and pro, uce more eggs than any similar preparation. 35 cents per package 
and 15 cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevela^nd, O. 

PaclH", coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Oo. Petaluma, Oal. Eastern wholesale 
office; No. 8 Park Place. New York City and S.H. I. (^o., CUiy Center. Nebr. For 
sale by all poultry .supply liouses. t^-.\.'erits \ anted. 



y ®® ®« ®«««««®®®«^e«^*««^®«®«®«^®® e^®® ®® ®* 



200 Mammotli Pekin Ducks 



IPO White Wyandotte Cockerels 

oy prices. Look up my 



^ Lincoln. Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^ 

A 3ft JB^Q^QCQjQ^F)^Q3Q^^3^^Q^Q^ir)JQ^iiJ t cS^cS^fQt^tS^ J^t0.fi^f8% cQcOfQcQ iQfQcQtQ-l 



Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered. 



1 porsonally aolectod, while at Los Angeles reeently. the cream of the finest alock from 

several rabbltrtes. Including a variety of the popular champion strains. By 

purchasinz them tn herds I got rare bargains, which I offer to 

my customers at prices ranging 



None of these animals 



I ship either from 



300 ANIMALS TO SELECT FROM 

Authorized Judge of American Belgian Hare Registry Association of Kansas Olty. Mo. 

Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

^ Brief Busir^ess Ce^tchers. ^ 



35 



3« WORDS 

SINGLE INSERTION 

SI CENTS 



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less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
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No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
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BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Oockerels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 

g rices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
Igln, 111. 

BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Eockall old 
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white 
Peking ducks 6 for 14.00 all from high scor- 
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. 
Nebraska. 

J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
Karly. Games. Heathwoods. Irish and Mex- 
ican Grays, Blk, Reds, Tornadoes and Oor- 
nlsh Indians. Free illustrated circular. C. 
D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y, 

ROSE COMB White and Kcse Comb Brown 
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in .season. 
15. $1; 39. $3. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W. 
Cook. Poneto. Ind. 

BDFF and BARRED Rocks, Buflf Leghorns 
B. B, Red Games, Pekin Ducks, Fancy 
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for saJe.For 



BITPP TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
No white wings and talis, Larse birds and 
ready to ship, Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111, 



J. W. EASTES, Galesburs, 111. Huff Oroing- 
tons. II. O. W. Legliorns. Barret— White 
Rocks, W. C. P. Bantams, Belgian's R,ggs. 
Stock In season. Agents wanted. Thirty 
Prizes; silver cup last year. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
150 youngsters for sale after October 1. fln- 
8r than ever, superior feathering, shape 
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
teed. U, J. Shanklin, Wanbcek, Iowa. 

BDFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhiblllon 
steck for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
tion and prices, Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo, 

C. E, DITNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- 
ought)red chickens. Can fill your order for 
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C, E. 
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans, 

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
handsome, 1 take great pains to have the 
best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 
each. Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr, 

FOR EXCHANGE, A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
cubator, for E.\hibltion B. B. R. Games, 
Must be first class stock, A. J. Williams. 
Clay Cecter, Nebr. 



40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTOHIOKENS for 
sale if taken soon. The Stay White Kind 
C. E. Enoways, Aurora. Nebr. 

BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
satlfaction and good results. Eggs that 
hatch, $1.00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as 

reasonable. It convenient please enclose 

stamp when writing for particulars. 

Miss A. Lyent. Laicoxie, Mo. Box 87. 

100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit th« season. Stock in good 
condition fashionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rey, G, A, Ohamblln, Moran, 
Kansas, 

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
Ducks, Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $3 each. Pol- 
and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
•T. D. Grimes, Chambers, Neb, 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 93 points 
and up to O.i'i. Write for prices, Geo. N. 
Wood, Weldon, la. 

FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
singles or trios also Buflf Leghorns and Butf 
Rock Ckls., the best of stock for S1.25 each, 
or *3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson, 
Colon. Nebr. 




Rules ofthe Cock Fit 

A neat little book of pocket size, well boond in tongh tag< 
board. CoDtatoa all the pit rules of ifae Ualted States, Canada, 
Ifexioo, Oaba, England, Belginm and Fraooe. Also baa oom* 
prebeoBUe ohaptera on Heela, Haodllng;, Nuialng and ereiy* 
ChiDg relative to the royal aport of cocking. 

By Da. H. P. Olabki, Indiaoapolis, Ind. 

The Recognized Authority. 

FBICE, 26 CENTS. 
Addreae tbe Pablisber of thla Papiiw 

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
In estigator one year 

For 25 Oentsm 

Address, iTHE INVESTIGATOR, 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 




Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 



Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
Nothing to lo astray. The neatest 
and strongest coop on the market. 



Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 



GET MORE HEN MONEY 



Feed cut 



7 bone and d-uble y<i 



fertile egg 

IVI ANN'S ^9o|; EiQ^g; OUTTER 

New design, opea hopper, enlarged table, new device to control feed; jou can set it to suit any 

strength; neverclogs. Sent on 
lA n A VQ F^OITir TDI A I No money asked for until you nrove our 
■'-' M^^^ 1 VJ J- *X1 < r < M. EKH^^M^^ guarantee on ynur own premises,' that our 
New Model will cut any kind of hone, with all adhering meat and gristle, faster and easier and 
In better shape than any other type of bone cutter, if yon don't like it bend it ba'-k at ourexnense. 
Free cat'lg. explains all. p- W. MANN COMPANY, Box , Mllford, Ma88 




.WORLD'S CHICK FBBD. 



mmBoyond comparison, m 



Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed lOo lbs. 
Chamberlain's Perfect Hen Food will make jour hens lay. 



2.50; 50 lbs. $1.50; 30 lbs. $1.00. 
lbs $1.75. Goods shipped from St. Louis. 



MBnufaaturoaby\il^ F. CHAMBERLAIN, '^''•^•^«''''' '*^«- 



36 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




0ur6lfEgg«7 cn 
Copper Tankv/.UU 
Nawheire, • 



Were Your Crops Injured 

by tliL' (Irouirlit? Well, even so, _v(.u neeiiii't starve to death. 

A good lloek of cliiekens will pay your taxes, buy your 

groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The 

Hawkeye Ii\c\ibaLtors 

will hateli thciu for yon, with less hullicr and greater certainty than any 
other incubator sold to-day. Peifect n'gulation of temperature, ventilation 
and moisture. In artual results the Ilawkevc takes a back seat for nobodv 
Three sizes— 60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices that arc right. We make 
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they arc hatrhpil. Our 
motto is '-The HawIieye;ineubators are Good Iiiciibators,"anci 
it inrans ex:»ctly wli;it it snys. Better .semi for our catalogue. 
.S.-c our spei-ial offers and zuarantee. Booli free, or send liic 
aiidgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper. 

Hawkeye Inc\ibator Co., 



Department 108. 



Newton, Iowa. 





A Really Good Feed Cooker. 



We are not the onty people 
coolier but we do 



rid that manufacture a feed 
rictly liigh class one, 



ftloeneand full 

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box 25 



RELIABLE COOKER 

and Water Heater Combined. 

The material use.i in this enoker is the best th:U can be boucbt, 
and brains and sliiU have been combined to produce the Ijest ~" 

le.'s are cast separately, thus insuring perfect "" 

safety in shipment. This is the year to buy a 
feed cooker, in order that vou may get every 
dollar's worth out of the feed. Write for cat- 
If you want'a conker we can interest you. 



ijuincy, Illinois. 



PRICES. 

20 gallons, $ 5.00 
35 gallons, 9. 00 
so gallons, 12.00 
100 gallons 16.00 



Poultry Supplies 

The Best attd Cheapest. 

Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Incubators, 
Exhibition Coops. Egg Oases, shipping Coops 
and Boxes and everythine to make poultry 
raising pleasant and proBtable. Best seeds 
that grow. Nearly 20 years' experience. Send 
for free Catalogue. 

First Premium at State Fair 1901. 

Archia-s' Seed Store, ^ 



Pure crushed shell per 100 lbs$ 75 

oOO pounds for 350 

Raw bone meal fine or coarse per 100 lbs aioo 

Mica crystal grit •• 81' 

Blood meal •. 300 

Meat meal \ " 2'25 

Meat scraps •• 225 

Chick feed ■■ j'75 

Sunflower seed •• 325 

Bird seed 8c lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con- 
key's roup cure, SOc. Leg pands 80c per 100. 

^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri. 



HEN 



Midland Formulas.,. 

Ready'Mlxed. 

1. Nursery Chick p'ood. 

2. Crowing Chick Food. 
H. Fattening Chick Food. 
i. Egg and Feather Pro- 

ducing Food. 

5. Nursery DuckllngFood 

6. GrowingDuckllngFood 
7 Fattening Duckling 

and Gosling Food. 

8. Laying Duck Food. 

9. Stock Ducks' Summer 
P'ood. 

10. Growing Gosling Food 



200""ro ONE 

This is THE AVERAGE your fiock should produce; and 
it is only made pos.sible by the use of 

Midland Feed MeaL.-^i^ 

We make Ten Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur- 
pose. They are a 

p . , ^ A Combina.tion of Grains and Brains. 

S«"e? has Wnan'l^hi'nfon, .,'*>'''■''';'''/,'■'■'■" """"■ '"• ""'>" "-^^cessorles. There is not, and 
S^ng It and ft is ^r^ckL^lel, 7,1'° ?;'"",'•■''■'■ [? "j Tbou>ands of poultrymen are 
lonfernmfl.,t,V?nrl^h. . ''vV^ ''"'■^r Random or haphazard feeding Is no 

i«if..'i I; ^ '""'"' '"''■'*'-^'^'"" "'"^' have Fh.ED TO BtlRN. Profit is 

w^fdo7r,^''„"^,r,[J,=r''^'""',';''"','''i""'""'"?'= *" "•»" retnr«s. Cur balanced fe,^ 
tured bv the Ml I *\\1 1 '? l-i -M'. v J- ',l',",,'';'''y ",'-"'' '" "'>' " "'"' '"' '•"nvlnced. Manufac. 
tiired Dy the nlll>l,A^ h I ( il'l, 1 in l-(i(il) co . Kansas Citv. Mo., and sold by 

p . M T^^*" Nea.rest Feed a^nd GraLin Dea^Ier. 

Boston, Mass.. Jos. Breck &. Sons, 51 N Market St. NewVork(Mlv Fvcnlslnr Wire X.- Pr.,.i 

KfuitTp^o'd cf n" f'coV •>n^''"^'•lv^''^''''•■.'"•■^^^^^^ 

romiry l'OOdt>o..N.h. Cor, 2nd and Main Sts. Kansas CItv. Mo. Petaluma Incubator c.i 
C^wi^'levl no- A^.l?;*^"^'^' Chestnut Hill, Pa. The Vail Seed Co. Ind^anapSlU. Ind. a! 
C. Wooley & Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



BUFF COCHINS 

Exclusively. 
Just What You Are 
Looking For • . . . 

The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
ners in any company'. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B.,H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 



Flemish CS-iants 

We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed 
byWINliSOR. imported Sept. IdOO. One of 
the largest and best Giant bucks of his age 
In Anjerica. hlls ancestors present an un- 
broken line of England's best champions. 
8 weeks old Giants $5 to $10 per head. You 
cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. I 
C. Stephens & Co.. Carleton, Neb. 



300 Buff and Black 
Wyandotte Chicks. 

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
bition stock. Give me a chance to 
please you. 

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 



White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
Lincolii, Nebr. 



David Larson, 

Wahoo, Nebraska, 

Expert Poultry Judge 

I have had years of experience in 
breeding, mating and judging. For 
reference to qualification, write Poul- 
try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
I am open for engagements. 




Victor Incubator always yields 



VICTOR] 

INCUBATOR 

Thoapanda in use; wr- ,>nT 
freight. calaloKue 6ciiita". 
GEO. ERTEL CO., I)uliic;, 





■jEma./5^gi>j Combination 

jREUiBLE'liMLr 



world If you are after results rtprtsi'Dtt-tl in uulhirs 
andcetits, you *-ant one of nur poimlnr atMh Cen. 
turyPoullrj- Bookn. Briprlil. instructive and worth 
ten llmeethe price aslied. Sen! Inr lOc. A. fui Jotmealasanecg. 

B»ll«ble Incubalnr & Btooder Co , Bi?» < 25 Ouinc»,llls. 



My . .. 

Buff Orpingtons 

.... Have no equal 

B, Plymoutli Roclis 

(Thompson Ringlets.) 
If you want good stock I have it 



JOHN A. 

Harvard 



LING, 

Nebraska 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



37 




Alsup & Farmer, Cave Springes, Mo. The aboi'e photo is a sample of over 200 that are in Ihe Sure Hatch 
Fifth Annual catalog'ue It is a book of l(i(5 big' pag'es; contains pag'e after pag'e of applicable and practical 
poultry information. It is free to any address and should be in the hands of ever)' poultry raiser. Tells how to 
save money as well as how to make it. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., Clay Center, Neb , or Cclumbus.O. 



Golden Wyandottes 

t Highest Grade, Healthy, Vigor- 
I ous Stock from Careful 

* Matings. 

I S. p. VAN NORT, S.'iis''o1P«r'"'' 



1st, 2d and 3d Pullet and 3d Cocker- 
el at St. Louis Shaw, January, 1901. 
No old birds exhibited; 3 seconds at 
same show 1900. 1st and 2d on pair 
at St. Louis Fair. Eggs for hatch- 
ing, S2 per 13. Stock for sale Write 
for full information 




J>^U J^ S^ %iJ^ ^JfL'iWW 



5UREY01GETA 



?;5y 



^^ — "S^ 



T^ 



and then you will be sure . 

-f more money from your liens. Nothing 

equals green bone as an egK proihicer :ind health 

promoter. No machme equals the 

Dandy Green Bone Cutter 

for reducing bone (either dry or fresh) to poultry food. 
It is the most substantial cutter, the easiest running, 
the most durable. Automatic feed; easily ad- 
justed to cut coarse oi' line. 

We Sell Direct to Poultrymen 

at wholesale prices, saving you all aerents' and 
dealers' profits. GET A DANDY, try it 
31) days and if you don't like it in every 
way, send it back. Isn't that a fair offer? 
Price from only $5 up. Our new book, 
"More money from your Hens." will in- 
terest every poultry-keeper. It's yours 
for the asking. 

Stratton Manfg. Co.^ 

Box 48, Erie, Pa. 




FINE ST ANDARD 
BRED BIRDS. 

For sale after September ist of 

following breeds: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to 

each. Light Brabmas, $1.50 to 

each. Buif Cochin Bantams, 

$1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr. 

old Toulouse ganders at $3 each. 

Pekin ducks of standard weight at 

each. 

MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD, 
Highland, ill. 

Silver Wyandottes 

1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females 
for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; ray last 
season breeders. Want to get them 
out of the 'way of the young birds; 
these are bargains. 

R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky. 



SSTJIftK SEE THE lOOa 

Noxall Incubator 



i^t i-ne FliRK O'lr calnlogue 
J riultry disease. 4:0. lor pos- 

batok* Co., Q,uincy, 111. 



38 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Fall Fair Show Birds 



Great big, early hatched, sure 
winners. Silver, Golden and 

_ White Wyaudottes and a fine 

lot of midget G. S. and S. S. Bantams. 100 head this season's breeders at a 
great sacrifice. Fine litter of Scotch Collies for sale, bred in the purple 

R. E. JONES, Flat R.ock, Indiana- 



Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

For Poultry, Rabbits, Orchards, Gardens, etc. 




Stronzer and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. .. . „ ,«« 

Your dealer should handle this line— if not, write US for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 



B B. Red Game Bants, 

Buff Pekin Bants, 

Buff VVyandottes, 

Buff Leghorns, 

B uff Rock s. 

My stock is as good as can be had 
any where and have won in all princi- 
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and 
score equal to the best. 

D. LINDBECK, 
Bishop Hill, Illinois. 



GINSENG... 



The great Chinese Root. Im- 
mensely profitable, $6 to $12 
a pound. Illustrated circular, 
fullest instructions, best pub- 
lished, with prices for plants 
and seeds, loc. Buy direct 
and save 50 to 100 per cent in 
prices. Our own farms in Cal- 
ifornia. Mention paper 

Hadrian P. Kelsy. 

Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass. 




f'Tr 



MARILLA 



There is always something doing on the place that operates 
one of the 

Iivcubaiors 
and Brooders. 

Tliov hiitch more chicks out of less eggs than any incubator you ever saw; 
in fact they come mighty near hatching them all. They are built that way. 
If vou don't find them all we say they are, you can get back your money. 
Tlie best system of regulating teniiierature, moisture and ventilation vet in- 
vented. Both Hot Water aiul Hot Air. 
Double walls, double tloors, double top. 
1'hirteeu years experience makes them 
perfect, and wc are proud of them. 

The Brooder is as good as the Incuba- 
tor, and is the only one on the market pj 
that prevents trampling and overcrowd- ^ 

• ng. u=====^^ 

You must let us send you one of our a ^ 

catalogs, telling all about these things. H 
Two 2c stamps for partial iwstage. H*" 

MaLFillaL Incubo^tor Co., Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. 




Incubators, . 

Built on entirely new principles and the 
only machine made that will allow the chicles 
when hatching to come out of the machine 
in the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
will, ju^t exactly the same as they do when 
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any 
niachinp on the market. For further partic- 
ulars address with stamp, 

L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Buff Wyandotte Sale! 



Cornish and White Indian Games. 

stock for Sale. 
J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 




r^'iSSR. _:Jr-i'~^^-i 



Poultry 
Cuts 

We have always on h.ind a supply of poul- 
try cuts suitable for catalogrs, circulars, or 
advertising. These are not "stocli cuts" 
but in the majority of all cases are reproduc- 
tions from life, photographs, painting, etc. 
They represent every variety and strain of 
fowls and all sizes, from 
those here sliown upward. 
Write us for sample sheet 
^ of proofs, prices, etc, 

R^eliable 
IncvibaLtor and 
Brooder Co., 

Box A 25,Quincy,III. 




^ I RACKS ^ 
EXAS^ 



Effective March 1 0th, 1 90 1, 
^^^ 




Announces the Opening of its 

^ Red River Division 

...To... 

Denison and Sherman, 
Texas, e^ ^ 

Through Train Service will shortly 

be established from St. Louis and Kansas 

City over ikt ^ jt ^ 

Shortest Line to Texas 



cheap, in nuinbers to suit purchasers, 
buy it now, a half value. Write me. 
R. F. D. No. 4. 



39 
I offer my entire sale of Buff 
Wyandottes, breeding stock and 
the cream of 300 chicks for sale 
If you want a male bird for next year 



ARTHUR SYKES, Macdison. Wis. 







Jackson 

Boulevard 

Babbitry 



Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. 

All animals English prize winners and 
from imported Engli.sh parents. The re- 
nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- 
bury at the head of the herd. Ang-ora 
Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav- 
ies. For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian 
Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported 
and Domestic. The Angoras with their 
long, silky tresses and musical little voic- 
es have not their equal Write for special 

descriptions and prices 

MRS. GEO. D..HAWLEY, 
2166 Jacksoa Bvd. Chicago, III. 




6Ae Cyphers Incubators 



Are the world's standard hatching machines. 
They are in use in twenty Agricultural Colleges 
and Schools in the United States and Canada. 

They are self-regulating, self-ventilating and 
need no added moisture. 

We are shipping them to every country where 
poultry is grown. 

For proof of their good qualities send ten cents 
in stamps for our 224-page book. No 122 entitled 
"Profitable Poultry Keeping in All Its Branches.^' 

A Poultry Supply Catalogue free to any address. 

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR. CO., 

Chicago, 111., Buffalo, N. Y., Boston, Hass., New York City, 




34 Mercbaols Row. 



"^ 




; Pullet, N. W. Missouri, 1899; 1st Hen, N. 
E. Missouri, 1900. Score, 95. 



At the Big 

..St. Louis Show. 



January, 1901 — 1st Cock; 1st, 2d and 
3d Hens; 1st and 3d Cockerel; 2d and 
3d Pullets and 1st Exhibition Yard, 
and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis- 
souri, 1809-1900, more prizes than 
all other Langshan exhibitors com- 
bined—all my own brseding. If 
you want the very best at a low 
price write me 



L. E. MEYER, 

Bowling Green, : Missouri. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




SECOND PULLET, liOS^TO.N, I'juu. riIt.~T 
HEN AND CHAMPION AT PHIL- 
ADELPHIA. 1900. 



Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 



ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens — 2d Pullet. 

ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eigbt 
Special Prizes, including the 

Champion Barred ^. Ifiocb female. 

In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
phia show stands one of the hottest ever 
held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON 
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY 
FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and 
descriptions of Matings. 

Bea\ity and Utility Strain Barred 

^» Plymouth Rocks. ^ 
Address ^ JJ LATHAM, 



They Won 

on 
Their Merits 



Eggs 

I will sell a LIMIT- 
ED NUMBER of 

Eg-a.s at $.1.(10 
per 15. 

Choice Breeding Stock 
For Sale! 

Satisfaction Guar- 
anteed. 

BOX G 

LANCASTER, MASS. 












% 



Our Motto, "YirtntenonAstntia' 



From such Fasliionable Strains as the follo wing Champiojis: 

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash, 
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal- 
ace Queen, I^ird Britain, Etc 



HARES \ 

BY \ 

THE \ 

HUNDREDS \ 



; 



Our Stud Bucks are: 



Fashoda Star 

Score 90 by Judge Almond, im- 
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 

Viscount 

Score 9.T by Judge Finley, im- 
ported. 

Lythedale 

Score 94 by Judge Finley, im- 
ported. 

Sir Crabtree 

Score 93'+ by Judge Crabtree, 

and other domestic buck.s 

that will score 94 to 9(i. 



RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 

At prices ranging from $5 to 
$75 per head, pedigree and 
score card with each animal. 
Unpedigreed market stock, 
good color and size, $2.50 to 
$5 per pair. Hardy Black 
Belgians (good to use as nurse 
does) at $io per pair. Cor- 
respondence solicited for spe- 
cial price list which may not 
be in effect long. Will re- 
fund money and pay return 
express charges if Hares pur- 
chased are not as represent- 
ed. Rabbitries at Maplewood 
and Fayette 



IMPORTED - AND ° DOMESTIC. 




MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 

304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, : ; : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 






Give Fowls a Chance 

To make money for you. by ridding them of llee. 
nlte. etc.. and keep them and their roosts and 
nests free of all vermin and prevent diseases, 

Use Cremoline 

Price only 25 centB. Guarantepd. For Hale by all 
Dealers. Circulars Free bv rt>uirn mall. 

BAKER-EIDSON CHEMICAL CO., Si. Louis. 

I UUL I II I Harper Eng. Co., Columbus, 



Stephatni Poviltry CompaLi\y» 



Incorporated 1901. 



BREEDER Of 



c most complete Plain 
I the Mississipyi valley. 



STANDARD BRED POULTRY AND THOROUGHBRED BELGIAN HARES 

I Farm at Swansea BELLEVILLE, ILL. 



VOL. 5. 



.JANUARY. 1902. 



NO. U. 







ii 






ir.,x^-.?^i2^s=^W§?m^^M?a^^ 



Ai>viNCE TO Success 









25 <^ a. year 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 





\4^ 1 







TKa-t's abovit all yovi hsLve left wKen 
you depend on a fussy old hen. 

Whact Yo\i Wa^rvt Is 

an Incubator on the place. A good Incubator. A money maker. 

A MARILLA 

We make the flarilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and 
hot ah'. Not a fairly yixjd machine, but the very best there is. We have been 
at it thirteen years, and every flarilla is the best we know how to make. To 
do this, we buy the best material, and only the best. Our methods and work- 
men are the results of years of selection. The survival of the fittest. 

If these machines are not all we claim when you get them, send them 
back. We won't keep your money. 

The system of regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is the 
best that has yet been devised. 

No need of watching or worrying over the Harilla. It will take care of 
itself, and bring off whopping big hatches. 




GUARANTEED 
^ROUPCUREv^ 



I). W.HALL. BoxCODesho 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Choice 
Cockerels 

& 

Stock Eggs 

for 

Hktchingm 



The Result of 25 
Year's Breeding. 

Line Bred at tite 

American Poultry 

Farm. 



iWe I 
I Have \ 
I Those \ 
I That 
I Win... 



Barred Rocks - - VVhite Wyandottes 

WE HAVE 

Some'- Choice - Exhibition 

AND 

Fine Breeding: Birds 
For Sale! 

We have always won at State Fairs and State 
Shows moie prizes than all other exhibits. 



From Barred and White Plymoutli Rooks 

White and i-ilver Wyandottes. White and 

Brown Le>;horns, Golden Sebright Bantams. 

Bronze Turkeys, and I'earl Guineas. 

Belgian Hares, Jersey Cattle. 

Valuable Circular. 

F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalbJII. 
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Edson's Registered Strain, from a Ions line 
of prize-winning ancesters; have n)ade them 
a specialty for IB years. Now offerlns line 
exhibition and srand breeding stock of both 
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address, 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. 



M Buff P. Rocks 
^ Sxclusively... 

We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
These, together with our own prize 
winners, gives us the best flock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please you both in quality and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
ouse Geese for sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



WANTED! 

25oWhite Wyandotte Hens 
and Pullets. 

250 White Leghorn Hens 
and Pullets. 

100 White Rock Hens and 
Pullets. 

100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
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Life In the Egg 



»i 



By L,. E. Keyser 






INTROUrCTION 

In this series of articles it is the de- 
sign to treat of "Life in the Egg" from 
its very formation through all its 
stages of normal development until u 
bursts the shell — a living chick. We 
do not lay claim to absolute origianlity 
in the treatment of this subject, as we 
have been aided in our efforts by a 
number of works on zoology and em- 
bryology, but all facts here presented 
have been substantiated by individual 
research, observation and experience, 
and we do not give as facts old views 
or speculative theories which have 
passed current and been accepted for 
want of more perfect knowledge. Many 
a pet theory has been exploded because 
in the light of experionre it was found 
ti) be incorrect. To obtain the knowl- 
edge here imparted, or rather to sub- 
stantiate what we have read relative 
to it, we have examined, broken aud 
dissected hundreds of fertile eggs in 
all stages of development, and sac- 
rificed hens in all stages of laying 
condition, and now place our deduc- 
tions before the readers of The In- 
vestigator in the hope that they may 
prove of interest and perhaps profit. 
THE EGG AND ITS FORMATION. 

In the ovary of. the hen is formed 
the essential part of the egg — the yolk 
and germ. These are very small at 
first, but they increase rapidly in 
size and number until near or during 
the laying period, when the hen's 
ovary much resembles a bunch of 
grapes, and is accurately shown in 
fig. 1. There are two or three organs 
in every bird, but one usually remains 
undeveloped, the fertile one nearly al- 
ways being on the left side of the 
spine and attached to it by means of 
the peritoneal membrane. These ru- 
dimeniary eggs when united to the 
ovary are composed of a white yolk, 
yellow yolk, yolk membrane and germ 
bed, all enclosed within a thin, trans- 
parent ovisac. The white yolk is 
formed first and on the end of this 
yolk the yellow or food yolk develops 
and envelops the white yolk, with the 
exception of one small place where Is 
formed the germ disc. As these egg 
cells ripen or mature, which during 
the period o^ laying they are constant- 
ly doing in regular succession, the 
enclosing membrane becomes gradual- 
ly thinner and finally the sac ruptures 
at the stigma and the yolk and germ, 
now surrounded by a very thin and 
delicate membrane, are received by 



I the funnel shaped opening of the ovi- 
duct or egg-passage and carried on its 
' way to the outer world. 
j In its passage it is enveloped in the 
white or albumen, this being in three 
j layers of different consistency. The 
I outside albumen is thin and watery, 
I the middle albumen thicker, and the 
! inside layer almost as thin as the 
j outside one. The yolk and the layer 
of thin albumen next to it are sur- 
rounded by a membrane of dense al- 
1 bumen which forms a twisted cord at 
each end of the yolk termed the chala- 
zae, which hold the yoke in shape 
(see Fig. 3). They do not attach to 
the shell, but to the denser or middle 
layer of albumen, and being slightly 
below the center, act as balance 
weights to keep the side of the yolk 
holding the germ always uppermost. 
So if the egg is turned around the 
yolk itself does not turn with it, but 
retains its position with the germ on 
the upper side. The yolk being slight- 
ly lighter than the albumen and sup- 
ported by the chalazae. floats germ 
uppermost in the albumen near the 
upper shell, but always separated 
from it by a layer of albumen and os- 
cillating gently away from the shell 
on the slightest motion. In some 
cases it floats nearer to the shell, and 
these are generally the cases in which 
adherence takes place, or the yolk is 
ruptured during incubation. The deli- 
cate germ is thus protected by the al- 
bumen, which is a very poor conduc- 
tor of heat and thus guards it against 
fatal chills during incubation and pre- 
serves it from concussion or other fa- 
tal injury. 

By the time the egg is half way 
down the oviductum the whole quan- 
tity of albumen is formed and it is 
then enveloped in a parchment-like 
skin. This skin consists of two lay- 
ers, which separate at the large end 
of the egg forming the air cell. This 
cell is small at first, but as the egg 
becomes older it increases in size by 
the evaporation of water and carbon 
dioxide. In the last portion of the 
oviduct the egg becomes coated with 
a calcerous deposit of different layers 
which form the shell, after which it 
passes into the colaca and is ready for 
expulsion. The different layers of the 
shell anil also of the membrane lining 
are porous, and when the egg is de- 
posited in the nest a chemical and 
mechanical change takes place and 
the so-called respiratory stage sets In. 



I That is. the egg absorbs oxygen 
' ; through the pores of the shell and de- 

i posits it in the air cell containing a 
greater per cent of oxygen (23.5 per 
cent) than the outside air (20. S per 
cent). 

Fig. 2 shows the oviductum. slight- 
ly modified for the purpose of illus- 
tration, which in an ordinary hen is 
about two feet in length and in tra- 
versing this distance the egg takes on 
all the changes described. Should 
two yolks or egg-cells become mature 
and detached at the same time they 
are likely to become enveloped in the 
same albumen and shell and thus form 
a double-yolked egg. 

The temperature of the oviduct is 
about 106 or 107 degrees, and if the 
egg is a fertile one incubation has al- 
ready set in, the blastoderm being 
nourished and warmed into life, but 
on being deposited in the nest the 




process is suspended, to be again re- 
sumed when the opportunity affords. 
This process of incubation varies ac- 
cording to the time the egg is retained 
in the oviductum, but is usually suffi- 
cient to give the germ a fair start. 
If the germ does not receive a sufii- 
cient start in the oviduct to enable 
it to resist the shock of the colder at- 
mosphere into which It is expelled, 
and to sustain itself during the time 
incubation is suspended, it will prove 
a weak germ or addled egg. This ac- 
counts for the fact that the eggs from 
some of pur best laying hens often do 
not hatch well. It is not due to a 
lack of attention on the part of the 
male, or to *the sterility of his seed, 
but to the fact that the eggs are hur- 
ried so rapidly through the oviduc- 
tum that the blastoderms do not have 
time to mature before the first real 
stage of incubation is suspended, and 
then we have weak or dead germs. 




Clear or unfertile eggs, of course, are 
not due to this cause. 

Eggs that are retained too long in 
the oviductum may become too far 
developed and fail to hatch, but this 
is seldom the case. One writer 
claims that an egg that is developed 
at night and remains in the oviduc- 
tum until the next day will not hatch 
well, as it is apt to dislocate the blas- 
toderm. This is certainly fudge, for 
a large portion of the hens retain their 
eggs in the oviduct from eighteen to 
twenty hours, although perhaps not 
fully developed: When an egg has re- 
ceived its shell and passed into the 
cloaca it is seldom retained more than 
twelve hours, and this will certainly 
not injure it for hatching, as we have 
repeatedly demonstrated. 

Here we will break off from the 
real subject in hand to advance a 
theory of our own, which we have 
nearly demonstrated as a fact. If the 
eggs from our heavy-laying hens, 
which only seem to produce weak or 
dead germs, are placed in the incu- 
bator before they are allowed to be- 
come cold a large proportion of them 
will hatch. The germ is not suffi- 
ciently developed to stand a suspen- 
sion of incubation, but if incubation 
can be uninterruptedly continued it 
will produce fully as strong a chick 
as a germ that has developed sufficient- 
ly to stand suspension for several days 
or even weeks. The fact that a hen 
produces weak-germed eggs does not 
necessarily show a weakness in the 
parent stock, as many are led to sup- 
pose, but an unnatural condition in 
the first process of incubation. The 
blastoderm becomes weak at either too 
high or too low a temperature, unless 
it is subjected to a heat analogous to 
that of the body of the hen. 

HOW THE EGG IS FERTILIZED. 

When couplation takes place the 
spermal fluid of the male is injected 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

into the oviductum. This sperm is 
filled with minute living organisms 
which travel steadily forward, always 
in the direction they are started. The 
temperature of the oviductum being 
the same as that of the spermal sac 
of the male, these organisms will re- 
tain life for a long time, and by their 
active nature distribute themselves 
along the walls of the passage, and 
some believe they reach the ovary 
and deposit themselves on the germin- 
al discs of the egg-cells, but this is 
hardly probable, as the blastoderm 
cannot well become fertilized before 
the egg-cell has matured. However, 
after couplation has taken place and 
an egg cell has passed into the ovi- 
ductum they attach themselves to the 
blastoderm, and from that moment 
there is life in the egg. The number 
of eggs that can be fertilized by one 
sexual intercourse is variously esti- 
mated, authorities placing it at from 
fifteen to twenty-five. This, of course, 
would depend much upon the time 
couplation took place. If it should oc- 
cur within a short time previous to the 
hen's laying the first egg of a clutch 
quite a number might be fertilized. 
Should it occur when a fully devel- 
oped egg is in the oviductum the prob- 
abilities are that most of the sperm 
will be forced out when the egg is 
expelled. Then again, even when 
there is a full supply of sperm in the 
passage an egg-cell may pass down 
without any of these little organisms 
becoming attached to the germinal 
disc. So we see there are a number 
of causes for unfertile eggs, and 
causes which man canont alleviate. 

In a fertile egg the blastoderm will 
show an outer white rim and within 
this a clear area, in the center of 
which is a spot of less clearness, some- 
times dotted and sometimes quite uni- 
form. In the unfertile egg the white 
disc is simply marked with irregular 
clear spaces. These conditions can- 
not be detected through the shell, nor 
readily by the unpracticed eye even 
when the shell is broken, without the 
aid of a microscope. 

A fertile egg contains all the ele- 
ments necessary for the perpetuation 
of life-protection by the shell and al- 
bumen, albumen and yolk for nutri- 
tion, and the vital germ. The white 
of the egg has manifold uses. It 
forms the chief nourishment of the 
chick during its growth in the shell, 
and as it forms the largest portion of 
the egg it gives the growing chick 
the needed increase of room as it 
is absorbed or evaporated. In the first 
stages, however, its use is principally 
to protect the vital germ and delicate 
yolk. The use of the greater portion 
of the yolk, or that portion known as 




the food yolk, is to supply nutrition 
after the chick leaves the shell and 
until it is able to hunt and assimilate 
food. 

This power to keep the development 
already begun suspended for so long 
a period as several weeks is, perhaps, 
the most wonderful thing about an 
egg, and when we think of it we are 
surprised that as many hatch as do. 
Every new laid egg, if fertile, is an 
organism which has attained a certain 
stage of development, and it is sub- 
ject to disease, weakness and accident 
the same as any other organism. The 
germ may begin to develop, yet perish 
at any stage of growth, such deaths 
occurring within the shell being in no 
essential respect different from deaths 
of weakly chicks at various early 
stages after leaving the shell. Is it 
any wonder then that so many eggs 
fail to hatch when they are subjected 
to all these adverse conditions? 

It is important that eggs Intended 
for hatching should be carefully han- 
dled and incubated at the earliest pos- 
sible moment. While occasionally 
good hatches may be had when eggs 
are kept even as long as three or 
tour weeks, such cases are the excep- 
tion and not the rule. If kept at an 
even temperature between 50 and 60 
degrees the blastoderm will remain 
inactive for a longer period than if 
kept either warmer or colder. If eggs 
are laid on their side they should be 
turned or their position changed at 
least every two days, but it set on 
the small end no turning will be nec- 
essary. A glance at Fig. 3 will show 
the reason tor this better than we can 
explain it. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




, V...M ^^...= .. Ne„.. H. „„ays win» 



POULTRY SHOWS. 



Their Adva^r\ta.ges arvd Disad- 
vantages. 

Many of the poultry breeders have 
won the blue ribbon e'er this article 
is printed, others are preparing their 
best breeds for the ribbons, while oth- 
ers have met with disappointment. 
"Poultry shows." How much does 
those two words signify to me. I look 
forward days, yes, months, for our 
little show, for there I can gather 
ideas, visit with sisters and brother 
financiers, and get renewed courage 
for another year's work. But I am 
wandering from my subject. First, dis- 
advantages, the expense of exhibiting. 
There are entrance fees to be paid, 
express charges to be paid, coops to 
be made, bought or rented.. These are 
but a small part of the expenses, be- 
cause to win we must prepare to ex- 
hibit good fowls, but those that are 
in good condition, good shape, and 
plumage, and this requires time, pa- 
tience and extra feed. 

The winning specimens are usually 
carefully prepared for exhibition be- 
fore they are presentable for public 
inspection. They are fed to get them 
up in weight, cooped so they can be 
bandied often to make them tame or 



their feathers will be awry and some 
broken. A tame bird will always 
show to the best advantage, and 1 
have learned by experience that 
meat scraps or chopped bone will 
tame them easier than any other way, 
even the flighty Leghorns will soon 
eat from my hands. This all requires 
time and patience as well as labor. 

A much more serious disadvantage 
is presented from exposure, the ex- 
treme temperature of the exhibition 
halls to the temperature of the open 
air or express cars. This change 
often causes sickness or death. 

The advantages outweigh disad- 
vantages many times. 

There are the prizes to be consid- 
ered. These some times pay in a 
pecuniary sense, and are worth much 
more than the expense to which one 
is put to to win them. 

Not only must we consider the 
prizes as the only value. The adver- 
tising that exhibiting gives is a great 
value, for the quality of his stock 
has been proven by a competent judge, 
thereby making a reputation for his 
fowls, and the reputation of prize 
winning stock or even scored ones 
will make sales either for stock or 
eggs. 



Another advantage is the educa- 
tional part. One may know the value 
of his fowls. If he has not won his 
share of the premiums he can learn 
the cause and remedy that cause per- 
haps for another year, for, after all, 
the mating of the breeding pens judi- 
ciously helps to make the prize win- 
ners. 

Specially is the show room an edu- 
cator to the beginner, for he may 
learn in one day what it has taken 
years for the experienced to learn, 
step by step. The show room is open 
to the public. Here we may meet 
many breeders of experience who 
will cheerfully answer questions about 
their favorites, the competition leads 
to comparison, and much may be 
learned in a short time, and time is 
money. By all means, beginner, take 
your best birds to a poultry show. 
IDA E. BARD. 



The American S. C. Brown Leghorn 
club emerges from infancy this month 
with the vigor of youth, and will 
graduate at the Chicago show during 
the week of January 20 as a full 
fledged specialty club, fit to solicit the 
confidence and respect of breeders the 
world over. Preparations for the grad- 
uating exercises are completed, to 
which every member is expected along 
with a string of his best birds. To 
bring about such results, and to make 
the exercises doubly interesting, the 
following list of club prizes will be 
hung up: ?50 challenge cup on best 
cock, cockerel, two hens and two 
pullets, to be won three times; ?25 
challenge cup on best five cockerels, 
to be won twice: $10 trophy cup on 
best pen; $10 trophy cup on best cock- 
erel; club ribbon on best male head; 
club ribbon on best colored male; 
club ribbon on best shaped male; club 
ribbon on best female head; club rib- 
bon on best colored female; club rib- 
bon on best shaped female. In the 
open class the club officials have suc- 
ceeded in placing a $35 trophy cup on 
the largest and best display given by 
the associatoin. together with other 
valuable specials, fully described in 
premium list. Every breeder interest- 
ed should identify himself with this 
club, and take a hand in pushing the 
interests of the popular Brownies. 
Send $1 to the secretary for member- 
ship and further particulars. 

C. M. DAVIDSON, 



Judg^e W. S. Russell of Ottiiniwa. la., 
is offeriiifj Barred P. Rock cockerels at 

52, S3 and 65 each: pullets ?1. S2 and 

53. Above prices for January only; 
add SI to each bird in ordering after 
February. A few fancy exhibition 
cockerels for sale: no pullets. Write 
him today. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




'Of the Stephani Poultry Plant. Belleville. 111., sliinving Duck House. Mill. Rabbitry, Hen Hr 



Things as I Find Them in the 
Poultry Business. 
By Mrs. J. Hvjghes, Jr 

Judgment, reason, perseverance and 
economy are four things essential to 
success. We see so many theories ad- 
vanced in the poultry journals that 
will materialize all right on paper that 
will not materialize in the poultry 
yard. What we want is to advocate 
those things that will materialize any 
place you put them to the test in the 
poultry yard. This is the place we go 
at the end of the year to figure up 
the profit and loss. We see so many 
things iu print on the raising and 
managing of poultry that are actually 
too shallow to give consideration. 
Some one just happened to have an 
"idea" and never waiting to test their 
"idea' 'to see if there was anything in 
it, go put it in print and it is read 
perhaps by thousands and many times 
to the reader's sorrow. 

"Feeding for eggs." This one sub- 
ject at this time of the year seems 
never to be exhausted. Every one has 
the best, and if we were to follow the 
instructions that some give, where 
would be our profit? 

My method of feeding for eggs is 
simply this. Corn night and morning, 
either whole or cracked, plenty of 
clean straw for them to scratch in, a 



little screenings thrown in the straw 
twice a day, half gallon each time; ! 
this is enough for forty fowls, to keep 
them in good condition for eggs. I 
always see that they have nice clean 
water to drink and coarse sand for 
grit, with chacoal mixed with it. By 
keeping my poultry house clean and 
well ventilated I have no trouble to 
keep my White Langshams, laying 
right along, cold or warm, with this 
method of feeding, my egg average has 
never got above eleven with the ex- 
ception of two or three days I got 
twelve; nor has it ever fell below 
seven since the first of November. 



TKe Ta.hor Exhibition. 

The first annual exhibition given by 
the above association proved to be a 
success in every particular, when the 
earliness of the season and the fact 
that there were to be shows in two 
other nearby towns are taken into 
consideration. The quality of the 
winning birds was generally good, of 
some of them particularly so. U. S. 
Russell gave great satisfaction as 
judge. The sweepstakes silver cup of- 
fered for ten highest scoring birds, all 
varieties competing was won by E. 
H. Harrison's Light Brahmas. 

Barred Rocks— 1st cock, Geo. Green- 



lee, Tabor; 1st hen, 3d pen, W. A. 
Cole, Clarinda; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 
3d pullets, 1st pen, O. J. Easton, 
Whiting; 2d, 3d hens, 2d pen, Elmer 
Johnson, Malvern; 2d cockerel, J. N. 
Colby, Tabor. 

White Rocks— 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, 
1st, 2d, 3d pullets, 1st pen, W. H. Ut- 
terback, Tabor; 1st, 2d hens, 1st cock, 
N. A. Prince, Tabor. 

Buff Rocks— 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d 
pullets, 1st pen, R, Williams, Tabor. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes — 1st cock, 
1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, st, 2d, 3d pullets, 
1st pen, J. H. Todd, Tabor. 

White Wyandottes — 2d cockerel, J. 
M. Scott, Red Oak; 1st, 2d, 3d pullets, 
1st, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, Miss Elsie 
Russell, Tabor. 

Light Brahmas — 1st, 2d cocks, 1st 
cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d 
pullets. 1st pen, E. H. Harrison, Ta- 
bor; 3d cock, A. A. Timson, Tabor. 

Partridge Cochins— 1st, 2d 3d pul- 
lets, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, S. 
M. Greenlee, Tabor; 1st, 2d, 3d hens, 
A. A. Timson; 1st cock, E. J. Wilson, 
Tabor. 

Brown Leghorns — 1st, 2d, 3d cock- 
erels, A. A. Timmons. 

Toulouse Geese — 1st pair, Mrs. L. 
Carson, Tabor; 2d pair, Mrs. Swartz, 
Tabor. 



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Mrs. n. (;. Mackey. Clarksv.lle. Mci. Mrs- 
Mackey writes for the Pox'ltrv Investigator 
breeds eleitant M. B. Turkeys, Brahmas, Laiie- 
shaus and Barred Rocks, and is reliable. 



Buff Orpingtons for Eggs and Meat. 

After three years' careful breeding 
of this splendid variety of poultry, 
along with the Leghorns, B. Rocks and 
Light Brahmas, I must say that I 
have no desire to keep any of the 
other breeds any longer. I get more 
eggs from the Buff Orpingtons through 
the fall and winter months by far 
than from either the Leghorns, B. 
Rocks or Brahmas, and they will hold 
the Leghorns even all through the 
summer. 

Last year my pullets commenced 
laying November 3, in good earnest, 
and laid on an average of twenty-one 
eggs, and for December twenty-three 
eggs, for January, twenty-four; for 
February, nineteen; March, twenty- 
six. In March the yearling hens were 
counted in with the pullets, as the 
breeding yards were mated on March 
1. Although my hens laid good all 
through the breeding season, yet the 
demand for eggs far exceeded the sup- 
ply and I was obliged to turn back 
several orders for Buff Orpington 
eggs. I have never been able to 
supply the demand for eggs or stock 
in their season. 

They have characteristics of tBeir 
own and as many good qualities as 
other breeds, which, I think, places 
them in the foremost ranks as a gen- 
eral-purpose fowl. I had cockerels 
this season that tipped the scales at 
eight pounds when five months old. 
I find in three years' breeding fhat 
they breed almost as true to color as 
the older Buff breeds do, and I be- 
lieve they are the coming Buff breed, 
for all who see them take a fancy to 
them at once. 

I sold a farmer's wife two sittings 
of eggs this season Just at the close 
of the breeding season, and just the 



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other day she came and told me about 
the nice chickens she had raised from 
those eggs she had bought. She said, 
"1 never saw chickens grow like them; 
.some of the cockerels weigh seven 
pounds now and they were the last 
chickens I had to hatch. I want you 
to come up and see them." 

I have written this to show that the 
Buff Orpingtons are rapid growers, 
even in the hands of the farmer's wife. 
To be sure there is no better place 
than on the farm to raise fine poultry, 
nor can they be produced as cheap 
anywhere else, and yet it is very sel- 
dom that we see a nice flock of pure 
bred poultry on the farm. While it is 
a fact that farmers are slow to take 
up the breeding of pure bred poultry, 
yet I believe the main cause for their 
not being more interested in piire 
bred poultry is' that they buy too many 
cheap birds and eggs, for it is also a 
fact that when they do get good stock 
they are just as proud of them as any 
one, and my advice is to the farmer 
and to all, not to buy cheap, inferior 
stock just because it is cheap in price, 
for it is dear even thought it did not 
cost much. Get a good stock of some 
good reliable breeder that wil not sell 
culls at any price, and once you get 
good stock you will never be satisfied 
to go back to the common scrub fowl. 

Dec. 6, 1901. F. A. CROWELU 



Prize Winners at Red Oal(, Iowa. 

It sounds like exaggeration to say 
that the fifth annual exhibition of the 
United Fanciers' Poultry and Pet 
Stock association held in Red Oak, 
November 26 to 30, was the greatest 
poultry show ever held in the state, 
but it is really a fact. There were 
more fowls on exhibition than were 
ever shown at a poultry show in Iowa 
before, not exempting the exhibit of 
the state association. In all there 
were 1,420 fowls shown at the recent 
exhibit in Red Oak. At last year's 
exhibit here there were about 800. 

It was thought by the officers of the 
association that perhaps the show 
would be as large as last year, when 
nearly 800 birds were on exhibition, 
and a show room which was consider- 
ed large enough on that basis was se- 
cured, but when not only the 800 mark 
was reached but the 1,000 mark also 
reached and passed, and still the birds 
kept coming, it began to look as 
though it would be necessary to en- 
deavor to secure the Armory or the 
Sanitarium, in order to have the birds 
properly housed. When, however, the 
1,500 mark was nearly reached, the 
entries closed, and there was not 
room to put another bird. They were 
piled coop on coop from floor to cell- 



ing in many cases, and yet so skillfully 
arranged that the 500 people who came 
to see the show during the five days 
got full benefit of the display. There 
were sixty exhibitors in all. 

The .iudging was done by Mrs. J. J. 
Buchan of Pierson, Iowa; J. B. Thomp- 
son of Malvern, and Curtis Greene of 
Eldora. Above is the list of premium 
winners: 

A new breed. Buff Orpington, was 
shown. A. L. Houston of Keota got 
first awards on single comb cockerel, 
hen, pullet and pen. Mrs. J. A. Lash 
of Osceola got first on rose comb cock- 
erele, pullet and pen. 

D. B. Butler, S. Heflin and J. H. 
Fisher of Red Oak, had good Black 
Plymouth Rocks on exhibition. E. 
Kretchmer of Red Oak had a fine dis- 
play of Black Plymouth Rocks shown 
in exhibition coops. Mr. Kretchmer is 
manufacturing a new incubator that is 
a success. 

L. Nazarenus of Red Oak and Royal 
F. Tyler of Villisca each had a pen 
of good White Wyandottes on exhibi- 
tion. 

Mrs. J. A. Lash of Osceola tied Rob- 
erts Bros, of Farragut for third pre- 
mium on Black Langshan hen. 

J. S. Ressler of Red Oak exhibited 
a fine coop of Buff Cochins. 

Levi Barnett, John S. Pritchard and 
Harry Logan of Red Oak had good 
Creston Indian Games on exhibition. 

J. G. Lembke of Griswold won first 
premium on Toulouse geese and Pearl 
guineas. He also took second premium 
on pigeon display. 

Marion Hite and Earl Robinson of 
Red Oak exhibited some very nice 
Black Minorcas. 

J. W. Haglund of Red Oak took first 
prize on pigeon display. His exhibit 
included some of the most beautiful 
Ruffle Necks, Pouters and Carriers 
that were ever shown. 

The officers of the associtaion are 




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C. L. Stratton of Red Oak, president; 
J. Q. Swallow of Villisca, vice presi- 
dent; J. M. Scott of Red Oak, secre- 
tary; H. R. McLean of Red Oak, as- 
sistant secretary; A. W. Harding of 
Red Oak, treasurer; D. B. Butler of 
Red Oak, superintendent. 

The location for next year's show 
has not been determined yet. Osceola 
and Council Bluffs are candidates 
for it. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks; Cock first, 
cockerel second and third, hen first 
and second, pullet second and thirl 
pen first; H. R. McLean, Red Oak, la. 
Cockerel first, pullet first and third, 
pen second; 0. .1. Easton, Whiting. 
Cockerel third, hen third; A. H. John- 
son, Essex. Cock second; F. J. Draper, 
Red Oak, la. 

White Plymouth Rocks: Hen first, 
pen third; Willard Hanna, Red Oak, 
la. Hen second and third; Jos. Rob- 
son, Red Oak, la. Cock first, pullet 
first; C. E. Taylor, Nebraska City, 
Neb. Cockerel first, pullet second, 
pen second; A. R. Ellet, Red Oak, la. 
Cockerel second, pullet second, pen 
first; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, la. Cock- 
erel third; Mrs. C. Simpson, Haw- 
thorne, la. 

Buff Rocks: Cock first, hen second 
and third; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, la. 
Cockerel first and second, pullet first 
and second; Ed Anderson, Red Oak, 



la. Hen first, pullet third; Ewing 
Bros., Hawthorne, la. 

White Wyandottes: Cock first, 
cockerel second and third, hen first, 
second and third, pullet first and sec- 
ond, pens first and second; J. E. 
Thompson, Malvern. Cock second and 
third, pullet third; John Haglund, 
Essex, la. Cockerel; Thos. Harp. Red 
Oak, IR. 

S. L. Wyandottes: Cockerel sec- 
ond, hen first, second and third, pul- 
let first, second and third, pen first; 
J. E. Thompson, Malvern, la. Cock 
second, pen second; A. Hillman, Red 
Oak. 

Black Langshans: Cockerel first, 
hen first, second and third, pullet first, 
second and third, pens first and sec- 
ond; Roberts Bros.. Farragut. Cock- 
erel second; A. R. Ellett, Red Oak, 
la. Cockerel third; Geo. 0. Still, Far- 
ragut, la. 

Light Brahmas: Pullet third; For- 
rest Taylor, Red Oak. Cockerel first 
and third; Mattie Weiiand, Red Oak. 
Cock second and third, hen second and 
third, pullet second, pen second; J..Q. 
Swallow, Villisca, la. Hen first and 
third; F. J. Draper, Red Oak. Cock 
first, cockerel second, pullet first, pen 
first; J. G. Lembke, Griswold. 

Buff Cochin: Cock first, cockerel 
first anad second, pullet first and third, 
pens first, second and third; A. W. 
Harding, Red Oak. Hen first and 



third, pullet second; W. R. Gordon, 
Red Oak. Cockerel third; Chas. Mc- 
Cauley, Red Oak. 

Partridge Cochin: Cockerel first 
and second; J. H. Bain, Red Oak. 
Hen second; E. G. Godden, Red Oak. 

C. T. Game: Cockerel first, second 
and third, hen first, second and third, 
pullet first, second and third, pen first, 
second and third; J. W. Dodd, Red 
Oak, la. Cock first; T. C. Penry, Red 
Oak. 

R. C. B. Leghorns: Cockerel second; 
Max Sheffer, Red Oak, la. Cockerel 
first, pullet first, second and third, pen 
first; J. W. Dodd, Red Oak, la. 

S. C. B. Leghorn: Cock first, cock- 
erel second and third, hens first, sec- 
ond and third, pens first and second; 
J. S. Stahlnecker, Cromwell. Cockerel 
first, pullet first; Mattie Weiiand, Red 
Oak. 

Houdans: Cockerel second, hens 
first, second and third, pullet first, pen 
first; E. L. Young. Red Oak. 

G. S. Bantams: Cockerel first, pul- 
let first, second and third, pen first; 
J. G. Lembke. Griswold, la. 

S. S. Bantam: Cockerel first, hen 
first and second; J. H. Warren, Red 
Oak. 

S. S. Hamburgs: Cock first, cock- 
erel first, hen first, second and third; 
L. D. Aashby, Red Oak, la. 

W. H. Turkeys: Cock first, hen 
first; J, Q. Swallow, Villisca. 



12 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ooooooooooooooooooooooooco 

O Poviltry Advertising . . o 

V — i-By C. H. ICKEN. X 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCO 



1 have always been a strong and 
firm believer in good and continuous 
advertising, and am of the belief that 
the man who keeps at it all the time, 
and pushing his business to the besi 
of his ability, need not doubt that he 
will be at the top of the ladder in 
the near future. Poultry advertising 
is just as essential to the breeds as 
good stock, for without either one 
you cannot do business. Advertis- 
ing one's stock can be accomplished 
in a number of ways. Some use noth- 
ing but circulars, others depend upon 
their winnings at the winter shows 
for publicity, but the most of those 
who have been successful in the fancy 
have been those who have used the 
poultry press, not once, but all the 
time. Just try to name the breeders 
who in your memory are at the top 
of the ladder, and you will find that 
they are all heavy advertisers. As to 
what constitutes good advertising is 
as yet a matter to be determined, for 
what will sell goods today will not 
bring an inquiry next time. The fel- 
low who thinks he can write a good 
advertisement is the fellow who has 
never sat down and tried hard. The 
essential points of an advertisement 
are to state, in the first place, what 
you have for sale. The next is why 
you think your stock is worthy of pur- 
chase, what qualifications it possesses 
that w-ould be an inducement to pur- 
chase, and the price you will sell it 
for. A mere statement of facts is all 
that is necessary, and trying to be fun- 
ny, or to write a freak advertisement, 
never gets you a thing. A good illus- 
tration of your stock or your own 
face in your advertisement is consid- 
ered helpful to the attractiveness of 
an ad, and goes a long way towards 
pushing it out before the eyes of the 
reader. 

Most of the opultry papers now pub- 
lished have competent men who thor- 
oughly understand their business in 
the composing room, and will set your 
announcement in an attractive way 
and in the best position possible. An- 
other thing, it would hardly pay a 
manufacturer of coffins to advertise 
his goods in a farm implement jour- 
nal, and it is therefore about as un- 
profitable for a poultryman to adver- 
tise in any other paper than a poultry 
paper. If you have iron for sale ad- 
vertise it in a paper devoted to that 
article, and which is read by people 



interested in that subject. Nothing 
will bring you the returns as well as a 
paper devoted to poultry. Now as to 
circulation. If a fellow is out hunt- 
ing, and has only one quail to shoot 
at, his chances are slim for quail on 
toast, but if he has twenty to shoot 
at, there is a possibility of his secur- 
ing some of those birds. That's the 
whole circulation business in a nut- 
shell. You want to pick out a journal 
in which to place your advertisement 
with a guaranteed circulation, and one 
that reaches those interested in that 
which you have for sale. Those jour- 
nals which are always blowing so 
hard as to the millions of copies they 
are printing each month are not al- 
ways the best business bringers. A 
journal with 5,000 subscribers, who 
pay for their paper and read it after 
they get it, and also interested in Its 
contents, will always bring more re- 
turns to the advertiser than the big 
blow-hard paper, which sends its cop- 
ies to hodcarriers and bootblacks, ir- 
respective of their knowledge of the 
poultry business, and which are not 
read or even opened by those receiving 
them. Investigate the journals' claims 
when they talk about the wonderful 
results obtained by those using their 
columns, and don't always believe tne 
smooth talking agent. Again, too 
many people think that last season's 
advertising will sell this season's 
goods, some one has said, but this Is 
all right too. Good advertising will 
live almost forever. Mr. P. J. Mar- 
shall, a prominent breeder of the 
south, told me not long ago "that he 
had just sold a pen of fowls from an 
inquiry that he had received that 
week, which was the result of an old 
advertisement seen in a paper twelve 
years ago. and from a paper now out 
of existence." He said "that he 
keyed all his advertisements, and 
knew exactly where this inquiry had 
come from." so that there was no 
doubt about it. I have sold stock my- 
self from advertisements that appear- 
ed three years ago, so that I am firm 
ly of the belief that a good advertise 
ment will live as long as it is read- 
able, and will pay up to that time. 
The only way to advertise is all the 
time, then you are sure of it. If your 
business is of such a size or nature 
that you cannot carry a large adver- 
tisement, take a smaller one and run 
it continuously rather than a larger 



one only occasionally. The breeders' 
cards in most journals are cheap and 
pay good returns. In fact, I heard one 
old breeder say "that his small card 
in breeders' columns paid better than 
a large advertisement which he had 
previously carried, and that the be- 
ginner or amateur buyer usually 
thought that the big advertisers usu- 
ally asked so much for stock, and 
took it for granted that the little ad- 
vertiser could sell cheaper, and give 
his just as good stock, minus the ex- 
tra which he must surely put on to 
pay for the advertisement." This I 
am not sure of, but the text is, "Ad- 
vertise continuously." 'With the 
great field opened up before you, you 
of the west have wonderful chances 
to make a name and to secure finan- 
cial gain in the poultry business. With 
your vast farms, your cheap lands, 
your abundant crops, you surely ought 
to be heard from, even more than you 
now are, and I hope that the day is 
not far distant when the so-callea 
leaders of the east will take their hats 
off to the mighty west. And, if you 
please, keep them off. You have In 
the Poultry Investigator a wonderful 
medium through which to sell your 
goods. There is no question about the 
fact that it will do so. With the 
men at the head, IT HAS TO PAY. 
The paper shows that those connected 
with it know the needs and require- 
ments of the poultry man, and one of 
the essential things to the poultry 
man is the disposition of his goods 
at a good price and at the proper time. 
Think it over, brother, and I am sure 
the Investigator will do you good, 
from an advertising standpoint as well 
as from an educational and other 
ways. Cards are all right, circulars 
are all right, exhibiting stock is all 
right, but for actual and satisfactory 
results, get in the advertising columns 
of a good poultry jo\irnal, and stay 
there. 



SONG OF THE GOLDEN SEBKIOHT 

BANTAM. 

I'm a golden yellow beauty. 

Every feather laced with black. 

And consider it my duty 

That for pride I do not lack. 

For my movements I try strutting. 

Every step I take with care. 

While my penciled body and my wing 

I've a notion that the shaping 

Of my tail is most unique. 

Being the only rooster in the ring, 

With a "hen tail" ail complete. 

All the sickle feathers lacking. 

No broad bars across my wing. 

And my head looks as though backing 

T'ward my tail to form a ring. 

I've a rose comb that is perfect. 

Brightest eyes and crimson face. 

And with safety you'll elect me 

As the "champion" of my race. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



13 



\ POULTRY IN THE NORTHWEST | 

*, By F. DANDO. . 

1 have been asked to give an article 
on the poultry industry in this part, 
of Uncle Sam's (jountry to the readers 
of your valuable paper, the Investi- 
gator, which paper I think is one or 
the neatest up-to-date poultry journals 
that has ever reached me in my nine 
years of "hen study." To begin with 
my article, 1 will say that I am situ- 
ated in a part of the country that is 
an ideal place for this business, for 
profit as well as pleasure, and this is 
the main point in the business; tue 
next is market. Our marKet is situ- 
ated 175 miles each side of this town, 
that is Seattle 175 west and Spokane 
175 east. Eggs are the most profitable 
to supply, as the market never gets 
below 10 cents and have seen it as 
high as 50 cents per dozen. At present 
eggs are worth 35 cents in the cities 
mentioned and the home market is 30 
cents per dozen. 

Ek) not suppose from this that you 
cannot dispose of broilers or roosters 
at a paying figure, as broilers, two to 
two and one-half pounds, sell at 14 
to 16 cents per pound almost the 
whole season, and roasters from 12 to 
15 cents per pound, according to the 
market changes and seasons of the 
year, for chickens weighing from 
three and one-half to five pounds or 
a little better, as long as they are not 
full grown. Hens are worth from 9 
to 11 cents per pound. The reason 
that we go mostly in for eggs is on 
account of the high express rates, 
which are $1.35 per hundred, and when 
the coop is counted in both ways you 
can reckon on taking off 2 cents per 
pound on expenses and 1 cent per 
pound for commission. 

So much for the location and prices. 
Now for my buildings and surround- 
ings. My main laying house is 8x60 
feet, four feet at back and six feet 
in front. The roosting room is 8x10, 
also scratching shed 8x10 in connec- 
tion. This makes three pens capable 
in this climate of holding twenty lay- 
ing hens of the small breeds each 
and give ample room, i have other 
individual pens without scratching 
sheds, which 1 do not like as well as 
the one with sheds, as it is necessary 
to have the sheds of some kind, and 
my roosting rboms are Jined with 
building paper inside and out, with 
rustic on outside of building and ship- 
lap on inside, with four-inch matched 
flooring. There is nothing like a good 
warm roosting room. 

Now as to my success with poultry, 
will say that I have had better suc- 




Brick Incubator Cellar i)f \V. H. Busliell. David City. Nebr. Also shows his brooder housf 
oOfeet long- built ot wood and brick. Mr. Bushell breeds nothing but the best Buff Orpingtons 
and imports nearly all his breeders from the best yards in England. 



cess than I expected when I started 
in. Although 1 am a bachelor and try- 
ing to handle eighty acres of the best 
fruit land in the United States, I do 
my own housework, look after my 
stock, besides raising over 300 chick- 
ens this season, fattened and shipped 
almost 175 of these at two to five 
pounds at the stated market prices. 
Have over 100 pullets for winter lay- 
ing, mostly Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
and disposed of some to individuals 
around here for breeding purposes. 1 
did not keep an account of poultry 
sold, as I had too much other work 
to do. There is one thing that 1 
wish to state; here is a location for 
poultry house, to any of the readers 
of this journal that have an apple 
orchard, or any kind of an orchard 
in fact. Place your poultry house in 
the center of it, facing south if pos- 
sible, and if your apples are infested 
with what is called coddling moth 
(wormy apples), your chickens will be 
worth 50 cents a piece to you just to 
clean up the moth. I could give the 
readers some good articles on the val- 
ue of poultry to destroy this insect 
pest, which would be the means ot 



yet found a wormy apple in 
the orchard, and I can sell all 
my apples for from 2 to 3 
cents per pound, and late keep- 
ing varieties bring 5 cents per pound 
and are put up in 50-pound boxes. As 
1 am steering away from the subject 
that I started on and making this ar- 
ticle too long, I will close by saying 
if any of the readers of this journal 
(P. I.) wish to know any more about 
this part of the country in regards to 
poultry or fruit, I will be pleased to 
inform them personally or through 
the P. I. Yours for success, 

F. DANDO. 
Wenatchee, Washington. 



SOLILOQUY OF A THOROUGHBRED 

AFTEIR DEATH. 
As I died at the tender age of one, 
My lite was scarcely yet begun; 
Though I lived quite long enough to find. 
There's nothing much to leave behind. 
I found that life was but a show. 
Where creatures live, as I— to crow, 
In pretense apeing majesty, 
Ere downing truth by mockery. 
I've flapped my wings and crowed 

enough 
To keep up custom's standard bluff; 



, . , „„j. ,.„ ^1 „„ n,„, I The world called me a thoroughbred. 

making a double profit to those that ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^,^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ 

wish to combine the fruit industry | p^,^ ^^^^^ beneath the plumage grand. 

with that of poultry, as I am placed | The carcass was the world's demand; 

in such a position that I know, living | And since 'twas so, I'll say to you, 

in a county of this state that derives | And swear a chicken oath 'tis true, 



four-fifths of its revenue from fruit, 
and such fruit that took the gold med- 
al at the Pan-American exposition 
at Buffalo recently. It wasn't wormy 
fruit either. My poultry yards are sit- 
uated in the center of my orchard, and 
I can truthfully say that I have never 



My carcass is in every way, 
From ancient time to present day. 
Possessed of good or depth as much 
As anything that man could touch. 
So eat and drink and jolly be, 
For in eating up what's left of me, 
Your time will be as worthy spent 
As In any other, earthly bent. 

W. B. R. 



14 

Lincoln County, Mo., Poultry | 
Show- Dec. 5 to 5. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Third Annual Exhibition of the 
County Association. 
Dec. 3-5, 1901, at Troy, Mo. 
President, W. A. Ellis. 
Secretary, Stuart L. Penn. 
Judge, J. M. Rapp, LaMoille, 111. 



Although the Lincoln County Poul- 
try association had au ugly spell of 
weather during their show last week, 
the entry list was larger and the fowls 
were of higher grade than in former 
years. This in spite of the drought, 
which was hard on chickens as well 
as other crops, especially affecting 
weights. The premiums awarded 
(cash and specials were of the value 
of about fl75, and were distributed as 
follows: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks: First 
cock, hen, pullet and pen, Shaffer & 
Welch, Troy, Mo.; first cockerel, R. 
T. Canterberry, Truxton, Mo.; second 
hen, pullet, Shafer & Welch; second 
cock, pen, R. T. Canterberry; seconfl 
cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; third 
hen, Shafer & Welch; third cockerel, 
pullet, pen, Ham Grigg, Prices Branch, 
Mo. 

White Plymouth Rock: First cock, 
hen, pullet, cockerel, pen, Wfl A. Ellis, 
Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, pullet, 
pen, J. H. Ingram, Truxton, Mo.; 
second hen, W. A. Ellis; third cock- 
erel, pen, J. H. Ingram; third pullet, 
W. E. Ellis; third hen, Jno. Kemper, 
Troy, Mo. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks: First cock, 
hen, cockerel, pullet, pen. Ham Grigg; 
second pullet, R. T. Canterberry; third 
cockerel, pen, Stuart L. Penn, Troy, 
Mo.; third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes: First 
cockerel, pullet, pen, L. W. Davis, 
Troy, Mo.; second pullet, L. W. Davis; 
second cockerel, J. A. Welch, Moscow 
Mills, Mo.; third cockerel, pullet, L. 
W. Davis. 

Golden Laced Wyandottes: First 
cock, pullet, hen, pen, W. A. Ellis; 
first cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; 
second pullet, hen, W. A. Ellis; second 
cockerel, pen, J. C. Ellis; third hen, 
W. A. Ellis; third pullet, pen, J. C. 
Ellis. 

Black Langshans: First cockerel, 
pullet, pen, Syd Penn; second and 
third pullet, Syd Penn. 

Black Javas: First cockerel, hen, 
pullet pen, Henry Muck, Troy; second 
cockerel, pullet hen, Henry Muck; 
third pullet, Henry Muck. 

Buff Wyandotte: First cockerel, 
Syd Penn, Troy, Mo. 

Light Brahmas: First cock, cock- 
erel, hen, pullet, pen, J. J. Taylor, 
Auburn, Mo.; second and third hen 




and dark pullet, J. J. Taylor. 

Dark Brahmas: First and second 
hen, Henry Muck. 

Partridge Cochins: First cock, 
cockerel, hen, pullet, pen, D. M. Ellis, 
Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, hen, D. 
M. Ellis; second pullet, pen, Eugene 
Moxley, Troy, Mo.; second cock, M. 
W. Sitton, Troy, Mo.; third hen, D. 
M. Ellis; third cockerel, Engene Mox- 
ley; third pullet, pen, M. W. Sitton. 

Buff Cochins: First cockerel, pul- 
let, H. S. Owings, Truxton, Mo. 

Rose Comb White Leghorns: First 
cock, pullet; second pullet; third pul- 
let, J. H. Ingram. 

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns: First 
hen, John F. Merriwether, Troy, Mo. 

Buff Leghorns: First cock, hen, 
pullet, pen; second hen, pullet; third 
hen, pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 

Single Comb Brown Leghorns: First 
cock, hen, cockerel, pullet, pen; sec- 
ond cockerel, hen, pullet, pen; third 
cockerel, hen, pullet, Ham Grigg. 

Black Minorcas: First, second, 
third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 



White Minorcas: First cockerel, 
hen, pullet, pen, second pullet, W. S. 
Cottle, Troy, Mo.; third pullet, Frank 
Howell, Troy, Mo. 

Anconas: First cockerel, pullet, 
Syd Penn. 

Silver Spangled Hamburgs: First 
cockerel, pullet, second pullet, J. J. 
Taylor. 

Buff Orpingtons: First cock, cock- 
erel, hen, pullet, pen, Geo. S. Town- 
send. Troy, Mo.; second and third 
hen and pullet, Geo. S. Townsend. 

Golden Polish: First pullet, Syd 
Penn. 

Golden Sebright Bantam: First 
cockerel Syd Penn. 

Buff Cochin Bantam: First cock, 
hen, second hen, Frank Brackett, 
Troy, Mo. ' 

Pekin Ducks: First cock, hen, J. 
H. Ingram. 

Indian Runner Ducks: First cock, 
hen. J. J. Taylor; first pullet, Syd 
Penn. 

Toulouse Geese: First cock, hen, 
J. J. Taylor. 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys: First 
cock, Henry Muck. 

Belgian Hares: First buck, Roy 
Ellis, Troy, Mo.; first doe, Grover 
Huston, Troy, Mo. 

The high-scoring birds in the Amer- 
ican class, a White Plymouth Rock 
pullet, was owned by W. A. Ellis, 93%. 
Mr. Ellis also had a hen which scored 
92%; in the Asiatic class. Partridge 
Cochin cockerel owned by D. M. Ellis, 
91 V4; in the Mediterranean class, An- 
cona pullet owned by Syd Penn, 93%. 
The highest scoring chicken was a 
buff owned by Frank Brackett, 94%. 

There were about 250 birds on ex- 
hibition. 

In Barred Plymouth Rocks there 
were 26 entries; White Plymouth 
Rocks, 27; Buff Plymouth Rocks, 26; 
Golden Wyandottes, 16; Silver Wyan- 
dottes, 15; Black Javas, 15; Buff Leg- 
horns, 10; S. C. Brown Leghorns, 19; 
Partridge Cochins, 21; White Minor- 
cas, 10. 



ADVANTAGES OP A FARMER. 
The farmer has all the advantages 
of anyone for breeding fowls, except 
in many cases the facilities for dfs- 
posing of his stock. Some one near 
or in a town or city has better oppor- 
tunity for supplying the market with 
freshest products. The farmer in a 
remote place has a little difficulty in 
reaching a special market for his 
fowls and eggs. The country dealers 
usually pay very nearly as much as 
the city dealers, after taking out the 
express charges, so the farmer here 
will get a fair price for his produce. 
He may ship his eggs himself, and if 
they are first class products he will 
get highest prices. Now, many farm- 
ers do not want to bother to ship for 
themselves, so they sell to the deal- 
ers and store keepers. This is the 
best way for them if they do not keep 
a whole lot of fowls. The one living 
near a city has a chance to get an 
extra price for his fowls, yet in many 
cases the farmer living in a remote 
place can produce his eggs and fowls 
cheaper than the one near the city. 
The farmer has this advantage over 
the one who breeds his fowls only 
and has to buy all his feed — he can 
raise all his grain and green food for 
them. He can raise the feed for 
about one-half the cost that the breed- 
er has to pay for his stock. So here 
is a large gain. The farmer who lives 
where land is cheap can give his 
fowls larger yards or even unlimited 
range, so this will insure a gain and 
healthier fowls. He can get his build- 
ings in an ideal place and often can 
build them for about half the cost 
of one nearer a city. He can let his 
fowls and chickens pick up about half 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

of their living in the summer. Thus 
the cost of the fowls will be much less. 
The only fault with the farmers now- 
adays is that they fail to get fowls 
of good stock and fail to care for 
them and manage so as to produce 
eggs. No use of a farmer kicking 
about the market that he must sell 
to giving such a low price. A few 
cents a dozen on eggs is more than 
made up on the cost of the feed when 
you look at the way the breeder alone 
has to pay for his feed. The farmer 
really gets a much larger profit than 
the breeder who raises no feed. 

Look at the poultry question in 
most any way and you will see him 
ahead. Where he loses in one way he 
makes up twice over in another. So 
the farmer comes out on top every 
time. 

PERCY W. SHEPARD. 



Morgan Park, 111., Nov. 12, 1901. 

Mr. Show, Secretary and Exhibitor: 

It may interest you to know that the 

American S. C. Brown Leghorn club 



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will offer a special club ribbon for best 
cockerel exhibited by a club member 
at any show where two or more mem- 
bers are in competition. Secretaries 
are at liberty to include this in their 
' list of specials. 

i Our annual meeting will be held the 
' week of January 21st, or in connection 
with the big Chicago show, and it is 
j earnestly hoped every prospective ex- 
j hibitor will join us and compete for 
! the club honors. 

' The object of this club is to increase 
I the interest in and demand for high 
[ class S. C. Brown Leghorns, to obtain 
, tor them better recognition by the 
' poultry shows and poultry press, to 
offer club pries that not only attract 
general interest, but encourage fan- 
ciers to renewed efforts to produce ex- 
tra fine and more nearly perfect spec- 
imens, and to use our best efforts to 
bring about a more uniform under- 
standing of the standard requirements 
by breeders and judges. Fraternally, 
M. D. WILSON, Secretary. 



Novel Brooder House of Mrs. R\ith Morris. 




The abi)\e ilUi^u iti n -h av 
incubator house made and used by Mr.s. 
Ruth Morris, on her farm near Fair- 
haven, Kansas. The house is what is 
known in that part of the country as a 
"sod house." Large blocks of miid 
are dried in the sun and then placed on 
top of one another with a soft mixture 
between, very much after the manner 
of erecting an ordinary brick building. 
Across the top, timbers are placed and 
covered with sod, then a layer of mud, 
upon which is placed another covering 
of sod. After the building is erected 
it is washed off with water to close all 
cracks and crevices; then grass and 
flower seeds are scattered all over it, 
and in a short time the structure has a 
beautiful covering of green and gray, 



iK-n- and tliiK studded with beautiful 
blossoms. These houses are dry, clean 
and comfortable. Manj' farmers use 
them for dwellings, while the stables 
and barns are similarly constructed. 
In the foreground is a 100-chick capa- 
city Hen brooder, and you will observe 
that the chicks are as lively as those 
cared for by the mother hen. Mrs. 
Morris is standing beside a 100-egg 
capacity Wooden Hen, which she has 
refilled for the sixth time. 

The following letter speaks for itself: 
Fairhaven, Kans., July 3rd. 
Mr. Geo. H. Stahl, Quincy, 111. 

Dear Sir: — I have just finished my 
fifth hatch with the .Wooden Hen pur- 
chased of you last February, averaged 
9o per cent of all fertile eggs. Hatched 
the first setting in a Kansas blizzard, 
and got 80 per cent of all fertile eggs. 
Yours truly, Mrs. Ruth Morris. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Rose Comb Bull Orpinffions, owned by Mrs. J. Lash & Son, of]Osceola,"Iowa. WianersloE'lst.'pen, ilst.'cMd., l^;t. 2nd. 
and 3rd pullet at Osceola in December. Also 1st, pen, 1st, c'Ul, 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet at RedJOak, Iowa. In color these 
birds wcrccciual to any set of either variety of the Orpinetons. 



t . . Rearing Brooder Chicks . . t 

At this time of the year, when our 
minds are beginning to again dwell on 
our spring work, no subject is of such 
great importance to us as the success- 
ful management and rearing of brood- 
er chiclxs. Most all the various makes 
of incubators will hatch a reasonable 
percentage of the fertile eggs with 
proper care, and we then have given 
to our charge the frail creatures for 
successful rearing. 

No set of fixed or definite rules can 
be laid down for the management of 
the chicks for the reason that no two 
people follow exactly the same course 
of feeding, care and management, and 
yet both meet with about the same 
success. Again, a method which you 
have tried one year and has proven 
to you very successful, may not in 
another year give you the same degree 
of success. At this point is one of the 
instances in poultry raising where 
good judgment and discretion is called 
for and upon its use depends success 
or failure of the laborer. 

In attempting to discuss the proper 
method of raising brooder chicks, 1 
would divide it under the following 
heads, taking up the discussion of 
each separately: 

First — The proper care of the 
brooder. 

Second — The proper feeding of the 
chicks. 

Assuming that our chicks are hatch- 
ing in incubators, what method shall 
we pursue for their care and prepara- 



tion of the brooder to receive them; 
the floor must be covered with some 
substance suitable for the comfort of 
the chicks. While various breeders 
use different articles for floors, I think 
a thin covering of sand best adapted 
for their wants; it also acts as a grit 
for the chicks, which is very essential 
for their growth. A covering of wheat 
or clover chaff is very good also and 
is used by many with good success. 

Having the floor of our brooder 
properly provided for, we must next 
supply the proper temperature. There 
is a slight diversity of opinion on the 
heat question, hardly enough however 
to justify us in making an error in 
this regard. For the first week of 
the chick's existence I use a tempera- 
ture of 80 degrees as a minimum and 
100 degrees as a maximum, inclining 
more to the lower degree in warm 
weather and the higher in cold weath- 
er. After the first week I gradually 
reduce the temperature as chicks in- 
crease in age and size, having no fixed 
rule for a certain temperature at a 
certain age, regulating that by the 
actions of the chicks, never permitting 
it, however, to run below 70 degrees. 

In the matter of feeding newly 
hatched chicks, we find a great di- 
versity of opinion among those who 
are eminently successful in raising 
brooder chicks. All, however, are 
agreed upon one fact, viz., do not 
feed chicks after they are hatched un- 
til they are from forty-eight to sixty 
hours' old, on account of giving ample 
time for the yolk of the egg to fully 
digest, so as not to cause indigestion, 
resulting in the dreaded bowel trouble. 



No doubt the first feed is very im- 
portant for depending to a great ex- 
tent upon the manner in which the 
chicks receive their start in life de- 
pends the future growth. At the be- 
ginning let me caution against over 
feeding; great care must be exercised 
in this regard. We must study the 
habits of the wild fowl in rearing its 
young and imitate the prudence used 
by them. They do not overfeed, and 
use a diversity of feed as well as ex- 
ercise. Following up this plan after 
we have omitted our feed for the re- 
quired time, we begin our feeding. For 
the first few days I generally use 
bread crumbs, dry or pin head oat 
meal, feeding only a small amount 
each time, and feeding often, about 
six times per day, when chicks are 
small. Use great discretion in the 
amount fed. being careful to feed too 
little than too much. I do not believe 
any chicks ever died from not receiv- 
ing enough feed, where they had any 
attention given them at all, but count- 
less numbers have been sent to an 
untimely grave by over-feeding. After 
they begin to eat well and are about 
a week old, I change the diet of food 
as much as possible, using millet seed, 
wheat and cracked corn. All through 
the feeding season I use great precau- 
tion to require as much exercise as 
possible, placing their feed in chaff 
litter or in ground loosely spaded; 
after a few trials of this the little 
fellows seem to delight in working for 
their meal, enjoying the labor in ob- 
taining it more than the feed itself. 
, As soon as they are large enough to 



enjoy a run, say about a week or ten 
days' old, they should be placed in a 
grassy spot where ample opportunity 
is afforded for obtaining green food. 
When this cannot be done green food 
must be supplied with their other ra- 
tion. Clean water should be supplied 
at all times and when possible give 
them boiled milk. Milk curds are also 
excellent for them. 

The worst enemy we have to con- 
tend with in our work is bowel trou- 
ble, and if we can eliminate this we 
have accomplished considerable pro- 
gress on our road to success. It is 
likewise very peculiar in its workings. 
At times a whole brood will be en- 
tirely wiped out by its presence, while 
another lot, with apparently the same 
care, attention and feed, will scarcely 
have one afflicted. Various reasons 
have been assigned for it, and only by 
a very careful study of these reasons, 
applying each to our individual case, 
will we be able to arrive at the correct 
solution of our own loss. At times it 
will attack the chicks when scarcely 
a week old; again it will wait and 
make its appearance when they are a 
month old. Reasons for this discrep- 
ency must be ascertained. To me, sev- 
eral reasons may be assigned to cause 
this evil; first, feeding too soon after 
chicks are hatched, thus crowding 
food into the stomach before the yolk 
of the egg has had time to fully digest, 
causing indigestion resulting in bowel 
trouble. 

Over-heating or chilling the chicks 
during the first few weeks of their ex- 
istence will at once cause an appear- 
ance of this evil. As to the correct 
reason for this, I cannot state, but 
can speak from experience that it will 
result in that manner. 

Not using proper care for cleanli- 
ness in feeding or letting filth accumu- 
late, permitting this to pass into the 
body of the chick, which can easily 
be seen, will result injurious. Over- 
feeding will also cause it, for which 
the reason can easily be assigned. 
Whenever an attempt is made to 
over-crowd the digestive organs of 
either man or beast, taxing it with 
more work than it is able to do, it re- 
volts against the attack, refusing to 
do its work, causing indigestion to 
arise, which is the precurser of bowel 
complaint. Right here we should at- 
tend strictly to our theory of sufficient 
exercise. If, perchance, through mis- 
taken kindness or eagerness for rapid 
growth and quick development, we 
over feed, the injurious results may 
be averted by sufficient exercise. An- 
other cause assigned as a reason for 
bowl trouble is breeding from un- 
healthy or diseased parent stock. I 
think, however, this is one of the re- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

motest causes of the evil, and if it was 
the only one we would be troubled 
with very little of this disease. 

Another evil which we must closely 
guard against is that of lice. It 
is advocated by some that it is a 
cause of bowel trouble. It makes its 
appearance mostly in warm weather 
and does not seem to be so prevalent 
in cold. However, when it once ob- 
tains a foothold it is very difficult to 
combat with. We might aptly apply 
in this instance that old and tried 
truism that "an ounce of prevention 
is better than a pound of cure." Seek 
to prevent is the best way to avoid it. 
When, however, its appearance is dis- 
covered to an alarming degree an ef- 
fort must be immediately made to ex- 
terminate it. For the large head and 
body lice I use an application of Per- 
sian insect powder, dusting the chick 
thoroughly with it, then place it in 
a dark place where it will remin quiet 
for a short time, when numbers of 
the dead lice will be found where it 
is standing. For exterminating mites, 
I always use an application of lard or 
sweet oil with a few drops of kero- 
sene added, rubbing it well on the 
heads and under wings of chicks. This 
application to be replaced every lew 
weeks, depending upon the reappear- 
ance of the enemy. 

On the whole I have detailed to you 
my plans and ideas for success in 
rearing brooder chicks. Not all agree 
with me in my views, others have dif- 
ferent ways and plans and it is prac- 
ticed by them with great degree of 
success; thus we will find things all 
through human natui'e. We were ere- 



17 

ated and born unlike. No two men 
think in exactly the same channel, 
work in exactly the same way, or ac- 
complish exactly the same results; 
ideas differ, results differ; you have 
your plans outlined before you, the 
method which you wish to pursue; 
follow it up carefully and if you do 
not meet with a good measure of suc- 
cess, change to some other course. 
Seek if possible the cause of your 
failure and apply your remedy there. 
The first and most important duty of 
a gpod physician is to correctly diag- 
nose his case and then apply the 
proper remedy for that malady, re- 
membering that the same line of 
treatment works differently of differ- 
tnt persons. Your neighbor may be 
accomplishing good results while you 
are making a failure out of the same 
plan he is using. Here, again, your 
iood judgment and discretion is called 
for and upon its proper use depends 
your future success as a poultry man. 
It may require only the least thing to 
throw success your way; you may 
have almost reached the goal when 
you surrender. Therefore, persevere, 
devise means of success from the study 
of the plans of others who have been 
and are successful. What others have 
done we can all in a measure do, and 
while we may not reach that high 
pinacle of fame occupied by some in 
the line we are pursuing, yet the hon- 
est, industrious, ambitious exertion of 
our efforts and best endeavors in that 
behalf will enable us to reach a high 
step in the ladder of fame, even it 
we fall short of the highest. All things 
are possible to him who learns to 
labor and to wait. 




— The brick poultry house of W. H. Bushells. of David City. Nebr. 
prize-winoinfT Orpinetoos. He won 1st and 2nd cock, 1st and 2nd he 
and 2nd pullet, and 1st pen at Lincoln at state fair. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

sheets and ascertain therefrom the 
wishes of the exhibitors in each vari- 
ety; and each variety shall then be 
judged by the method desired for the 
largest number of specimens in each 
variety. 

If in any variety there shall be a 
tie, or it all the exhibitors in the va- 
riety shall fail to indicate the method 
by which they wish the specimen in 
the variety judged, then the commit- 
tee on judges shall determine the 
method by which such variety shall be 
judged." 



A fust prize liuB Orpiinrton pullet owned liv 
Mrs. A. Rockhill, Harvard, Nebr. She alsi 
breeds superior White W.vandottes that win. 



JUDGES AND JUDGING AT THE 
CHICAGO SHOW. 

The management of the Chicago 
show have selected to place the awards 
at their sixth annual meet the follow- 
ing named gentlemen: 

Mr. W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la. 

Rev. E. W. Rankin, Cedarville, III 

Mr. M. F. Wurst, East Cleveland, O. 

Mr. A. B. Shaner, Lanark, 111. 

Mr. Thomas E. Rigg, Iowa Falls, la. 

Mrfl Frank W. McKenzie, Concord, 
Mich. 

Mr. D . T. Heimlich, Jacksonville, 
III. 

Mr. Charles McClave, New Lon- 
don, O. 

Mr. William E. Knight, Fishkill 
I.ianding, N. Y. 

Mr. R. E. Jones, F'latrock, Ind. 

Mr. E. J. W. Dietz, Downer's Grove, 
111. 

Mr. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind. 

Mr. L. W. Schimmel, Detroit, Mich. 

Mr. Henry Tieniann, Baltimore, Md. 

Mr. Robert Joss, Peoria, 111. 

Negotiations are now in progress 
with others and it is probable that 
there will be additions to this list. 
Pigeons, dogs, cats and pet stock will 
be judged by the comparison method. 

In the poultry and Belgian hare 
departments the method of judging 
will be decided by the exhibitors, as 
per the following rules, adopted by 
the board of directors: 

"The entry blanks, prepared for ex- 
hibitors, shall contain a column, mark- 
ed 'Method of Judging.' 

"Exhibitors shall be requested to In- 
dicate, in such column, for each spec- 
imen, the method by which the ex- 
hibitor desires such specimen shall be 
judged. 

"As soon as the entries are closed, 
the secretary shall examine the entry 



To Poultry Investigator: A special 
meeting of the American Buff Plym- 
outh Rock club was held in connection 
with the poultry exhibit at the Pen- 
American exposition, in the Agricul- 
tural building, Thursday, October 24, 
at 2 p. mfl Meeting was called to or- 
der by the president. Dr. 0. P. Bennett, 
who made some pleasant remarks on 
taking the chair. 

The roll call found twenty-one mem- 
bers present, including the majority 
of officers and executive committee. 

W. C. Denny made a few remarks 
on the loss we had sustained by the 
death of the veteran Buff Rock breed- 
er, H. S. Burdick, and moved that a 
committee, consisting of Messrs. Ar- 
nold, Foster, Shepherd and Benedict, 
be appointed to draft suitable resolu- 
tions on the occasion. It was moved 
that W. C. Denny be added to the 
committee, and so carried. 

An interesting talk was given by F. 
C. Shepherd on the great improvement 



made in color, while H. E. Benedict 
called attention to the defect in color 
of eye, which, by so many, must be 
overcome. 

Also interesting remarks by M. F. 
Delano, C. W. Beman and Eugene 
Sites. 

The members extended a vote of 
thanks to W. C. Denny for the man- 
ner in which he had placed the awards 
at this exhibit. 

It was then announced that our an- 
nual meeting would be held in con- 
nection with the Boston show. 

W. C. DENNY, Secretary. 



THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF 

AMERICAN POULTRY 

JOURNAL. 

The American Poultry Journal of 
Chicago celebrated its thirty-third an- 
niversary with its January number, 
containing over one hundred pages. 
The commencement of its thirty-third 
volume is announced with a new cover 
and contains, as frontispiece. Prank- 
lane L. Sewell's latest and grandest 
work — a colored illustration of a pair 
of Silver Penciled Wyandottes. The 
American is making an exceptionally 
strong campaign for subscriptions, and 
offers prizes of over 1400, including 
$200 cash prizes, to the agents who 
send in the largest list of subscrip- 
tions. They will send, upon request, a 
sample copy, containing the colored 
illustrations and also will send in- 
structions to agents. 




With pleasure we present to our 
readers an illustration of the Eclipse 
Bantam. It is the most convenient 
and successful small Hatcher in use 
because the Incubator, Brooder, Run 
and Feed-yard are all combined. They 
have all the latest improvements, Au- 
tomatic Egg Tray, and Automatic 
Ventilation and Moisture supply. Ab- 
.solutely self-regulatiny. When the 



heat raises above 103, it is taken direct- 
ly away from the incubator. They 
are made in three sizes, SO- 100- and 
200-egg-, and are the lowest in price of 
any on the market. Be sure to send at 
once to the Noxall Incubator & Brood- 
er Co., Quincy, 111., for their 1902 cat- 
alofjue describing their goods, it is sent 
free if you mention this paper. Their 
Noxalls are used by the largest poultry 



Clay County, Neb„ Poultry Sho^v, 
December 10 to 13. 



The Clay County Poultry associa- 
tion of Clay Center, Neb., held their 
fifth annual poultry show at Clay Cen- 
ter, December 10-13. The exhibition 
was a financial success In every re- 
spect. The members put up over two 
hundred dollars in cash and special 
terms, together with a large list of 
specialties donated by the fianciers and 
merchants of Clay Center, and the re- 
sult was that a very large class of 
birds were shown, being a larger ex- 
hibit than any previous and a much 
better class of birds. There were 
nearly four hundred and fifty birds 
besides pigeons and other pet stock. 
Notwithstanding the cold weather dur- 
ing the week, the show was well at- 
tended, the hall being crowded every 
day except the last. Many birds 
changed hands and much interest was 
manifested during the entire show. 
The display in Buff fowls was as good 
as could be seen in any show in the 
country, especially the Buff Cochins 
shown by Byron Dunn. There was a 
large display of Buff Rocks shown by 
Mrs. Flora Shroyer and Mrs Ella Pat- 
rick, both of Clay Center. There were 
several specimens that could be justly 
called solid Buffs and of the right 
shade. The White Wyandottes shown 
by Mrs. C. Rockhill of Harvard and 
Mrs. Detweiler of Clay Center were 
very fine specimens, scoring as high 
as 95% points, and justly deserved the 
score. The number of Plymouth 
Rock classes were quite large and con- 
tained many good specimens, especi- 
ally in pullets and hens. The awards 
were equally divided among the exhib- 
itors. The display in geese, ducks and 
turkeys was better than we have ever 
seen in any poultry show, and one 
Mammoth Bronze gobbler weighed 
forty pounds, after being cooped tor 
three days at the show. 

The annual meeting of the Clay 
County Poultry association was held 
on Thursday night of the week of 
the show in the office of the Sure 
Hatch company. Mr. Byron Dunn was 
again elected president; Mr. J. C. 
Kapser, vice president; Mrs. Flora 
Schroyer, secretary, and W. T. East, 
treasurer. Their show will be held 
at Clay Center next season, the first 
full week in January, 1903, and the 
patrons of the show are sure that next 
season there will be a much larger 
show and greater interest taken. The 
poultry interest is becoming immense, 
and well it should, as there is no sta- 
tion in Nebraska where so many eggs 
are shipped for fancy poultry hatching 
as from Clay Center. One firm alone 
shipped over 47,000 eggs for hatching. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

The following is a list of awards as 
given by David Larson of Wahoo, 
Neb., and L. P. Harris of Clay Cen- 
ter, Neb. 

B. p. ROCKS. 
P. J. Sciiwab, 1 first, 2 seconds. 1 
third. 

J. W. Bidders, Giltner, 1 first, 1 sec- 
ond, 2 thirds. 

H. B. Louden, 2 seconds, 1 third. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Schroeder. 1 first, 
1 third. 

\V. P. ROCKS. 

Pete Dickson, 3 firsts, 1 second. 1 
third. 

H. H. Johnson, 1 first. 

BUFF P. KOCKS. 

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shroyer, 2 firsts, 
4 seconds, 3 thirds. 

Mrs. Ella Patrick, 1 third. 

GOLDEN WYANDOTTKS. 

J. C. Kapser,- 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3 
thirds. 

W. J. East, 2 firsts, 3 seconds. 1 third. 
C. Reutzel, 1 first, 2 thirds. 

BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
All to Mrs. E. W. Orr. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. 

Mrs. C. Rockhill, Harvard, 4 firsts, 1 
second, 1 third. 

Mrs. C. S. Detweiler, 2 seconds. 

S. I.. WYANDOTTES. 

Harry Gordon, Harvard, 1 first, 1 sec- 
ond, 2 thirds. 

V.E.Shirley, Harvard, 1 first, 2thirds. 

BUFF OKPINGTONS. 

Mrs. Lucy Marks, 1 first, 1 second, 2 
birds. 
J. A. Ling-, Harvard, 2 firsts, 2 seconds. 
Mrs. Rockhill, Harvard, 1 second, 1 
third. 

BUFF COCHINS. 

All to B. H. Dunn. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. 

All to Mrs, Alice Allen. 

B. LANGSHHNS. 

W. F. Nevins, Fairfield, 2 firsts, 2 
seconds. 

Mrs. N. W. Johnson, 2 firsts, 2 sec- 
onds, 4 tiiirds. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 

W. F. Holcomb, 4 firsts, 2 seconds. 
Mrs. John Grouse, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 
1 third. 

BUFF LEGHORNS. 

All to Mrs. G. B. Lobb. 

S. AND R. C. B. LEGHORNS. 

All to D. Meyer. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

All to Johnson & Dargatz. 

W. C. I. GAMES. 

All to J. C. Nauman. 

C. I. GAMES. 
J. C. Nauman, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 
thirds. 

C.G.Cottle, Edg:ar, 4 seconds, 2 thirds. 

B. MINORCAS. 

All to Pete Dickson. 

S. S. HAMBURGS. 

All to H. M. Wolford. 

HOUDANS. 
All to Reuben Kapser. 

G. S. BANTAMS. 

All to W. F. Holcomb. 

B. B. G. BANTAMS. 

All to Judge L. P. Harris. 

M. B. TURKEYS, TOULOUSE GEESE AND 
PEKIN DUCKS. 

All to A. B. Shroyer and wife. 

W. H. TURKEYS. 
All to W. J. East. 

MUSCOVA DUCKS. 
All to B. H. Dunn. 

TEN VARIETIES PIGEONS. 

All to W. F. Holcomb. 



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SWEEPSTAKES. 

A. B. Shroyer — Sure Hatch Incuba- 
tor g-iven by M. M. Johnson for largest 
and best display, any variety. 

B. H. Dunn -chair given by F. C. H. 
Adams for best display one variety, 
having entered 41 magnificent Buft' 
Cochins. 

Reuben Kapser — lamp given by F. 
Stanton for highest scoring pen; also 
poultry powder given by F. A. Thomp- 
son for highest scoring hen. 

\V. F. Nevins, Fairfield— carboline- 
uni given by F. A. Thompson for high- 
est scoring cock. 

B. H. Dunn— 500 note-heads for high- 
est scoring cockerel: Mrs. C. Rockhill 
the 500 envelopes for highest scoring 
pullet: both given by W. L. Palmer & 
Son. 



POLK COUNTY POULTRY SHOW. 

During the last week in November 
the editor visited the little city of 
Osceola in Nebraska, and found in 
session in the court house a full fledg- 
ed poultry show. There were on ex- 
hibition some four hundred as fine 
birds as have been seen in local ex- 
hibits. I noticed among this exhibit 
was the display of Barred Plymouth 
Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks and 
Buff Plymouth Rocks. There were 
birds in this display that were fit to 
be shown in any show in the United 
States. 

The show room was crowded to its 
fullest capacity during the week and 
much interest was evinced. 

The enterprise was very satisfactory 
to all those who had anything to do 
with its management. 

The following is a list of persons 
whose stock was on exhibition: 

White Plymouth Rocks were shown 
by J. W. Matson of Osceola, Neb.; Roy 
Roseberry of Shelby; W. W. Gierhart, 
of Osceola. 

Barred Rocks were shown by J. N. 
Jeffrey, Osceola; Geo. Dunning of 
Shelby, Neb.; E. J. Brown of Osceola, 
Neb.; George Dechert of Rising City, 
Neb. 

Buff Orpingtons were shown by B. 
P. Scott, Rising City, Neb.; D. R. 
Leard and H. H. Campbell of Osceola, 
Neb. 

B. J. Anderson of Stromsburg 
showed Golden Seabright Bantams, 
Whitecapped black Polish, Partridge 
Cochins, Single Combed Brown Leg- 
horns. 

Ralph Peterson of Stromsburg show- 
ed Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 

Roy Roseberry of Shelby, Neb., 
showed Buff Wyandottes and Partridge 
Wyandottes. 

Mrs. L. E. West of Shelby showed 
White Wyandottes, as also did J. A. 
Inks. 

Mrs. W. 0. Johnson of Osceola show- 
ed Silver Laced Wyandottes, and D. 
C. Burnes of Osceola showed White 
Holland Turkeys. 



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1902 Poultry RsLising. 

Not long since an extensive poultry 
buyer told me that he was making 
more money than ever, although he 
had to cover twice as much territory as 
he did a year ago to get a carload. It 
seems to me there is a whole chapter 
in his little statement for the poultry 
raisers; it certainly indicates a short- 
age on marketable poultry. The cold 
storage packing houses were swamped 
with consignments of live poultry dur- 
ing the dry weather and we can not ex- 
pect any great rise until the packing 
house goods are used up, unless it 
might be possible that some long- 
headed schemers corner the whole bus- 
iness as they seem to have done with 
the egg supply. For ray part I do not 
take much stock in the egg corner 
question that we read so much about. 
I look at it as a battle between the sup- 
ply and demand. The demand is so 
much greater than the supply, or out- 
put, that prices necessarily had to run 
up. The output is very light, as the 
market reports will show. I mean, the 
supply of fresh eggs is away below a 
year ago and I think this shortage of 
fresh eggs is due to the farmers' mar- 
keting their hens very closelj' during 
the early fall months. Of course the 
weather afl'ects the egg market to some 
extent, but not responsible for only its 
share in booming the egg market. 
During this winter and spring the 
storage house poultry will be put on 
the market; after it is used up, we will 
have poultry prices that will make the 
chicken producers look pleasant. We 
cannot expect the prices to double; 
such a condition would hardly be a for- 
tunate thing for the producers. If 
dressed poultry were worth 25 cents on 
the market and other dressed meats 12 
cents, people would figure economy and 
buy other meats. Poultry prices are 
not going to double, but an advance of 



2 cents per pound would mean millions 
for the poultry raisers. A five cent ad- 
vance on eggs would mean .several 
more millions. 

No sir, we don't want prices to run 
wild; we can get along better veith a 
steady market. Just a little improve- 
ment each year will suit us very well. 
The prices can advance considerably 
and yet poultry will be cheaper as a 
food product than pork or beef. To 
keep the demand leading the supply is 
what we need and it seems to me the 
poultry raisers are boss of the situa- 
tion this coming season. Let us raise 
some poultry: the young roosters will 
be worth money by the pound, the early 
pullets will pull our way with fall and 
winter eggs, later ones will keep the 
good work going. The question of feed 
is not a serious one after all. Corn is 
high, of course, but wheat is yet a mod- 
erate price; even though we fed corn 
exclusively it would not be a serious 
proposition. Poultry does not melt a 
corn crib like hogs; a few bushels of 
cracked corn mixed up with curd cheese, 
stale bread and sweet milk and a doz- 
en or two other things, will raise a lot 
of poultry. A little later on when they 
can run in the weeds and get bugs and 
hoppers, they will nearly raise them- 
selves and by fall they are ready to 
raise us. This is'no dream either. A 
good drove of laying hens will buy 
their own feed and help us buy corn 
for the hogs. Yours truly, 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
® V AMONG OURSELVES v ^ 

Perhaps there is no "processioii" &nea tur tiie pullets, and over there 
that goes more rapidly, and has moved the one tor the old nens. At night 



more rapidiy for a dozen years past, 
than the one involving the progress of 
the poultry movement. 

A regular manifesto of evolution! 

He stood gazing over the wires at 
those white birds, his lower jaw 
slightly dropping, and a queer, puz- 
zled look in his eyes. 

"Naw, I ain't in the poultry busi- 
ness," he said brusquely. "Mother's 
allers kept chickens, but they don't 
pay. Alius eatin' their heads offn'd 
hardly ever layin' Come Thanksgivin' 
er Christmas er the sewin' 'ciety er 
anything purticler, mother has me 
racin' all over the deestrict to find 
eggs, 'ud I guess the neighbors are 
about all in the same boat," 

"Well," 1 said, laughing, "next time 
you get out come to Rose Lawn, and 
1 guess you won't find the egg basket 
empty." 

"I 'low yourn don't lay in winter?" 

"Oh, but they do. They have not 
laid many eggs for six weeks past, be- 
cause the hens are moulting and the 
pullets developing into hens. It is al- 
ways a critical season and a time 
upon which hinges the winter lay- 
ing." 

His jaw droped lower. 

"I don't know much about chickens," 
he confessed, "but I don't s'pose these 
thoroughbreds o' yourn are any better 
only for looks than ourn." 

"What kind are yours?" 

"Oh, no kind in purticler — just 
chickens." 

"Well," I said, " 'just chickens' re- 
spond to proper treatment and good 
care, but of course the thoroughbred in 
the poultry world has the same ad- 
vantage that the thoroughbred in the 
horse world has. 'Blood will tell,' you 
know." 

"What be them things along the 
fence there?" he inquired, somewhat 
irrelevantly. 

"Those spikes set in that heavy 
plank are to stick beets on." 

"Beets! What fur?" 

"Why, you see we raise beets — bush- 
els of them every year — on purpose to 
feed the hens. When we give the 
noon feed we stick one on each of 
those spikes and for an hour or more, 
after the other food is cleaned up, they 
busy themselves picking those beets 
to pieces and eating them. They are 
good for ix^em. 

"And here are the hooks we hang 
the cabbage on. A little high, you 
see, so the birds will have to jump a 
little way. And this is the scratching 



we scatter oats in the litter so there 
will be work for them to do as soon 
as they are off the perches in the 
morning. Usually a sheaf of oats or 
a lew ears of unshelled corn are with- 
in their reach. In this way they nev- 
er get too fat and they are well and 
active. 

"And this is the bo.x of sand they 
run to for grit. Over there is a heap 
of broken plastering and coal ashes. 
Without these they canont lay. 

"Come into the shop and see our 
new green bone cutter. Cut green 
bone will make a wooden hen lay." 

Of course our laugh belied our 
words, but the man never smiled. He 
just went on gazing and looking queer. 

"Jihis pile of old dishes we pound 
into bits and deal out as we have time. 
It is just the thing for hens and they 
are ravenous for it. 

"At noon we feed boiled oats or 
make a warm mash of ground feed, 
table scraps and potato parings. 

"At night we use shelled corn that 
has been in the oven, or at least near 
the fire all day. 

"In summer we use no corn; wheat 
takes its place." 

And so we rattled on, and still the 
old man was quiet. 

When he did speak he said: 

"Well, I swan!" and that was all. 

We hear rumors, however, that he 
went nome and tlked it over with 
mother, and that they are going into 
the poultry business. There is noth- 
ing like getting into the procession. 

And he is only one who literally be- 
lieves that, if he has a duty toward 
the chicken yard, it is done when he 
lets them feed around where the hogs 
eat and roost in the tree tops. 

Winter is fairly here and the fowls 
should have warm water twice a day. 
If one wants eggs he must see to it 
that the hens never chill. 

November is a trying time for the 
pullets and late moulting hens. Ex- 
tra food should be given, such as 
wheat — something new and tempting. 
This is the time when the green cut 
bones comes in just right. Meat 
scraps will do as well. Particular at- 
tention should be paid to the housing. 

Drafts are pernicious to the half 
clad or half developed birds, inducing 
colds that may end in something more 
serious — possibly roup or consumption. 
Better the fowls roost in the open than 
in the draft, but warm houses are 
what they need and must have. 

Too much attention can hardly be 



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paid to details at this time of year, 
and the successful, experienced fan- 
cier is not the one who slights the 
trifles. There is profit in poultry even 
if one does not half attend to it, but 
there is more when properly conducted, 
rhere is the egg money, the broiler 
money and the occasional sale, at 
fancy prices, of stock. There is the 
fertilizer, the feathers and the com- 
fort. By the comfort we mean the 
roast chickens, the cnicken pies, the 
eggs for home consumption and the 
pleasure one gets out of a handsome 
range of birds. 

Somebody sings: 
"I will sing you a song of the vege- 
table man. 
For women may search and women 

may plan. 
And look all day thro' catalogue 

books. 
And choose these seeds that are just 

for looks; 
But when they are cooking three 

meals a day, 
Tis squashes and peas and beans that 
pay." 
And so it is. There may be beef and 
pork and all the rest, but — 
"When they are cooking three meals 

a day, 
Then the raising of chicKens will pay." 
But there is a very serious side to 
this business. Men and women — poor 
people — are reading the papers and 
then embarking in the poultry busi. 
ness. It seems to them that a fortune 
is all but waiting to be grasped. It is 
not so, my friend. It takes capital, 
time and hard work to make it any 
sort of a success beyond one's own 
table supplies. 

We read a letter, printed somewhere, 
from a young widow to an editor, 
saying that her husband had just died 
and left her to earn a living for her- 
self and 7-months-old child, and she 
wanted to be advised if she could 
make a living by going into chickens. 
Now she may make something 
worth while after a bit, but it is to be 
devoutly hoped she has money to live 
on meanwhile, for it takes a long time 
to "amount to anything" as a fancier, 
that is from a money standpoint. 

If one has a living insured while 
the poultry business is building up it 
is a good thing to go into. Especial- 
ly is it a good thing for people who 
have some land and can raise most of 
the feed, but where it is constant cash 
outlay and small returns for two or 
three years, he or she who is in need 
of "daily bread" better go slow. 

"To keep pace with the procession 

As it moves along-, you know. 
You must grasp new notions quickly. 

And as quickly let Ibeni go." 

VELMA CALDWEI<L-MEI,VI1,I,E. 



Cerktrai.1 Missouri Association. 



The Central Missouri Poultry asso- 
ciation closed its third annual exhi- 
bition at Boonviile, Mo., November 29, 
after a most successful four days' 
show. Nearly 500 birds were in the 
room, and the quality the finest. Judge 
D. T. Heimlich scored the birds, and, 
as usual, gave universal satisfaction. 
He is a "hard cutter." The election 
of officers for 1902 resulted as follows: 
H. A. Jewett, Clark's Fork, president; 
H. C. Duncan, Lamine first vice presi- 
dent; L. M. Haynie, Nelson, second 
vice president; Mrs. Charlotte 'Wilker- 
son, Fayette, third vice president; H. 
P. Mason, Fayette, secretary and 
treasurer. The next show will be 
held in Fayette, date to be chosen 
later, with the veteran, J. A. Maxwell, 
as superintendent. The awards were: 

Barred Rocks — Mrs. T. A. Nelson, 
Bunceton, 1, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 2, 3 
hen, 1 pen. Mrs. W. L. Scott, Black- 
water, 3 cockerel. R. A. George, 
Bunceton, 1 hen, 3 pullet. D. Barnert, 
Boonviile, 1 pullet. Ed G. Thoma, 
Booneville, 2 pullet, 3 pen. Mrs. B. 
F. Doran, Bunceton, 3 cock, 2 cockerel, 
2 pen. 

Buff Rocks— H. P. Mason, Fayette, 
Mo., 1 cock, 1 hen, 2 cockerel, 1, 3 
pullet, 1 pen. Boyd Norris, Fayette, 1 
cockerel, 2, 3 hen, 3 pen. L. M. Hay- 
nie, Nelson, 3 cockerel, 2 pullet, 2 
pen. 

White Rocks — R. A. George, 1, 3 
cock, 1 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Wm. 
Johnmeyer, Boonviile, 1, 2 cockerel, 2 
hen, 2 pullet, 2 pen. G. E. Chambers, 
Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 3 hen, 3 pen. 
R. C. Barred and R. C. White Rocks- 
all to R. A. George. 

Black Langshans — C. G. Miller & 
Son, Boonviile, 1, 2 hen, 1 cockerel, 
1 (tie), 2, 3 pullet, 1 pen. H. C. Dun- 
can, Lamine, 3 hen, 2, 3 cockerel, 1 
(tie) pullet, 2 pen. 

White Langshans— All to C. G. Mil- 
ler & Son. 

Light Brahmas— All to L. M. Hay- 
nie. 

Buff Cochins — Wm. Johnmeyer, 1 
cockerel, 3 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. 
T. A. Nelson, 2 cock, 2 hen. 

White Cochins— All to Wm. John- 
meyer. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes — All to W. 
H. Carpenter. 

Golden Wyandottes — All to John, 
meyer. 

White Wyandottes — Mrs. Grace 
Viertel, Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 
pullet, 1, 2 hen. 

Rhode Island Reds — All to Miss Isa 
Holway, New Franklin. 

Red Caps — All to Rudolph Toennes, 
Boonviile. 



POrjLTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

White Crested Black Polish— All to 
Mrs. Jesse McMahan, Blackwater. 

Golden Polish— All to Wm. A. 
Adams, Jr., Booneville. 

Houdans— All to Emil Mueller, 
Booneville. 

S. S. Hamburgs — All to Rudolph 
foennes. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — Wm. John- 
meyer, 1 cock, 2 cockerel, 1, 2, hen, 3 
pullet, 2 pen. H. A. Jewett, Clark's 
I'ork, 1, 3 cockerel, 1, 2 pullet, 1 pen. 

S. C. White and R. C. Brown Leg- 
horns — All to Wm. Johnmeyer. 

Buff Leghorns — John S. Hughes, 
Fayette, 1, 2 cock, 1, 2 hen, 3 Uie} 
pullet, 2 pen. Wm. Johnmeyer, 1, 2 
cockerel, 1, 2, 3 (tie) pullet, 1 pen. 

Buff Orpingtons — Mrs. W. N. Mar- 
shall, Lisibon, Mo., 1, 2, 3 cock, 1 cock- 
erel, 1, 2 hen, 2 3 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. 
Grace Viertel, Boonviile, 2 cockerel, 3 
hen, 1 pullet, 2 pen. 

Buff Cochin Bantams — All to John 
S. Hughes, Fayette. 

Golden Sebright Bantams — All to 
Mrs. T. A. Nelson. 



During the great International Live 
Stock Exhibition at Chicago, Novem- 
ber 30 to December 7, there was con- 
siderable talk of the live stock display 
to be made at the St. Louis world's 
fair in 1903. It was the general opin- 
ion of everyone who was at Chicago 
that they would be there, and hun- 
dreds of others, insuring for St. Louis 
the greatest live stock exhibition ever 
held in the world. An appropriation 
of $750,000 was asked for, with an 
assurance of at least $250,000 more, to 
be contributed by several states, and a 
number of different stock associations, 
thus making a fund of one million 
dollars to be devoted entirely to the 
live stock exhibit. Of this amount 
$GD,000 was allotted to the poultry, 
pigeon and pet stock department. This 
we feel will enable us to put the larg- 
est, finest and best exhibit in 
this line that has ever been shown in 
the world. Entry fee will be small 
and premiums large, and we call at- 
tention to this matter thus early so 
that every fancier may know that 
something big will be going on at St. 
Louis in 1903. 

J. A. LELAND, 

Springfield, 111., Chairman. 

HENRY STEINMESCH, 
St. Louis, Mo. 

I. K. FELCH, 

Natick, Mass. 
, L. N. COBBLEDICK, 
Oakland Cal., and for the Pacific 
Coast. 

Committee on Poultry, Pigeons and 
Pet Stock, Louisiana Purchase Expo- 
sition, St Louis, 1903. 



0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Wiimng 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 

.Stock for sale at all tiiiii's. E^'^'s in season. 

LBJMOHUIIDRO, Bowling Greeo Jo. 



ROSE COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS 

Black Langshans. Stock and 
eggs for sale. See winning at Red 
Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



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's not offering something' for nothing', 
but does offer the best brooder in the 
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At Osceola. la.. Dec. 3d-6tli, won 1st 
Cockerel, Ist Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
hibition birds for sale. 

H. R. McLean, 
Red Oak, - - Iowa 



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the Cyphers Incubator Company for 
1902 will be ready for mailing- about 
the ISth of January. This book will 
consist of 196 pages, 8x12 inches in 
size, with a handsome embossed cover 
with gold lettering, and will contain 
color plate reproductions of the full 
line of the non-moisture, self-ventilat- 
ing Cyphers Incubators. It will also 
contain photographic illustrations of a 
large number of America's best known 
and most successful duck, broiler, egg 
and specialty plants. This new cata- 
logue weighs fully one pound, and will 
be sent free to any address in any 
country for ten cents in stamps or sil- 
ver to pay cost of delivery. 

A feature of this new catalogue is 
the department of foreign testimonials 
telling of the uniformly good work the 
Cyphers patent-diaphragm, non-mois- 
ture, self-ventilating incubators are 
doing "the world around." The sun 
now never sets on "the Cyphers at 
work," and the department referred to 




contains numerous reports from per 
sons dwelling in foreign lands who are 
using the Cyphers Incubator with grat- 
ifying success. 

So great has became the foreign de- 
mand for these American-made incu- 
bators that the Cyphers Company has 
found it advisable to take out a trade- 
mark, which has been registered in 
every country where a demand for in- 
cubators exists. This has been done 
to protect the Company's trade and 
friends against "pirated" imitations, 
so that foreign poultrymen may be sure 
they are buying "tlie genuine Cyphers 
made in U. S. A." Herewith is shown 
an imprint of the new Cyphers trade- 
mark and hereafter this trade-mark 
will appear in gold and colors ou the 
front of every Cyphers Incubator man- 
ufactured by the Cyphers Incubator 
Company in their new and greatly en- 
larged factory at Buifalo, N. Y. Note 
our advertisement, 2 cuts, page 34, this 
paper. 

All persons who are interested in the 
development of the poultry business 
and the improvemeat of poultry appli- 
ances should send for a new Cyphers 
catalogue. Ask for book No. 122 and 
address nearest office. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, 

Buffalo, N.Y.,cor.Court & Wilkeson sts. 
Chicago, 111., 325 Dearborn st. 
Boston. Mass., 34 Merchants' Row. 
New York, N. Y., 8 Park Place. 



The Western Poultry Fanciers' As- 
sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which 
holds its seventh annual exhibition 
at Cedar Rapids on January 13 to -8, 
1902, wish to call the attention ot 
poultry fanciers to a few of the spe- 
cial attractions of their show. The 
American BufC Rocli club and the 
American Black Langsham will be 
two of the special features. 

Theo. Hewes of Trenton, Mo., and 
J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will 
judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of 
Macon, Mo., will judge the hares, and 
Henry Tieman of Baltimore, Md., will 



judge the pigeons. 

Write tor premium list December 1, 
1901. Entries close January 4, at 
midnight. 

E. B. RICHARDS, Sec. 



W. S Russell of Ottumwa, Iowa, 
writes us that he has a fine lot of 
Barred Plymouth Rock cocks for sale 
very reasonable. Mr. Russell breeds 
as good as there is and furnishes prize 
winners in many of our best shows. If 
you want something good, just write 
him and get prices. See his ad in this 
paper. 



For Sale.. 

High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol, 
lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies, 
Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers, 
Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits- 
Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts, 
Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in- 
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White 
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, 
Rouen Ducks. Write for price list. 

D. L. BRUEH, - Oldenbusch, Neb. 



Buff Cochins. ^ 
Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns 

My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank Hitch- 
cock and have won for two years in the show 
room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

' The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Ciicular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 500. 

GREAT CROPS OF 

STRAWBERRIES 

AND HOW TO CROW THEM 




Is the title of a Book which 1 as worked 
a r volution in straw' erry growin?, 
and C.USED TWO BUi BKRRIES TOOROW WHERE 
OSiE LITTLE 0,^E grew before. The Muth.r 
has grown the LARGEST CROPS OF BERRIE 
EVER PROOlt^EB on an acre. The book 
explains how VOL (AS 00 THE SAME. It 
wi 1 be sent to you EREE IE VOL' JlEJiTION 
THE PAFER \\ WHICH VOl! SAW THIS MTICE. 
The only scientiticaily developed THOR- 
Oi;«HBRE» STRAWBERRY FIASITS to be l,ad 
for spring planting. One of them is 
w.rth a dozen common scrub plants. ' 

R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Micf, 



24 

EGG FOOD.. 
Make It Yourself. 

E(,'^frs are higli at this time of year. 
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
cipe for makings the best egg food 
known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
cipe price only 50c; Death To L,ice, 
15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow- 
der, best on earth, (JO. The 3 for *1.00. 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen SI. NewarK, N. J. 

CAPITOLRABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 

I iiin closing out mj' whole stock of Bel- 
Klaus, over one hundred. 24 prize-winners 
Included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold 
Medal Winners. 1 choice Doe of the State 
Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for' highest 
SL'orlnj; animal In show: a sliver cup goes 
Willi her. 

Now Is the time to gather in prize win- 
ners for winter shows. These prices 
are reasonable and animals way up. Will 
Send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 

H. F- flDRcns, 

Augusta. - - Maine. 




Rules ofthe Cock Pit 

A DCftt little book of pocket hIxo. veil boand Id tooeb Ug- 
(mmM. CoDtalos ail the pit rules of the UoUed Sutes, CuiMlft, 
Hftzloo, Oabft. EnKlaud, Belgium aod France. AI»o baa oom- 
prebeoflre obapters oo Heels, Uaodllnii, Nurslog aod €waj- 
tblDg nlftUT« to the royal sport of cookiog. 

Bj De. H. p. OLABKa. iDdiaoapoIla, tnd. 

The Recognized Authority. 

PBICE, 26 CENTS. 
Addreu tha FublUtier of ttiti Papas. 

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
Investigator one year 

For 25 Oonis. 

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



Rabicure 



\\/^ 



Give 

Your Breed- 
ing Does 

During gestation and whi e nursing 
Iheir young it will enrich the blood 
Improve the appetite, increase the 
(low of milk, theieby making I he 
young strong and healthy. 
Give RABICURE a trial and you 

will never be without it, SOc a box 

postpaid. 

Vermont Belgian Hare Co., 

Lyndonville, Vt- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

TO CHICAGO EXHIBITORS. 
What, from the exhibitor's stand- 
point, goes to make up a successful 
poultry show? Fair judging by com- 
petent men, liberal prizes, careful han- 
dling, intelligent feeding, protection 
against loss, prompt return of stock, 
and settlement of prizes. Nothing is 
quite so irritating to an exhibitor as 
to have his stock returned in a badly 
demoralized condition, showing plain- 
ly that they have been ill treated, 
with possibly a specimen or two 
changed, or even missing. If the ex- 
hibitor will use care in shipping his 
stock, being particular to give all nec- 
essary information on coops, remem- 
bering that the management has thou- 
sands of specimens to handle in the 
short space of twenty-four hours, a 
great deal of unnecessary contusion 
will be avoided. The Chicago show 
has adopted a plan that will do away 
with all "mix-ups" or tampering with 
fowls. As the birds are removed from 
the shipping coops they will be band- 
ed with a sealed leg band marked 
"Chicago, 1902," bearing the number 
of coop the fowl will occupy during 
the show. This number will be used 
on all show records, including score 
cards, prize certificates, and premium 
list, thereby giving every bird some- 
thing to show that it has been exhib- 
ited at Chicago, whether judged by 
comparison, or scored. With this sys- 
tem how easy it will be to turn to the 
catalogue at any time and convince 
any skeptic that a certain bird did 
so and so. How simple it will be to 
keep out of the tangle found at every 
show when a fowl becomes misplaced, 
and what a relief to know that each 
and every specimen is in the hands of 
its rightful owner when it leaves the 
room. Locked coops give you a false 
sense of security, but any attempt to 
remove an unhanded bird will open up 
an investigation that will prove disas- 
trous to wrongdoers. With such able 
men as Mr. C. M. Davidson in charge 
of poultry, Mr. Wm. Plaehn, pigeons, 
and Mr. J. C. Knapp, pet stocks, ex- 
hibitors may rest assured that their 
stock will be fed and cared for care- 
fuly and intelligently. If you intend 
to show, put Chicago at the head of 
your list; if you don't intend to show, 
change your mind, and come to Chi- 
cago — you'll not regret it. Chicago 
will have the greatest show in the land 
this year without the slightest doubt, 
and it will be to your advantage to 
come. Don't forget the date, January 
20 to 25, inclusive. Exhibits will be 
received the 19th and 20th, positively 
not later. C. A. DAMON, 

General Superintendent. 



Havo you ao»n II? 

The Fanciers' World 

Anierlca'H leading publi'/atlon for fanciers. 
Special deuartments for do^'s. cats, pigeons, 
h ires, poultry, etc. :t2 pages. Profusely 
illustrated, per year. ,'iO cents. Sampiecopy 
free. 

The Fanciers' World 

F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 



Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 



Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
las for all kiniis of stock and pnultry 
food.s. Here are a few; Chick food .3.5e; 
egg food. 3oc; poultry condition powder. 
4nc; stock condition powder. 3oc: hog con- 
dlilon powder. HOc. Write for others. 

A. W. Collitis, 
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 



BARRED P. ROCKS 



Pure Thompson's Ringlets ^ 

40 ex p I fine C'kla. for sale, with score 
CHrdsalsn. 25 Extra^ Fir\e M. Bronze 
TvjrkeyToms I!*"! lialcli. wt-ighing up^ 
wards 2ti lbs. Write f'^r prices 

C. M. HULBURT, Falrbury, Neb. 



Mrs. A. P. Rogers, 

of Bowling Green. Mo.. 
Has first-class stock of Barred P. 

Rocks. See ad in February 

number 1902. 
For bargains, write quick. 

For Sale.... 

200 Fine Black Langshans. 200 
Some of the best I ever raised. 
Address 

Ber\. S- Myers, 

Crs\vfordsvitle, Ind. 



SilQUEEN CITY*^ 

BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the leading schools of the west. 
Larg-e attendance. Great demand for 
its jrraduates. Expenses low. Address 

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 



Buff Orpingtons 
White Wyandottes 



I never have failed to win in 
largest shows. Birds score from 
90 to 95 >i. 

C. ROCKHILL, 

Harvard, Nebraska. 



It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing- of a larye flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dog. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 

Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 

W^'andottes. 

Stock from high scoring birds and 
winners wherever shown. Prices right 
Send your wants. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 



Notice!. 



I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
for any kind of standard bred poultry. 

W.F.HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 

Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh 
from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, $3.5U 
each. My stock is as good as the best. 

J. P. Schroeder, "'"'H^Srilk.,. 



You Can Buy Eggs 

From my Prize Winning White Wy- 
andottes balance of this season at $1 .50 
per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. 

GRANT MOTT, 
Box A-2i). Austin. Minn- 

My Buff Rocks 



Won at Madison Square Garden this 
season; at Boston and other great 
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
record. 

MILES H. LOLER, 
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 



Dogfs! : : : Dog:s! 

I have a litter of fine Pups from a 
large Bitch. >> St. Bernard and '2 New- 
foundland, bred to a great Dane. 

These pups make the best of watch 
dogs for farm or poultrv plant. Male 
pups $.") each. D. W." GRANT, 

Alniena, Kans. 

Now Ready..^^ 

Young stock for sale at the Golden 
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
tion of stock. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMONT, WIS. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

THE GREAT CHICAGO SHOW. 

Present indications are that the 
coming Chicago show will be the big- 
gest poultry gathering the National 
Fanciers' association has ever experi- 
enced. No reader of this paper who 
wants to stand in the front ranks as 
a breeder of fine fowls should think 
of passing this show, but make it a 
point to be there with the best his 
yards contain, and secure a record on 
his bird that will be world wide. 
With a third more floor space in the 
recently completed annex to the Col- 
iseum building, the association will 
have ample accommodations for the 
increased display that will be seeking 
honors. 

C. A. Damon will serve the interests 
of both exhibitor and association as 
president. The gentleman is too well 
known in the show room as a success- 
ful breeder o£ fine fowls to need any 
introduction to the fraternity. How 
ever, to the prospective exhibitor it 
should be told that he is known among 
his associates to possess strong ex- 
ecutive ability, originality and hon- 
esty of purpose in everything under- 
taken. Having these qualities, coupled 
with untiring energy, his superintend- 
entship should assist materially in 
making the next Chicago show a 
hummer. The method of judging 
adopted by the management is, as a 
journal states editorially, "A unique 
one to satisfy exhibitors in the plac- 
ing of awards, and there is no doubt 
but it will be appreciated." 

The plan is simply to allow the ex- 
hibitor to decide how the variety in 
which he has specimens entered in for 
competition should be judged, each 
bird to county a vote, a majority In 
each variety to rule. This method will 
no doubt breed a few kickers, but with 
the truth before us that every pro- 
gressive step in the world's past his- 
tory has had to convert numerous 
fault-finders, there need be no fear 
that this system of judging the Chi- 
cago show will prove disastrous. The 
fact is that breeders throughout the 
middle west in particular are pretty 
evenly divided for, and against the 
score card, and where you may find 
exhibitors in one variety strongly in 
favor of the score card,, you will find 
a majority of the breeders exhibiting 
another variety radically opposed to 
it. Anyhow, the method of judging 
the next Chicago show is in the 
hands of the exhibitor, hence, do not 
forget to express your preference 
when making entries. 



Vermont Belgian Hare company will 
furnish to all breeders free Hutch rec- 
ord cards and all they ask Is for 
stamps to pay postage on the same. 



25 

MAMMOTH BRONZE 
TURKEYS.^-^ 

That score from !)4 to ^1%; Barred 
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co- 
chins, score from 87 to 9^%; Pekin 
Ducks that have won hundreds of 
premiums, have been sold to all 
parts of America and Europe. 
Chester White Swine 

Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill. 

Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
stock for sale. 

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb. 



They Are Going.. 



Prize winners and reliable breeders at 
half price to make room. 



Partridge Cochins, B. B. R. 

Game Bantams, Buff 

Plymouth Roclcs. 



Send for Catalogue. 



L. A. NOFTZGER, 

Oaklyn Place. N. Maachester, lad. 

Olentangy : : : 
Poultry Yards 

Delaware, : : : : Ollio. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant- 
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular 



GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS -. 

In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell. 
Eggs in season. 

W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 



WHITE POULTRY 

Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian 
Geese, Rose Comb Leehorns. Plyniouth 
Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored 
Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock 
winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
sented. Southdown Sheep, Birksbire Swine 

J. A. LELAND, 

Woodside Farm, 

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 



26 

MY MAMMOTH 
EKIN DUCKS 



hi'LliriL' ihfir ( 



III! 



lU'll. 



Ihf 



nliiKli. 
fsi honors iit Great. St. Luuls Fair and 
Poultry Show; also In tlie liands of niy 
custoniera. A few elesranl Ituir Ko.\ at 
balf real value. 

OTTO STOECKER. Box 18. Manchester. Mo 



PEKINS 

U.\LLOCK STRAIN. 

Will soil a few choice drakes and 
d ucks, $1 each. Orders for eggs booked 
now. 



Belgian Hares 

I'edisreed. leading- strains. .V grand 
Idl of yoim^'siers sired l)y a i)5',i-point 
buck. Bred Goes always on hand. 
UdOklet on the indn-.Iry for stamp. 

Stephani Poultry Co. 

Belleville, Illinois. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

SCORING THE KEEPER. 

We read and write pages and pages 
of feathered literature about fancy 
birds and how to score and how to 
mate them for way up there blue rib- 
bon catchers. 

There is a chance for running a 
score card on the keepers of poultry 
or in fact anything else. It is not 
the fancy poultry that furnishes the 
millions of commercial wealth, but it 
is the rustling, bustling old farm 
biddy. It does not make any difference 
whether her plumage will bear inspec- 
tion for a fancy Rock or Cochin or 
anything of that sort, but will her nest 
bear inspection every day at egg hunt- 
ing time. Well, here comes the point, 
some hens lay well, others do not, 
and when the bosses of the farm poul- 
try, viz., the old ladies, meet at some 
carpet-rag sewing, or birthday party, 
the subject of "hen luck" comes up. 
You know how the story goes. Mrs. 
A. tells the others how poor her hens 
do, like this; "0, dear me, such bad 
luck; they simply don't amount to 
anything. We have seventy-five or 
more and only get two or three eggs 
and every once in a while one dies." 
Say, readers, did you ever read such 
a story; did you ever se§ such a 
flock of chickens? I have. Is the 
trouble luck or the chickens, or the 
keeper. I'll tell you — score the chick- 
ens, and then the keeper and I will 
guarantee the chickens will out-score 
the keeper 110 points, and the lice 
will eat up the chickens and "luck" 
both. 

Then Mrs. B. spealcs up in a some- 
what prompted tone and says some- 
thing to this effect: "Why, it's too 
bad, Mrs. A. Our chickens are doing 
so well we get lots of eggs; the hens 
have red combs and go around sing- 
ing and seem cheerful." Well, now, 
readers, compare in your own minds 
the difference in the way the fowls 
are fed, watered and looked after, and 
the whole secret will be as open day- 
light. Don't always look at the feath- 
ers, but look at the nest. Don't ex- 
pect the hen to do all. Do some your- 
self. It is not generally ignorance, 
but genuine neglect that makes fail- 
ures. Now is a good time to care for 
the flock In winter, when you are not 
so busy. Get an Incubator and be 
happy. 

By the way, Mr. Incubator Man, I 
expect to get another machine this 
year and if you want to send a cata- 
logue of your goods, give It to Uncle 
Same and write on the face of It, 

JAMES PEARSON. 

Germantown, Neb. 




Fairbury, 
Nebraska 



1 ("halk White Wyandottes 
Breeder of A .Mamniulh Light Brahmas 
I Butr Orpingtons. 

Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
isfaction assured. 



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Michigan Poultry Breeder 

BATTLE CKEKIC, MICH. 
Established Iss.i. The publislier 
has devoted II years of his entire 
time and attention to the poultry 
Industry. Its a 8uocess^24 pages. 
The price asked for these papers 
all one year Is only 50 cents, which 
any of tliem are wonli. and you 
get the others tree. Send your 
subscription lo any one of them. 
A free sample copy can be had by 
addressing each one. Better send 
your order now. 



White . . 
Langshans 
Exclusively 



Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing from 90 
to 95 points, 
$1.50 per 15; 
S2.7S per 30; 
this season 
only. Some 

f good Ckls. for sale with score 
f cards by Ben S. Myers. 

J All Stock Farm Raised. 

i MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
i Rock Port, MIsaourl 



Northeast Missouri Poultry Show 

held at Bowlirvg Greerv, Mo., 

December 3-6, 1901. 

BARRED P. ROCKS. 

J. R. Lampson, Mexico, Mo., — 1st on 
cock; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st 
and 2nd on hen; l.st on pullet; 1st on 
pen; Also $25 cash on best pen B P. 
Rocks. 

J. R. Dayball, St. Louis— 2nd on pul- 
let; 2nd on pen. 

Jas. D. Clarkson, Ballwin, Mo. — 2nd 
on cock. 

Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, Mo. — 3rd 
on cock. 

Miss Jennie Feiry, Elsberry, Mo.— 
3rd on hen; 3rd on pen. 

F. B. Schlotter, Keokuk, la.— 3rd on 
pullet. 

W. P. KOCK.S. 

E. B. Omohundro, Bowling^ Green, 
Mo. — 1st on cock; 1st and 3rd on cock- 
erel; .1st on pen. Also $10 special on 
best cock, cockerel, 2 hens and 2 pullets. 

Doc Holcomb, Bowling- Green, Mo. 
2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pullet; 2nd 
on pen. 

R. 0. Lawry, Bowling Green, Mo. — 
3rd on cock; 3rd on pullet. 

J. A. Douglass, Ferg-uson, Mo. — 1st 
on pullet; 2nd on cock; 3rd on pen. 

John Kemper, Troy. Mo. -1st onhen; 
2d on cockerel. 

BUFF P. ROCK.S. 

L. T. Sanderson, Bowling Green, — 
1st on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st on hen; 
2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. Also $10 
cash special on best pen in Buff vari- 
eties and $10 Butt' Rock special on best 
cock, cockerel, hen and pallet. 

B. E. Johnson, Kirkwood, — 2nd on 
cock; 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st on 
pullet; 2nd on pen. 

J. S. Fitzgerrell, Bowling Green, — 
2nd and third on hen; 3rd on pen. 

WHITE \VY.\NDOTTE.S. 

W. R. Purnell, Bowling Green, — 1st 
and 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 2nd on 
pullet; 1st on pen. $10 cash special on 
best pen in white varieties. 

John A. Shaw, McKitterick, — 1st and 
3rd on pullet; 2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd 
on pen. 

Mrs. Eva White, CjTene, — 3rd on 
cockerel. 

S. I,. WYANDOTTES. 

John A. Shaw, McKittrick, — 1st on 
cock; 3rd on cockerel; 3rd on pullet; 
1st on pen. 

Mrs. Maggie R. Appleton, Bowling 
Green, — 2nd on cockerel. 

Henry T. Reed, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
on hen; 3rd on pen. 

Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, — 2nd on 
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen. 

BUFF WYANDOTTES. 

John A. Shaw, — 1st on cock; 1st and 
2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd 
and 3rd on pullet; 1st and 2nd on pen. 

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES. 

John A. Shaw, — 1st on cockerel; 1st, 
2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. 

Mrs. Nathan Newby, Bowling Green, 
— 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st and 
2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen. 

Henry T. Reed — 1st on cockerel; 2nd 
on hen; 1st on pen; $10 cash special on 
best pen in Parti-Colored varieties. 

BUFF COCHINS. 

Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet. 

WHITE COCHINS 

T. H. Sebastian, St. Louis,— 1st on 
cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd 
on pullet; 1st on pen. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

BL.^CK LANGSHANS. 

L. E. Meyer, Bowling Green, — 2nd 
and 3rd on cock; 2nd on cockerel; 2nd 
and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pen. 

Mrs. W. H. Tinsley, Edgewood,— 1st 
and 2nd on pullet; 3rd on pen. t;2.50 
special on best pullet. 

John Hettich, Bowling Green— 1st on 
cock; 1st and 3rd on cockerel; 1st hen; 
3rd on pullet: 1st on pen; $2.50 special 
on each cock, cockerel and hen. Also 
Silver Cup offered by American Lang- 
shan Club on best pen. 

BUFF LEGHORNS. 

Mrs. L. Neville— 1st on cockerel; 1st 
on hen; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on 
pen. 

Stephen Pollard, Bowling Green,— 
2nd on cockerel; Istonpullet; 2ndpen. 

R. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

Charlie Gibbs, Bowling Green, -1st 
on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen. 

S. C. \V. LEGHORNS. 

John Lovell, Bowling Green,— 1st on 
cockerel; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hen. 

S. C. B. LEGHORNS. 

J. D. Clarkson, Ballwin,— 2nd onhen. 
Ogre Poultry Yards, Thompson,— 

1st on cockerel. 
V. S.Smith, Bowling Green,— 1st and 

third on pullet. 

BLACK MINORCAS. 

C. S. Huckstep. Elsberry, -1st on 
cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
on pullet; 1st on pen. 

HOUDANS. 

J. C. Huckstep, Bowling Green,— 1st 
on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st and 2nd on 
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Mrs. R. L. Pollact, Bowling Green, 
1st on pullet; 2nd on pen. 

Dodge Bros., Louisiana,- 2nd on 
cockerel; 3rd on pen. 

J. J. Peay, Bowling Green, — 1st on 
hen; 3rd on cockerel. 

Henry Woether, Barrett Station— 1st 
on cockerel; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st 
on pen. 



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BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS. 

Zumo Debertshauser -1st on cocker- 
el; 2nd on hen. Z 1 

Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
on cock: 1st on hen. 

WHITE BOOTED BANTAMS. 
Dodge Bros., Louisiana —1st on cock; 
1st on cockerel: 1st' on^hen; 1st pullet. 

S. S. HAMBURGS. 

Deyo Hendrick, Bowling Green, — 1st 
on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen;;lst pullet; 
1st on pen. 

C. I. GAMES. 

Joe F. Strauss, Bowling Green,— 1st 
on cock; 1st 2nd and 3rd on hens. 

M. B. TURKEY. 

Mrs. M. R. Appleton. Bowling Green, 
- 1st on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st 
on pen. 

Miss Jennie Ferro, Elsberry; 2nd on 
cock; 3rd on hen. 

WHITE PEKIN DUCKS. 

Vest Omohundro, Bowling Green, — 
1st and 3rd on best pair. 

Mrs. Eva White, Cyrene, — 2nd pair. 

WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS. 

R. H. Thompson, Bowling Green,— 
1st, second and 3rd "on best pair. 



Maplewood, Mo., March 18, 1900. 
W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 

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chick feed I bought of you sometime 
ago has been fed with the very best 
results. You have beyond a doubt, the 
very best feed for little chicks ever put 
on the market— it is a wonder. I feed 
them your feed all the time and they 
never tire of it, eating up clean all that 
is given them. As I cannot be without 
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Now that winter is again with us, 
we are so frequently aslied what re- 
sults we get from our pullets as win- 
ter layers and what breed of poultry 
have we found to give the most eggs 
in winter, and don't we find a serious 
objection to the large single comb of 
the Leghorn and the Minorca. 

We have had Leghorns for many 
years, but our experience with the 
Alinorca was only for a few seasons. 
We would not object to the Minorca 
on account of large comb and would 
as soon keep them in a cold climate 
as any breed, so far as comb is con- 
cerned. 

Our aim has always been to im- 
prove any breed of poultry we han- 
dled. To do so we found that we 
must study summer and winter care, 
the food that would give best results, 
not feeding the same during heat of 
summer that we would feed in zero 
weather in winter. We have found 
corn and meat to be necessary as a 
heat producing food for poultry in 
winter. The writer does not mean 
this alone, but as a last meal at night 
corn is excellent. We have used 
cracked corn for the reason that 
coarse cracked corn cannot be eaten 
as quickly. We have noticed fowls 
gorge themselves on corn, as is the 
case with mashes, but mash, being a 
softer food, it is not as likely to pack 
a crop as harder substances that will 
swell, as does corn and wheat. For 
this reason some acquaintances cook 
all the wheat and corn, swelling it to 
its uttermost. We have tried feed- 
ing in that way, but do not like it as 
all hard grain or all soft food is not 
the thing for poultry, and we are 
much better satisfied to feed the grain 
in a litter of straw and have the fowls 
scratch for it, and if fed on the ground 
it takes a longer time to pick the 
grain up. To let a chicken stuff all 
it will eat and then stand off in a 
corner, especially if fed corn, it will 
get too fat to be a profitable egg pro- 
ducer. The active pullet that gets 
plenty of food but not enougu so as 
to be indolent, is the most profitable 
egg producer. It is the nature of most 
breeds of poultry to work, and one 
can notice the chickens picking the 
fine gravel and often it is too fine to 
be grit. Dirt and mud is often taken 
Into the crop. Where the chickens 
are kept in unclean houses or runs this 
ground is unhealthy, especially when 
picked up and eaten. It one watches 
chickens they will notice them doing 
this very thing. 

In winter, when there is snow and 
Ice on the ground, we have noticed 



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the pullets when a place was cleaned 
or the snow shoveled off south of the 
houses and the pullets allowed to go 
out. Most of them will eat snow and 
ice until one would think it would 
make them sick, which it has dont 
sometimes, causing bowel trouble. 

In a climate where snow stays on 
the ground so long it is hard on the 
birds to keep them housed so long 
and unless it is to cold when the sun 
shines bright we have the snow shov- 
eled away, the ground swept, and 
throw down some straw. We see to 
it that the fowls go in their houses 
about four o'clock In the afternoon. 
One can get them in when taking the 
feed in their shed or house. 

Scratching sheds built onto every 
house so as to be opened or closed are 
very desirable. Wire such as is used 
on a fence can be had to enclose the 
front; a small door to let the birds 
out, but two large doors with a win- 
dow, these closed when the weather is 
very cold, make the ideal scratching 
shed. 

The beginner as a rule crowds the 
birds, and that is one of the greatest 
causes of failure. To have eggs in 
winter one should have the hens to- 
gether, and the pullets separated from 
the hens in nouses and run by them- 
selves. Then hens or older pullets 
will impose on the younger birds, and 
the pullet thus imposed upon, even 
though a naturally thrifty bird and 
good layer, will not do iialf as well as 
it would where it did not fear being 
abused when it moved, as a boss will 
take advantage of timid bird, whip- 
ping and abusing it at every opportu- 
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Are you looking' for something^ fine 
in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White 
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
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H S. FULTON &CO, 

Lock Box 24 StewartstowM, Pa. 



High Scoring Pen of 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Une Cockerel, score Se"-!. weight 9 lbs.; two 
pullets, score 97. weight 7 lbs.; three pullets, 
score 9654- weight BH lbs.; four pullets, score 
96!4, weight 6^4. 7 7, 71bs.:two pullets, score 
96, weight 614, 7 pounds. 

Eggs from the abi ve pen. S3 i per 15. Oth- 
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Eocks he has scored this year. 
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ed, will never thrive or do as well as 
when kindness is used toward it and 
it has its freedom. 

We try to grade our stock and pro- 
vide good comfortable quarters for the 
pullets we expect to lay during the 
cold months. 

The hens moult their feathers and 
often begin laying with or at the 
same time the pullets begin. Thus it 
will be seen that all stock kept during 
winter should be given the best pos- 
sible care, for eggs pay a good profit 
and it is our aim to always keep the 
best layers of any breed we handle. 

We select the next season's breed- 
ing stock early in the fall, that is we 
dispose of those we do not want to 
winter over early, so that any birds 
we have on hand when winter comes 
we consider are worth keeping, and 
if we do not sell those we would not 
be losing. A good layer, whether it be 
a hen or pullet, is well worth keep- 
ing. 

To sell extra good breeding stock 
and run short of eggs for hatching in 
the spring is not advisable. 

We have known breeders, because 
offei-ed an extra good price, to sell off 
the breeding stock so close as to hard- 
ly get young stock enough for the next 
season. They were not in a position 
to sell eggs for hatching and had so 
few birds in the fall that as a business 
it could not be called a success. When 
one advertises and establishes a ^lusi- 
ness it is important to be fixed so one 
can fill most of the orders. 

CORA RICKARDS. 
Ogden, Utah. 



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MAMMOTH STRAIN 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 

. . . as bred by . . . . 

H. T. RODGERS, Caiasville, Mo. 

Are great prize 

winners again 

At the recent Cainsville. Mo. Show, against 
birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
other large shows, we niaae a r»-niarkabie 
record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN 
is as good a^ the best. 

1st on Cock. 1st on Hen, 1st, 2d and 3d on 
Pullets, Cockerels and pens; also every 
special including the grand prize over all. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Our stock is first.class. We have some year- 
ling stock and young stock for sale. Prices 
reasonable. 

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, 



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Michiga^n Po\iltryma.n, 

Ithaca^, Mich. 



DOG ADOPTS YOUNG CHICKENS. 

A curious case is reported from the 
upper end of the city. This is noth- 
ing more than the adoption of a flock 
of motherless chickens by a dog. The 
canine follows the chicks about 
closely everywhere they go and when- 
ever anyone approaches shows fight 
at once. The animal belongs to a 
family living near the Rock Island 
roundhout,ie ' and the strange occur- 
ence has created a good deal of in- 
terest. 

The dog was first noticed following 
the chicks about and a short time 
later was seen to lie down, whereat 
the chicks snuggled close to the body 
of their protector and were kept 
warm. A curious spectator, who wit- 
nessed the strange proceeding, ven- 
tured close enough to look, when the 
dog showed so much fight that he 
retreated at once. The chicks are 
thriving and threaten to live to a good 
old age under the protecting care of 
their new guardian. — Peoria Herald 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 

S. 'DOT I'Eri. Barred Kocks, Light Brahmas, 
Golden Dottes. S C. B. Leghorns. (). I. 
Games. B. Minorca Cockerels $3 each. $5 
per 3. M. B. Turkeys 13 each. Tolouse 
Geese Si per pair. 

LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each; 
$3 per trio, 

ROUP (JURE. Our make. Cures when eyes 
are swelled shut. Powder for half pint, 
small syringe and full instructions 50 
cents postjjald. 

SCORE CARDS. U. S. Postal <-ard stock 50 
cents per 100. $3 per 1000. Water fountain 
galvanized iron, hangs ou nail, 1 gallon 

dEEaMOLImB. Tablesooonful to quart of 
water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle 
25 cents postpaid Circula fre.-. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK ax 178, 



Poultry Supplies 

Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1 
per IJO. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 2.5c and 50c a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food S2..50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure ,'30c and |1 a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices 

H umphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, $12. 

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
per lOOpounds Sl.OO 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 

The best Folding .^^ 

Exhibition Coop.. ^ 

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 

Manufactures and sells the best E.xhilntion 
Folding Coop on the luaiket. Pricesw iihm 
the reach of all. He al.<o has 50 S. G B. LEO- 
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00 
each. Write your wants. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



I890 ROYAL BLOOD I90I 

SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE. 

Winners Bigf t Show at Sioux City, la., OS; at Lemars, la., 'it'J; at National 
Fancier's Meet, Cedar Rapids, la., I'^'OO, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln, 
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, where we won 1st cock, score 92'2; 1st, 2d and 
Sd cockerel, score 94'+, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets, score 93;<; 2d hen in large class 
and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and 
never had our dirds scored except in the show room. We have a few breeding- 
pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will soon be, at $12.59; trios S7.S0. 
See cut of birds on page 14. We cati't sell (juite as gocd as these at that 
price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a 
specialty. We can please you. I. Se N. M. CONNOR, Pouca, Neb. 



SAME OLD STORY. 

JONES Wyandottes and Sebrights win again at 
Indianapolis. 

If vou are looking for winners in SILVER, GOLDEN, WHITE, BUFF or 
BLACK WYANDOTTES, G. S. and S. S. BANTAMS just write to JONES, 
he can furnish you. I won every 1st in Silvers, but cockerel; every 1st and 
2d in Goldcus, including breeding pens; every 1st and 2d in Blacks; every 1st 
but one in S. S. Bantams; every 1st and 2nd in G S. Bantams. 

A Record Unequaled by any Wyandotte Breeder in the 
Country. 

This only proves that the World's Record is upheld from year to year 
and that my strains keep ahead of the times. 



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Yuungorold stocl^, first class birds cheap. 
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time. 
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BDFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTES. R. 
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:ind exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
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stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, FielcJ and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line — if not, write us for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL.. U. S. A. 



31 

Incubatorsm « 

Built on entirely new principles and the 
only machine made that will allow the chiiks 
when hatching to come out of the machine 
in the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
will, jur^t e.vactly the same as they do when 
hatching uniler the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any 
machine on the market. l>'oi' further partic- 
ulars address with stamp, 

L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo. 



OVER.NMENT PO- 
SITIONS. 

Nearly 10,000 appointments 
made last year. Chances 
better tor 1903. Hundreds 
of those who have been ap- 
pointed were prepared by 
usbyn. il Established 1893 
Full particulars free con- 
reining government posi- 
tions, salaries and, exam- 
inations, when and where 
n^-ds. e'c. Write to-day 
NATIONAL CuERESPONUBNCE INSTI- 
TUTE, 14-42 Second Nat'I. Bank Bldg , Wash. 
Ington, D. O. 




held, 



Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
Fetch; Black Langshans, Emry 
Fetch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
ci,ARKSvii,r,E, : : : : Missouri. 



Sin gle Comb Brown Leghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

ora A. Rickards, 

SOUTH . OQDEN = PODLTRY = YARDS, 

Ogdea, Utah. 



Whife Wyandottes-'smr 

Fifteen years of careful breeding has pro- 
duced :i strain of fowls unequalled in practi- 
cal quH lilies and winner'^ of the high- st hon- 
ors in tbe show room with only four birds in 
thf Boson .show, Jnnuary. 1901; I won 3nd on 
tlockercl; 3rd on lien, commended on Cock 
and two specials for Best Shape Cockerel. 
This i, a class of our 400 White Wyai dottes 
antl after seliing mv two best males. I breed, 
raise and own my show birds. Stock and 
egj:s for sale. 

W.E.Mack, '*«»' r-g^/^-o"^: 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




EOQS! 

From good, healthy and 
vigorous stock 

$6 per 100 

$3.50 per 50 



White Wyaiidottes, 
Light Brahmas, 
Partridge Cochins, 
White Rocks, 
Barred Rocks, 
Buff Rocks, 
S. C. B. Leghorns, 



Send your orders early 

and we will take 

care of yon. 



THE WILDWOOD 
POULTRY FARM, 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 

815 Chestnut St. 

Farm at 
WEBSTER OROVE.MO. 



M^^^l^^ \Ji^ k'^k'^'^Cb 1 Mrs- J- B. Jorves, ? 5 5 

Morning Viewg^Sg" «-'»"°' 

Poultry Y ards, ^i 



HAVE 



.Barred Plymouth Rocks.. 



Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 



Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 

James M. Perkins, 

RAVENWOOD. . ; : MISSOURI. 



Barred Plymouth Eocks 

atid Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys 

STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
SON. 

ABILENE, : : : : KANSAS. 




Ui0K 



BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

EXILUSIVELV. Our Buff 
Wyandottcs are brprt from 
bi'si strain obtainable and 
in line. We breed the pure 
^'alden Buff, not the dark 
n-d. Tliey're prize winners. 

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

Cliesler Wliilu Ho(!s for sale 



**^i^^i»^^*^*«rf^rfi 




^n^m^njtw^^jm^%^^^%^%^^^' 



W. J. CHENEY, 



li Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry, ■ 

O BOX 68-^tr- -^./-ClIBA, MO; 



he 



500 youna birds $1 each. 100 yearlini; 

eac-h. Tliis stock I have bred for my own use. ■ 

and is liist olass; have more tlian 1 will reciuire • 

for mv breeding pens. VAKIETI ICS-B, P. Kock.s S 

l.iglitBrahuias. Partridjie rocliins. White Wyan- . 

dottes. S. O. W. Leghorns. S. ('. B. Mini)rc;as. ^ 
Write tor particulais. <-i ' '" 



. Free. 



W. J. CHENEY. i 

Crawford Co. -^'-CliBA, MOJ 



For Satle! 



SUNNY SLOPE POULTRY FARM ji mile east 

of Clay Center; a g^ood 8 room house with cellar, 

a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Russian cave, g-ood barn, 

corncribs, hog- houses', granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 young, peach, 

plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing. 

Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 



Address, 



A. B. SHROYER. 

Cla.y Center, Neb. 



»F*^%^fc*«^rf*«^jr* rf^M^a^** 



■r^H^tf^jn^Fk^^Fw 



j FRANK MYERS, 
J Free Port, III., U.S. A. 

J Bo.\ 20. 

5 Breeder of . - 

I Barred Plymouth Rocks 



IDEAL 
AI.I.UMINUM 



1 Tliey are Barred Rleht and good 

size. No Oulls for sale. Choice 

breeding Ckls. 12 to J5 each. 




• Also manufacturer of^ 
Ideal Aluminum Leg ■ 
Band :::::: | 



The acknowledfjed leader. \2 for5 

15c. 25 for .•iOc. 50 for 50c. 100 for 5 

7.5c. Samples and circular of S 

Barred Kocks mailed J 

! for stamps. ( 



Donkey's 
Roup Cure 



Cure fiuaranteed ! 

THE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In all its 
forms as long as the fowl can 
see to drinl<. For Canker, es- 
pe ially in pigeons, this cure excels 
I others. One 50 cent package makes 35 gallons of medicine. Directions with 
erv package. If it fails to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size .50c. large $1. 
onkev's Louse Killer never fails to I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 
iTMls extra for postage. 

jrvkey's Egg Food ar\d Povjltry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
altii. and prm nee more eggs than any similar preparation. 25 cents per package 
,d 1.-. ,-enise.vtr;i for |i..slage. C. E. CONKEY & CO., Clevel&rvd. O. 

iriH-,-,iasi a-'ciit--; i'l-uiluiH.a Incubator Co.. I'elaluma.Cal. Eastern whole.sale 
I 111.'.'; No, s l';,rk l'l:ir.'. Nrw York I'ilv and S.Il. I. Co., Clay Center. Nebr. For 
sale bv all poultiv supply houses. " ^^Agents wanted. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



33 




^"^ Reading 
Man 



yy\ ^ts5s '^ ^^^ vnzn who makes the most money now- 

/ I I ^vv^ a-days. He reads up on what he wants, 

and then goes after it. Do you read? 
Would you like to read our poultry book, "All Right"? It tells a lot of practical* 
things about poultry, and how to care for and raise it. It tells about our "All Right" 
Incubators and brooders, and how we ship them anywhere on 

40 DAYS FREE TRIAL, 

that they may be tested before bought. We send the book free 
upon request. 



Clay PKelps Incubator Co., 

Station 87, Cincinnati, OHio. 




ADPPD'C PFDIIiPFFIl !l Eggs from my birds never fail to produce Prize WiN- 

UHCEH O rLUlURCCW nbrs. The best place to buv eggs Is from a breeder 

DlDDCn DI VMnilTH DnriTC who makes a specialty of one variety. 'Blue Bird." 
DAHHClf rL I miFU 1 U HUl/ll J || -Lady Blue" and the best I liave raised for three years 
are in my breeding pens for 1903 Every bird a beauty an'' Ijirred to the sliin. My custom- 
ers get ega" from the samts hens I use for myself. Send for booklet of matings. 

PoDltr; E.ihibits Properly Judged. 



0. p. GREER, Bonrbon, Ind. 



GET MORE HEN MONEY 






.iloeggs; 



1002 



land Jiealthy fowls: 

device to control feed 
_ _ ^, . verciogfl. Sent on 

10 DAYS FREE TRIAL, ^^^.r.Ztlo'S}lL%T^XZ°'' 



IVI A.IMIM'S M„ci«i 

Hew design, open hopper, enlarged table, i 



set it to suit any 



and»! 



ptie, faster 



Free OLt'lg. explains alL 



F. W. MANN COMPANY, Box 



that our 

expense, 
Mllford, Mase 




Fruit Trees. Shrubsor Vines. Ourswill { 
grow. Tliey a'l' will rooted, r..^^^ 1 
healthy and true to name. I fBBS ? 
Send a trial order today. Due bill good \ 
for 35 c and Catalogue in Gorman or % 
English free. We pay freight on $10 s 

ORIIERS. J 

25 Graf ted Apple Trees for - $1 00 ( 
25 u ddcd Peach Trees for - $1 00 J 
40 Concord Grape Vines for - $1 00 ^ 
Falrbury Muracrlem, Box SO, S 
Falrbury, . . . Hebraska \ 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



F. A. GROWELL, GS 
Granger, : : : Minnesota. 

Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also 
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio. 
Circular free. 



Silver Lace Wyandottes 
White Wyandottes : : : 

^^ , Buff Leghorns 

Pekin Ducks... 

All first class stock. Prices reason- 
able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb 



IT BEATS ALL. 



S 100 egg'hatcher costs only »8. 94.01X1 sold 
principally by agent.i. We want 5,000 active 
men and women ayrents for the new season. Speolnl 
tennM with you— a large margin of profit. 10c effir 
lormulBomlcotiiloKuc sent free, if you write to- 
day. Territory may lie gone tomorrow. 

HATUAAL HEN INCUBATOR CO., fr 11, COLUMBUS. NEB. 



s 



DON'T SET HENS: 



NaturBl Hen Ircubator i'o. 



c Erb Formalii I'REE i f jon write today 



B lit tolumbDB, Neth 



I High Hill . . .| 

I I 

I Poultry Yards j 

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
Turkeys are bred from prize winners 
and are winners, making almost ciean 
sweep wiierever shown. Young Toms 
$5each; Pullets, S:3 50 to$a 00 each. My 
Kocks are noted for shape and orarif^e 
colored legs. 90 point Co kerels, $:.50 
eacli; 91 to fl2!-4 point Ci"-kerels $3.00; 
each Pullet not scored. $1.00 each. 
Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 



Black Liangshans 

Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi- 
cation: up to standard weight; wlnnero at 
Olay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
season. Address, 

MES. N. W, JOHNSON, Olay Center, Neb. 



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GOLD MEDAL AND HIGHEST AWARD 



AT THE PAN AMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON 



^^'^fy 



THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR 

Time' and time again the [^Cyphers 360-egg ma" 
chine in the hands of our customers has hatched up- 
wards OF 30(1 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED KGGS. 
Allowing ten chicks to the hen, it would take thirty 

HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS. 

THE EVIDENCE:-- 

"My largest hatch waa 345 chicks out of .160 eggs,"— J. F. 
Ramsey. Mortonvllle, Pa. 

"I got 305 chicks out, of 318 fertile eggs." -Edw. Sharpe, 
Gt-noii. N. y. 

"1 hatched 314 chicks out of my HliO-cgg Cyphers."— Herman 
Erledl, Haskell. Ind. 

"From 380 eggs we hatched 3'7 of the brightest, strongest 
chicks I ever saw."- Frank B. Taylor. Prompton, Pa. 

"From my No. 3 Cyphers, holding 3ti0 eggs, we hatched 311 
chicks " — L. R. Hobart. Lake Crystal. Minn- 

'Out of our largest size Incubator I hatched 314 good, 
healthy chicks "- U. Murr, Gordonville, Pa, 

"My incubator holds 360 eggs and from one loading I got 
:ini chlcKs."— .las. O. Myers. Oakes, I'a. 

"One hatch 1 obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the 
:i(>0-egg Cyphers."— Sprague Bros.. Florence, O. 

Think of;the work and the worry In caring for the thirty 

hens it. would require to hatch 300 chickens, ten to each hen! 

Five minutes, morning and evening will take perfect care of 

the Cyphers 3ii0.egg incubator-THIS WE GUARANTEE: 

LITERALLY THOUSANOS of persons in every w*i.k of life ARE DOING AS WELT, AS THE FEW ABOVE 

()Tf:i). and the smaller sizes of Cyphers Incubators (60. 120 and 220 eggs) do precisely as good work as this largest 




ERALLY THOUSAN' 
.and tlie smaller si; 

Whill^y^oTaVeVbdut it,VHY''N6T BUY THE BEST anO know that you are hight? 
Illustrative descriptive 33 page circulars. Engll.sh. German orSpHnisb. FUEti, ON KEQUEfel 
ages, 8.\11 inches. 10 cents In stamps for postage. Ask for Book No. 123 and address our neare 



CYPHTCRS INCUBATOR COJMP^ISrY 



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Miller's Perfection 



Folding Exhibition 

Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
Nothing to » o astray. The neatest 
and strongest coop on the market. 

Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 



SPECIAL B^Pia^IlS^ S^LE. 

The high price of feed compels me to close out my surplus stock of 
S. C. Br. Leghorns. Will give special bargains for next thirty daj-s. 
This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize winners. 
I have some fine Pups for sale, i Nevpfoundland, i St. Bernard and 
^ Great Dane. These pups make extra tine vratch dogs. 
I am also making a special ofter on Grant's Practical Brooder to 
introduce it. Write for circular at once. 
D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS 



Buff llrpiiigtoiiH 

The Coming Breed. 

W H. BUSHELl. Importer and Breeder. 
n.wiD CITY, : ; nebkaska 



Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair 
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
Every bird a prize winner. Also win- 
ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
Poultry Show four first premiums. 
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
aud pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 



Barred Rocks . . 



That have made a National 
Reputation. Bred in all their 
purity. Grand in size and 
color. Eggs and stock from 
my yards will start you right. 
Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs 
$2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40. 

GEO. H WALLACE 



Box 101, 



Navau, Minn 



LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 

Prize-winning stock, first prize 
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
four entries at Kansas City, Mo., 
won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third. 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 

STECKER BROS,, 

4639. Cottaee Ave., St. Louis. Mo 



«/. Wm Eastes . • > > 

Kiiff Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
Barred & White Hocks, W. U. P. Ban- 
tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. 8tock In 
season, .\gents wanted. Thirty Prizes; 
silver cup last year. 

Galesburg, - * Illinois- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35 

' € Brief Busir^ess Csctchers. ^ 



30 WORDS 

SINGLE INSeiTION 

59 CENTS 



Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. 

No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
allowed each quarter. 



30 WORDS 

WITH INVESTIGATOR 

I YEAR $3.00 



FORSALK! Rose Comb Black Mlnorcas in" 
singles or trios also BufT Leghiorns and Buff 
Rock Okls.. tiio best of stock for S1.35 each, 
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson, 
Colon. Nebr. 

BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhibillon 
steclt for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Tell ui wliat you want. 
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. 



any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
able specialis^s. Prices reasonalile. Cor- 
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E. 
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans, 

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
handsome. 1 take great pains to have the 
best and largest stock. Large fine Okls. $1 
each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty. Nebr. 

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games, 
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
Clay Cecter, Nebr. 

B0FF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
Elgin, 111. 

BLAOK LANGSHAN. W. P. Rockall old 
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white 
Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- 
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 

Nebraska. 

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
cheap if taken soon. 

C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr. 

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and 
Mexican Grays, Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
and Oornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y. 



!|HGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 

! Comb White Leghorns. White Rocks and 

Light Brahnias, $1.50 per setting of !.=> eggs. 

Write wants. .John H. Kownd, Downs. Kas. 

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
rtottP-s, also Rouen Ducks'. Eggs In .season. 
15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. J. W. 
Cook, Poneto. Lnd. 

BDFFand BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorn^, 
B. B. Red Games. Pekln Ducks. Fancy 
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For 
prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 
ville, Iowa. 

BUFF TBRKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
No white wings and tails. Large birds and 
ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Snjith. Polo, 111. 

100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
condition fashionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rey. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran, 
Kansas. 

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
Bock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $;3 each. Pol- 
and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
.1. D. Grimes. Chamber:, Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
yr old hens and this year's pullets, and 
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
and up to 9o\. Write for prices. Geo. N. 
Wood, Weldon, la. 

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
Farm, C. F. Austin. Dearlng. Kan., White 
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
John Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale 
Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at Chicago and Cedar RapiSs. 1901. 
150 youna-ters for sale after October 1st. 
finer than ever, superior feathering, shape 
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
teed. U. .1. ShaiikliD. Wanbeck. Iowa. 



I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff 
Cochins.25 Butt Cochin Bantams, «lso Gold- 
en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that 
are eitra good. Write your wants. H. 
Gregory, Wayne. Neb. 

FOR SALE-a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
nearly new for J8. Also a Buff Orpington 
cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an 
excellent breeder. Price $5.00. Louis Mog- 

ensen, Racine, Wise. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively, A 
few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
2nd premium at S- O. S poultry show. 
Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms- 
burg, Nebr. Route No 2. 

BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
SHtifactlon and good results. Eggs that 
hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as 
reasonable. If convenient please enclose 
stamp when writing for particulars. 
Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
94'/j hy Russell, for sale. Also eggs from 
I; Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekln and 
Game Bantams. Expert Judge. P. M. Cool- 
ey Milton. la. 

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have 
a few fine Black Langshan Cockcels for 
sale cheap It taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat- 
ton. Blue Hill, Neb. 

BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-Gvenest lot 
in the west. Have always won Ists in best 
shows. Score 90'/4 to 94'/S by Rhodes. Num- 
ber 90 cheap, Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood, 

Mo. 

NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
Olark, 3(;th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE I urkey and white Pe- 
kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at 
reasonable prices. Our stock is as good as 
money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews, 
Morning Sun, ??J?? 



Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1 75 
Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
Pure.White Rock Cockis - . . - $1.00 
Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
All above from prize-winning stock and line 
bred. Catalogue sent. 

J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 

White Plame Farm, Richtield, 111. 



ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 

If in need of a good cockerel to improve 
your present stock, write me. as I have 
twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul 
and .Mitchell winners that must be dis- 
poned of. 
J. F. Relnelt, - - Tripp, S. DsLkota 



If you want .... 

Belgian Hares 

Call on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 

WM. C. STEINICKE, Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



FINE S TANDARD 
BRED bTr'DS. 



For sale after September ist of 
following breeds: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to 
$3 each. Light Brahmas, $1.50 to 
$3 each. Buff Cochin Bantams, 
$1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr. 
old Toulouse ganders at $3 each. 
Pekin ducks of standard weight at 
$2. each 

MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD, 
Highland, 111. 



Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
ord this Winter. 

He will make some of the boys smile, 
and girls too. His stock has always 
won wherever shown. 
B. P. R a.nd Buff Orpingtons. 

I have .3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair 
$12. Have been booking orders for 
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 



Silver Wyandottes 

1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females 
for sale at $1 to SI. 50 each; my last 
season breeders. Want to get them 
out of the way of the young birds; 
these are bargains. 

R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky. 




We Sell.. 

Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure. Absolute sure 
cure; price 50c and $1.00. 
Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
era Cure, a preventation 
for all diseases; price 50 
cents and SI. (10. 

Hall's Egg Model 

an absolute necessity in 
operating iticuba tors. 
Price 50c. Address, 

Poultry Investigator, 

Clay Center, Neb. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




WM. TYRRELL AND WIFE. IVny, Kaii-.a>. 

The above is a sample of over 200 photos that are in the Sure Hatch IncubaTok Company's Fifth Annual 
Catalogue. The catalogue is free for the asking. Contains pag-e after page of practical poultry information, it should 
be in the hands of every poultry-raiser. Those who use the Suke Hatch IncubaToks are making a success, are proud 
of their Sure Hatch Incubators and are friends to the Sure Hatch Incubator Company. Nothing short of good 
honest machines and sciuare treatment would do this. Good material, simple and positive in construction and opera- 
tion is wliat counts -hatching the eggs is the thing. 

Good work for the inexperienced as well as for the experienced. The machine and results guaranteed. This is 
a safe propostion. The purchaser runs no risk. A jxistal card will bring you the handsome, big catalogue. 
Address nearest office. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., Clay Center, Neb. or Columbus, O. 



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UOlClGIl WytillQ.0ll6S St. Louis Show, Jan., 1!>01. Score 



and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 



Highest (irade. Healthy Vigor- 94-92X-91-. and 01 ■, by Butterfield 

ous Stock, from coreful ^ seconds at same show 1000. 1st 

Matinas ^ °" P^"' Louis fair. 

s. p. VAN NORT. 1^^^^^- ^:J:^^i^i^!^zi^rr^^ 



Poultry Supplies 

The Rest and Cheapest. 

Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Inoubiitors. 
Kxhlbltlon ('oops. Esc "aies. shipping Coops 
and Boxes and evervthine to make poultry 
raising pleasant and profitable. Best seeds 
that grow. Nearly 20 years' e.xperlence. Send 
for free Latalomie. 

First Premium at State Fair IQOI. 

Archia.s' Seed Store, ^ 



Pure crushed shell per 100 lbs$. 75 

500 pounds for 350 

Raw bone meal fln"» or coarse per 100 lbs zioo 

Mica crystal grit '• .sii 

Hlood meal ■■ 300 

Meat meal •• 2^25 

Meat scraps *• 2!2o 

C'hlck feed •* 1*75 

Sunflower seed •' 325 

HIrd seed 8e lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con- 
key's roup (Mire. .iOo. Leg pands ,S0c per 100. 

^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri 




BUFF WYANDOTTES 
BUFF P. ROCKS . . 



Bred from my Boston 
Omaha, Kansas City 
and Top°ka prize win. 
ners. Ola and yi 
sto,-k for sale. A 1 
Prk-ivs reasonable 



ng 



W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 
White WyandoHes. 

First and second premiums at Min- 
neapolis, poultry show Dec. l!i lo 21. 
Eggs from birds scoring 113, 94. !t4, !)4, 
94, 95,W cockerel 04 '4, SI SO per sal- 
ting, 2 .settings S2.25. Few birds for 
sole. 
W.JH. SwarlXf'. Mlnnespolls, Kanaas. 



WhH» Leghorns. 

Layers and winners. An Inducement to 
buy at onni> and of us— tested breeders, hens 
.„ i.. . ..„ . Coclis $1,150 to *3.50 



PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 

. French, Mar. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



High class stock for sale! 

Barred and ^BufF Plytnouth Rocks 
and S. C. W. Leg-horns. Can furni>h 
=h'>w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality and Quantity. 

Farm raised prize yyinning stock, 
cheap for quality. If you want Rocks 
write us. 
. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May I "SHOW YOU" 

That we raise as good Barred Rocks 
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
equal for $5, or money back. If you 
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
for $.3 Try me. CORWIN JONES, 
Sidney, Iowa. 

P. Hostetler, 

EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 

Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt 
.... edge .... 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

and bes t laying strain of 

..S. C. White Leghorns.. 

At low down prices. 



Barred P. Rocks... 

Extra flue. Extra large. Extra color 

In the show room they have shown 
their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 

C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 




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BOOKKEEPING. 

Study at home and take a 
higher salary, investing a 
little time and a little mon- 
•y in a business course with 
us and llie dividend will 
never erase all sub.iects 

TAUCHTBYMAIL 
Coniplete course also In En- 
gineering. .lournalism. Sci- 
ence aud Languages, etc. Write for free 
booklet. NATIONAL CORRF SPONDENCE 
INSTITUTE. U60 Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg.; 
Washington. D. C. 




POULTRY 
ANiOATTLE 

-SPECIALTIES- 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Catches Them Coming and Going, 



PATENTED 

EUREKA 

Oil Cup Bra^cket 

and Perch Supporter'" 

The Greatest Boon to Poultryme 
Practical. Curable, Cheap, Convenient | 

A permanent fixture for all times. The 
Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where 
this system'ls in use. Do not put it off, but 
send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
and be convinced. 

SHRADER & BUCK, 

BUCYRUSOHIO 



A Boon for Poultry Keeper.. 
BETTEK than a tlOLU MINE. 

We will tell you how we made onr 
hens pay over 400 per eent protlt. 
Merely send yonr name and address 
WnjJile Poultry Co., Clintonvllle.Conn 



37 

Barred P. Rocks 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

I have a number of early batched cocker- 
erels that are eood In all sections, and really 
poor in none, that I am 'offering for a short 
time only at $2 and $3 each. A few pullets to 
spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I,.Ottumwa, Iowa. 



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when answering- advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 




HORT STORIES 

ing high prices. Thousands of good 
iones which might tuHiIy be made 
salaole make up thegrt-at masa of 
rejected manuscripts.' Our School 
of Journalism, in charge of suc- 
cessful authors, crlticises.corrects 
and revises, as well as teaches 
how to write. Write lor booklet. 
NAT'L CORRESPONDENCE INSTITtTE 
2d Nat'l Rank Bldg, Uashlngtoo, D.t. 




Sure Hatch Poultry 
Companv r^ 

Has th' Si gtis't aggregation of 
thorought -id pc .J 'a ' e west. 



We import, bree«^ y and sel| 
All Varieties. 

Kach variety is bred separately on 
a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
Prices reasonable.^ Stock the best. 
Write your wants. Address, 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 



POULTRY ET?. 



at CUT PRICES. 

CATALOQCEFREE- 

g. Co., Columbus, 




j^ Kllls'llce and mites'on'poultry, hogs and am- 

,3>?rtTOfSfc. mals,' Is the strongest and best lice killer] 
SSMllUJP made. With our double tube sprayer you I 
•'V-;" can save one half the liquid and peuet rate I 

all cracks and spray the bottom of the bouse '^^^^^ 
whereiyou find the mites or spider lice, it gets there ,,„.,„rf i„..r„ hnw to ite* 

every time Every can is guaranteed or money refanded. Write and learn how to ge 
a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE- 

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 

Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dogs, ticks on sbeeP and lice on cat- 
tle and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths .from your cloUiing ^/ents We 
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents, we 
want one in every town. 

Always use the powder before satting the hen. 

- - Lincoln, Nebraska. 



THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 



BONANZA RABBITRY, 

Founders of the first herd of ipedigreed Belgian 
Hares In the world. The first to establish a 
system of registration for Belgians. The first 
to produce hares exceeding the standard 
weight and develop superior colors. Holder of 
the world's record for prize winnings- 

Our sales for 1900 were over 5,000 head." Send 
10 cents for the most complete and most.beau- 
tiful 56.page catalog ever published. 

Bonanza Rabbltry Manual. 1th edition, just 
coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B. 
O. Plait, the foremost authority on the subject, 
president of the National Association of Bel- 



ESTABLISED IN 1885 




Perfect Belgi 
shape and size. 

Address DR. B. C.|PLATT,274rN. Broad St . PHILADELPHIA 
Perma.nent Ea.9terr\ Office e.r\d 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



W-AUt 

GREEN 
Bone Cutter ? 

The only ball bcariug bone cutter made, is 

The Adam, 

^ruQS easily, cleans itself, makes bone cutting play. Pays for itself 
the egg basket. Cuts clean, tine shaving. No slivers, no rough 
pieces. Will make your hens lay. See our new 
Catalog No. 6, before you buy. Free. 

W. J. ADAM, 

Joliet, 

Ills. 









There is no one thing which lias done more to make 
poultry raising profitable than the feeding of 
green bone. There is no ouething which has ' 
done so much to make feeding green bone 
possible as the HUMPHREY Green Bone 
and Vegetable CUTTER. 
Why? Simply because the 
Humphrey is the only mach-^ 
ine which a poultry raiser can 
use without deciding that it is more 
trouble than it is worth. That's why the 
Humphrey is so rapidly displacing all other 
machines. You find no Humphrey machines stand- 
ing idle in the back yard. People who buy them, use ' 
them. It is the simplest in construction (only three work- 
ing parts) and the easiest turning iione cutter made. It's 
the open-hopper machine — no chopping bones to pieces 
wit h an a.\e to pack them in a cylinder. If the Humphrey 
isn't the best machine, you don't want it. Try it and see. 
We Guarantee that it will cut more bone, in less^ 
*'mf^ with less labor than any 
thi-r liiiiic I iitlcr made ; that it will cost less for repairs 



■ liciter general satisfaction all around. 
n't d" it, yoii get your money back. Try it for your- 
•'<■ It's simply Kreatfor cutting ve^^etabies and kraut. 
I'Urliook; It u'ives much valuable information, also 
blanks lur a y.-ai-'s cj.-l.' rec.rd. 

We send it tree on request. 

^HUMPHREY & SON S, Box 7 0, JOLIET, ILL. 

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS. Boston. Miss. 
JOHNSON L STOKES. Ptilladelpliia. 

GRIFFITH & TURNER CO , Baltimore. 

SURE HATCH INCB. CO.. ClarCenter, Heb. 
E. J. BOWEN. Portland. Oregon, Seallla. 
Wssti. and San Francisco 



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will accomodate both th« advertiser 
and us. 



Cornish and White Indian Games. 

stock for Sale. 
J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



The great Chinese Root. Im- 
mensely profitable, $6 to $12 
a pound. Illustrated circular, 
fullest instructions, best pub- 
lished, with prices for plants 
and seeds, loc. Buy direct 
and save 50 to xoo per cent in 
prices. Our own farms in Cal- 
ifornia. Mention paper 

Hadrian P. Kelsy. 
Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass 

B. B. Red Game Bants, 

Buff Pekin Bants, 

Buff Wyandottes, 

Buff Lesjhorns, 

Buff Rocks. 

My stock is as good as can be had 
any where and have won in all princi- 
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and 
score equal to the best. 

D. LINDBECK, 
Bishop Hill, Illinois. 




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39 



CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED 




BEYOND COMPARISON. 

WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY. 

CHAMBERLAINS PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everythine else that has inert 
his Us niiit:itl.ins 1)(>N 1' BUY TROUBLE, insist c.n haviliK the j 
()rii.in'il l>rv F.lmI st;iiiipe.l i.n each sack "Chamberlain's feed, hirk 
wood. Mo." X\\ nthcrs are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good. 

GOOD MORNING SISTER 

I -im reaMy for Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed. Dry and Alwa\ 



Kn 



WaV- 




No'BoweT T;ouble xvl.c, Chamberlain's Chick' Feed Is properly uscril^ 't i V^'n/'Ju 
mixture In Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, toe aU 
chicks unlil 5 months old. 
100 Lbs. S2 50. 50 Lbs. SI. 50. 30Lbs. Sl.OO 

For the Bioller iVIan, the Fancier and the Farmer. Saves Time and IVIoney. 
Chamberlain's Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00 

_^ Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, MO 

FOR SALE AT KIRKWOOD PRICES, $2.50 PER 100 LBS AT FOLLOWING AGENCIES ^ ^^^^^^^^^ 

Spraeue Commission Co., Chicaso, Ills; Sure Hati-h Incubator Co ^9^"™t.us, Ohio J. wiio. r a h r Neb Ripley 

Indianapolis, Ind : Iowa Seed Co , Des Moines, owa; 'Werinick Seed Co M 'waukee Wis Mire ii. i. I ^1 ^ p^^^ ^^^^ 

Hardware Co., Grafton. 111.: R. A Pike & Co., Minneapolis, Mmn: H. McK Wilson & C^. St. L^'^;,,^BE'?L>»//V KIRKWOOD MO 

trouble eettine my feed write direct to me for prices. "• • 




If the CRtr-* ar ^ land you put tbem in a 

ReliaLble Irvc\iba.tor 

andf 11 ^ ...tru t, n, y >■ jfj^';,';:^'-';,',?^"^ 
RELIABLE BROODER 

vmi will raise everv one that oould be raisrii in any 
Other way. Our aOTH CEHTURV POULTRV BOOK 
tellB whyand a hundred other th 
try owner ehould know. Sent for' 
10 cents. We have 115 yards of 
thoroughbred poultry- 
Reliable I Qcabator and Brooder COi 

Box A«'i5 QalDCf, Ills. 



ery poul- 




WOe^ 

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the 




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...To... 

Denison and Sherman, 
Texas. ^ e^ 

Through Train Service -will sfaortl-y 

be established from St. Louis and Kansas 

City over the ^ ..?* ^ 

Shortest Line to Texas 



Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. 

All animals English prize winners and 
from imported English parents. The re- 
nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- 
bury at the head of the herd. Angora 
Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav- 
ies, For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian 
Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported 
and Domestic. The Angoras with their 
long, silky tresses and musical little voic- 
es have not their equal. Write for special 

descriptions and prices 

MRS. OEO. D. HAWLEY, 
2166 Jackson Bvd. Chicago, HI 



At the Big 

..St. Louis Show. 



January, 1901— 1st Cock; 1st, 2d and 
:;d Hens; 1st and ,3d Cockerel; 3d and 
:!d Pullets and 1st Exhibition Yard, 
and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis- 
souri, 1899-1900, more prizes than 
all other Langshan exhibitors com- 
bined—all my own brseding. If 
you want the very best at a low 
price write me 



L. E. MEYER, 

Bowling Green, : Missouri 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




SEUUNU PULLET. H(.)STc\ ]'••<• 
HEN AND CHA:\I[MoN' AT 1' 
ADELPHIA. liWO. 



Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 



ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens — 2d Pullet. 

ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eight 
Special Prizes, including the 

Cbampion IBaitcd |). IRocIt female. 

In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
phia show stands^one of the hottest ever 
held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON 
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY 
FARM. Send for Illustrated Circulai* and 
descriptions of Matings. 



They Won 

on 
Their Merits 



Eggs 

I will sell a LIMIT- 
ED NUMBER of 
EgKsatSo.OO 
per IS. 

Choice Breeding Stock 
For Sale! 



Beauty and Utility Strain Barred SatisfactiCR GUBF- 
V* Plymouth Rocks. ^» 311166(1. 

C^. 11. LA 1 rl AiVl., LAINCASTER, MASS. 






Our Motto, "Virtnte non Astutia" 



HARES 

BY 

THE 

HUNDREDS 



; 



IMPORTED • AND • DOMESTIC 






From such Fashionabl6 Strains as the follo wing Championsj 

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash. 
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal- 
ace Queen, Lord Britain,' Etc 



Our Stud Bucks are: 



Fashoda Star] 

Score 96 by Judge Almond, im- 
ported,. son of Ch. Fashoda. 

Viscount 

Score 9.5 by Judge iFinley, im- 
ported. 

Lythedale 

Score 04 by Judge Finley, im- 
ported. 

Sir Crabtree 

Score OSX by Judge . Crabtree, 

and other domestic bucks 

that will sc )4 to 98. 



RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 

At prices ranging from $5 to 
$75 per head, pedigree and 
score card with each animal. 
Unpedigreed market stock, 
good color and size, $2.50 to 
$5 per pair. Hardy Black 
Belgians (good tojuse asnurse 
does) at $10 per pair. Cor- 
respondence solicited for spe- 
cial price list which may not 
be in effect long. Will re- 
fund money and pay return 
express charges if Hares pur- 
chased are not as represent- 
ed. .Rabbitries at'Maplewood 
and Fayette 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 



304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, 



ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 



)^{^{y^m, 



ILFF P. ROCKS L^^^ict^o^id ^17- 

gets.^MyBuff Rocks are as good as 
can |be found, and are up-to-date in 
every respect. Some fine specimens 
for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 1 
tion. Address 

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 



lU Mammotti Peldn Ducks 






100 White Wyandotte Cockerels I 



If you need big drakes or cockerels get my- prices. Look'up.'my S) 

record. Get my circular its free. i*. 

Lincoln, Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH. | 



FEBRUARY, 1902. 



NO. 12. 





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Advance TO Success 




25 <^ a. year 



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A Bird in 
the ilandX 

is worth a good many in the shell. 
But a bird in the shell 
is as good as hatched when 
you put it in a 

MARILLA 

Hot Air 
and Hot Water 

IN CUBA TOR. 

It's the incubator which gives satisfaction. 

_ It's the incubator which any one can operate successfully. It's the 
incubator which never fails. If you want a perfect machine, a dependable 
machine, a machine certain in results, you'll get a Marilla 

It is built of the best material throughout, by the best workmen that 
we can nnd. 

It has double walls, double floors, double top. 

It is absolutely fire-proof. 

li: has a regulator which is perfectly automatic and holds the temner- 
ature within a fraction of a degree. ^ 

Its system of ventilation is perfect. 

It has thirteen years of success behind it. 

It is sold on a positive guarantee to be easier to operate and surer in 
the hatch than any other mcubator made. 

it's Wiihoui an Ei^uai 

As a Practical Hatciier 

For all Classes of Poultrymen. 

Send 4c to-day for our handsome and beauti- 
lu ly illustrated catalogue and judge for your- 
self. It tells all about the Marilla Incubator 
and how to get the most profit and pleasure 
out of poultry. 

IVIARILLA INCUBATOR CO., 

Box97, HOSE HILL, H. Y. 




machiirp whi^h°,°t*'''^'*''<'*'*"-^'"""'«Ked. an.l carefully built 
F^u r-veriS«rCro^mnV«n.f1 ''"'•■!"■'=■•''■? °'w''''i^ ">''■' '^^'V mother 
ftilly descrilx^d ii o,^ ca?aloKu '"""^ ^"^ "" absolutely prevented. It is 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

From the best strains in the coun- 
try "Pure White." Stock and eg-g-s 
for sale. Prices reasonable. 



J. W. HALL, 



David City, Nebr 




Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry. 

Nothing Succeeds Like Success! 

If you want to succeed with poultry, buy H"ood 
breeding; stock. We have them nnd at reason- 
able prices. White and Barred Plymouth 
RcoUs. White and Golden Wvandottes, Rhode 
Island Reds and Pekin Dncks- Relirian Hares. 
75 fine breeding- cockeels at S2.i'n to ?<i I'li. 
E^trs from our best matings S3 W per 15. Duck 
eirg-^ $1.5l) per 9. At Columbus shows Feb. 1901 
and Dec. 19J1, I won I'Hsts. 22nd 2nd, (. 3rds 
and (j 4tlis. 

Miles PorLTKv Farm, near Worthing-ton O. 

O. P. Miles, Prop, 

26 1-2 N High St Colnrabus, O. 



HUV STOCK and EGliS fnmi hitfh scorine 
WHITE LANGSHANS and BUFF KOOKS. 



Fine winter layers. Cheap for quality. Egrgs 
S1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. Ml'MOWER. Dunic 
.lersey PijTS. W.L. MUMroWER, 

Chilicolhe, Mo. 

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Edson's Registered Strain, from ii Ions line 
of prize-winning ancesters; hn,ve made tlieni 
a specialty for IP yedr". Now otlerin:; Bne 
exhibition and grand br eding stock of both 
1900 and 1901 batch at moving price it talien 
soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address, 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, HI. 



M Buff P. Rocks 
^ Exclusively... 

We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
These, together with our own prize 
winners, g'ives us the best flock of 
Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
please you both in quality and prices. 
Write us if you want winners bred 
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
ouse Geese for sale. 

MRS. FLORA SHROYER 
Clay Center, Neb. 



WANTED! 

250 White Wyandotte Hens 
and Pullets. 

250 White Leghorn Hens 
and Pullets. 

100 White Rock Hens and 
Pullets 

100 Buff OrpintJton Fe- 
males. 

Will pay cash. Address, 

Box 427, Clay Center, Neb. 






I We 
I Have 

^ Those 
SThat 



I 



Barred Rocks - - White Wyan doHes 

WE HAVE 

Some - Choice - Exhibition 

AND 

Fine Breeding Birds 
For Sale! 

We have always won at State Fairs and State 
Shows more prizes than all other exhibits. 



"Il^— \ T L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebrasica. 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH R3CXS. 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
:W old ones to draft from the coming sale season Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 

BARRED rLYMDUTll ROUKS. Wiih that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue 
astlieskv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Ur h»;avy weight SIN- 
GLE COMB BROWN LJiGHORNS. Elegant comb.s. fine striping to Hacket and bad- 
die, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, line striped lackels 
and elegant combs In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in ihe 
showroon) If so, address J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box I. 



Belgian Hares 



Best in America, very cheap during 
— ' „.'-{3'.~-.>o .—— . — ~ special sale. We guarantee satisfac- 
tion or no pay. Might exchange for iine clock, piano, gun or music box. What 

have you? Book free. _ . 

E. J. WHire HARE CO,, Brighton. Colo. 



Barred Plyntouth Rocks 

..200 QUICK SALE 200.. 

We have more young stock than we can handle in cold weather hence 
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served. 

35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3.00 each. 

:!•> Cockerels xtra good breeders 1.50 each. 

SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 

M Pullets, good breeders LOO each. 

25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones 1.50 each. 

5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
andean do you good circular free. Your Truly, 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD, 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
Pekin Ducks. 



At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d 
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne- 
braska State Fair, 3d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 
pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel - 

a first prize on every bird entered. 
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 

FRIEND, .... NEBRASKA. 



FOULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




AFTER THE HATCH IS OVER. D. S. GARBER, BUTLER. OHIO, HIS LITTLE CHAPS. HIS SURE HATCH 
mCUBATOR, AND THE LITTLE CHICKS ON THE FLOOR. 
The above photo is a sample of over 200 that are in the SURE HATCH INCUBATOR Catalosfue. Besides the il- 
lustrations there is page after page of practical and applicable poultry information. SURE HATCH— the name 
means something: the results verify the name. They are simple and positive in construction and operation. Anyone 
can run them —they run themselves. Anyone can own them— the price is right. Made of California Redwood and 12 
ounce copper. The Redwood cases and copper tanks are guaranteed for ten years, also the results. Sent on trial. If 
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(:as(s ^ ^^e Winter Layers. ^ ^s 

In practical poultry culture the hen many poor winter laying hens. Dur- 



that lays is the hen that pays. And 
right now is the time the hens should 
be laying, or at least those early 
hatched pullets should. If a pullet 
does not begin to lay in the fall the 
probabilities are that she will not lay 
until late in the winter or spring. 
Does it pay to winter these idle fowls, 
in order to secure a few cheap eggs 
in the spring? We believe not, with 
the average fowls. Of course, there 
are exceptions, such as in the case of 
hens which have already earned their 
keep during their first laying year and 
which it is desired to breed from an- 
other season. 

It will take from 30 to 35 cents 
worth of grain to carry a hen through 
the winter, and if she does not lay 
until eggs are down to ten cents a 
dozen it will take nearly all she will 
lay during thte summer to pay her 
winter's feed bill, and if she is not 
able or is not allowed to hunt her 
own food during the summer she 
will die in debt to you. The fault 
may be with the hen or with the own- 
er. Perhaps the environments ana 
food are not such as to induce laying, 
and then again the hens may not be 
bred to lay in winter. Winter laying 



ing the natural winter season every 
hen that ever does lay is doing her 
best and when the eggs for incubation 
are selected, no attention is paid to 
which hen's eggs are set. Then we 
get a lot of poultry that are non- 
producers. We feed and care for them 
to the best of our ability, but they 
will not lay. They were not bred for 
winter laying, but were produced from 
hens that did most of their laying in 
the spring and summer and cannot in 
reason be expected to lay in winter. 

The fact has long been apparent to 
the writer, that if we want winter 
laying hens we must breed them. They 
must be from a line of producers and 
bred in line for that purpose. Pro- 
miscuous breeding will not produce 
heavy winter layers any more than it 
will produce show birds. But how 
can we breed this trait into them? 
is the question we hear asked. This 
requires time, but is not difficult. 
Suppose we are to start with a lot 
of mixed hens and pullets, such as are 
usually found on a farm or in the 
flock of a village poulterer, either all 
one breed or mongrel stock. For the 
purpose of our illustration it matters 
not what they are, but we would not 



is an inherent trait that is bred into advise anyone to go to the trouble 



fowls, and when they are so bred this 
will assert itself just as surely as will 
any trait of form or feather. Many 
do not pay enough attention to this 



to breed an egg strain from any but 
pure bred fowls. In every flock of 
this kind there are likely to be found 
several hens or pullets that begin to 



point when selecting eggs for hatching lay in the fall, and lay more or less 
and as a consequence have a great I all winter. These ar« the fowls to 



use in the breeding pen the first year. 
By the use of the trap nest it will 
be easy to note just what each hen 
does, but trap nests are not practi- 
cable in all cases, and where they 
cannot be employed it is a good plan 
to divide the fowls into small flocks, 
say twenty-five each, when by a 
little observation we can readily per- 
ceive which hens are laying. The 
practical poulterer can tell a laying 
hen by her appearance, but there are 
many who cannot, and if the fowls 
look so much alike that it is hard to 
j tell the layers, mark each one that 
I you know has laid with a legband or 
i by yieing a piece of flannel to her leg. 
i You will then know the number that 
has laid, and by keeping an egg-record 
can tell their average production. By 
dividing the fowls into smal flocks 
the chances of getting a good egg 
yield are much increased. Fifty hen's 
are as many as should be kept in one 
flock, and they do much better when 
the number is reduced to twenty-five. 
In the spring place only such fowls 
in the breeding yard as have proven 
Siatisfactory winter layers, and by 
following this course for a number of 
seasons you will have a strain of fowls 
that are bred to lay. 

A plan we have adopted is to breed 
from two-year-old hens that as pullets 
were good producers. When we com- 
menced building up our strain, al- 
though we started with high cost, 
pure bred stock, the average yearly 
egg yield per hen was only about 120. 
The fourth year after breeding them 
we made 180 eggs the first laying year 
the requirement for a hen to enter the 
breeding pen. 

The greatest profit is in the winter 
eggs. In order to have fowls at all 



we must winter tliem, and if by an 
additional outlay of five or ten cents 
per lien for food or other requirements 
we can make each hen produce three 
to five dozen eggs, worth from twenty 
to twenty-five cents per dozen, during 
this time that she might be idle, we 
have really effected a saving of from 
sixty cents to one dollar on each hen 
that lays. It is true that winter eggs 
do not, in many sections, bring a price 
in proportion to the labor necessary 
to produce them, owing to a lacli of 
good local markets, yet there are few 
sections of the country, especially in 
the north, where a strictly prime ar- 
ticle will not bring twenty cents per 
dozen any time between November 1 
and March 1. 

In the west eggs are not so high as 
in the east, owing to a lack of local 
markets and the cheapness of grain 
and other foods used to produce them. 
A really fancy price can only be se- 
cured where eggs can reach the con- 
sumer within a day or two after be- 
ing gathered. Such eggs will always 
bring from five to ten cents per dozen 
above market quotations if the pro- 
duccer can reach the consumer. At 
this writing strictly fresh eggs are 
quoted in the Springfield, Mass., mar- 
ket at forty cents per dozen whole- 
sale, and to our knowledge a number 
of our poultrymen in that vicinity are 
getting from five to ten cents per 
dozen above this price for large brown 
eggs. Even with high priced grain 
there is money in producing eggs at 
such figures, if we have a strain of 
fowls that are bred to lay in winter. 



FEEDING FOR EGGS IN WINTER. 
I wish to give a few hints in regard 
to topic No. 1 in November issue. 
In the spring of 1900 we received more 
eggs on an average per hen than ever 
before. We fed a warm mash of 
mornings consisting of wheat bran 
and scraps from the table, and also 
gave them red pepper once or twice 
a week. Then we would turn them 
out and they had access to all the 
cane seed they cared to eat. When 
we took the ashes from the stove 
we always put it where they could 
scratch for the clear coal, which help- 
ed to keep thera healthy and in a lay- 
ing condition. They also had fresh 
water. As we live on a farm they 
get plenty of exercise. I think the 
B. P. Rocks are the best all-purpose 
chickens. I would be pleased to hear 
from any one in regard to sheds for 
turkeys to roost in. I know some 
think out doors is good enough for 
them, but ours went in the chicken 
house last night, as it turned quite 
cold here yesterday evening. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

My Fakvorite Fowl. 

The beantiful Black I.angshans are 
a grand fowl. For an all-purpose 
fowl none can excel them. You may 
praise up your Plymouth Rooks, your 
Wyandottes and all that you consider 
good all-purpose fowls and never get 
any that are really better than these. 
Others may be as good, or at least 
nearly as good, but take it for beauty, 
egg production, size and ease of man- 
agement, you will find an ideal in the 
Black Langshans. 

Did you ever see a flock of them? 
W^ere you not charmed by their style 
and gracefulness? And did you not 
wish to be the proud possessor of 
such a grand flock of living beauties? 
If you never saw such a flock (I don't 
mean four or five of them, but twenty 
or thirty, all together, or even more), 
you have missed a really charming 
sight. Well, you say that any one 
kind of birds together look fine. Yes, 
remarkably so. but while others look 
well the Langshans look better. That's 
just the difference. Your white fowls 
or your parti-colored ones can never 
glisten and shine and reflect the sun- 
shine as can the glossy black of the 
Langshans. The male bird as he 
paces to and fro among the hens is 
reaily 'the monarch of all he sur- 
veys." Stylish, graceful, straight and 
trim. Always happy unless allowed 
exposure to storms and cold. In the 
warm weather, as they are out on 
the range, you will hear their song 
of happiness and contentment. In 
winter, provide them with a warm 
house and good feed, with litter for 
exercise, and the same joyful song is 
everywhere among them. 

Do you want wild fowls, those that 
always want plenty of distance be- 
tween you and them, and that you 
must leave the house before they will 
all go to eating? If so do not get a 
Langshan. You will find the Lang- 
shan a bird that will crowd around 
you and get under your feet, so that 
you will be stopped when trying to 
go through the building. They will 
even fly upon your arms and are never 
wild if you treat them kindly. 

You want pets and such ones that 
you can pick up anywhere you chance 
to meet them, either in the house or 
in the field. The Langshans will 
meet the requirements in this case 
every time. 

You want an active fowl; get the 
langshan. They are active. The 
smaller, nervous breeds may get out 
of the way quicker and fly over your 
highest fence more often than the 
Langshan, but that does not make 
you believe that the Langshans are 
lazy. They might eat more than they 
need and get too fat for good results 




ii;i Perkiii.s, K;ivt-nw(«id. iM..." 
1 r.ed^r sf H.ivred Plymouth Rucks. Mrs. Per- 
1 ill's wrniiiffs are read with much interest in 
everal poullrv papels. t-speclally Thk Ixvkj- 



u you allowed food to lay before 
them all the time. But that is not 
the way to care for fowls. It is a 
waste to allow food to remain before 
them all the time. 

Now the practical value of them, 
as regards their profitableness. While 
the foregoing words have given you 
a fair idea of their beauty and at- 
tractiveness, I wish to show wherein 
lies their true value. Every breed has 
its claims. The Langshan has as 
many as any of them. Some breeders 
claim that no breed will excel the 
Langshan in egg production. They 
are good, very good, layers. We nev- 
er expect a large fowl to lay as well 
as a smaller one. But if we get a 
fowl that lays nearly as w^ell as the 
smaller one, while at the same time 
it is a large bird and raises large 
chicks, we may say that we have an 
ideal bird. That is just where the 
Langshans come in. They are a fowl 
that lays nearly as many eggs as any 
of the small ones, if not just as many. 
Some may be able to get more eggs 
from Langshans, while some others 
may get better results from different 
breeds. Anyway, the Langshans will 
give others a close race in producing 
eggs, and if you count on raising 
chicks, they will surprise you in re- 
sults. They will give as good results 
as any. and even if not better re- 
turns than all others they will sur- 
pass many. So if they are more beau- 
tiful and give as good if not better 
results than others, why not breed the 
noble Ijangshan? 

Their large size and early maturing 
qualities give them prominence for 
market birds. But, you say. they 
don't mature very early. You have 
Leghorns matured in much less time. 
True, your leghorns mature earlier, 
but when matured are not half so 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

take in getting the Laiigslian. You 
say that any one will praise their 
favorite fowl. While this is true, you 
can put all the praises together and 
find that the Langshan is just as good 
as any and better in some respects, 
that is, for certain purposes they are 
better. PERCY W. SHEPARD. 

Towanda, Pa, 



White Lang-Shan hen owned liv Mrs. Thos 
Huifhes, Rock Port, Mo. 



large as a Langshan. Wherein lies 
the choice? Woiild you give a little 
longer time for maturity and get a 
fowl twice as large, or prefer to take 
the smaller one and allow nearly as 
much time for it to mature? I would 
favor the former and choose the I>ang- 
shan, wouldn't you? 

Another objection often brought up. 
They have a white skin and don't look 
well in market, you say. Well, did 
you ever eat any meat of a Langshan? 
If so you won't cry out the objection 
to their looks. No tenderer or finer 
grained meat is ever placed upon 
your table than the Langshan is. Their 
white skin makes no difference in 
price when they reach the market. 
While people prefer a yellow-skinned 
bird to some extent, any one who 
knows what a real good table fowl 
needs to be would select one that Is 
fat, plum and well dressed regard- 
less of its color. I have shipped Lang- 
shans to city markets and always re- 
ceived the very best prices. What 
more can be obtained, and ought there 
to be any objections to these grand 
birds? I should say no. 

Their solid color gives more ease in 
meeting standard requirements and at 
the same time their beautiful, shining 
color produces an effect that other col- 
ors cannot produce. They are excel- 
lent setters and excellent in caring for 
the chicks. They are not persistent 
setters. While is is natural for them 
to have a desire to set, it is easily 
overcome by shutting them in a box 
or coop for a few days. With an in- 
cubator, a few brooders and a flock 
of good Langshans with proper hous- 
ing and feed, I would make a success 
of it. You can do as well if not 
better. 

If you are starting out in the poul- 
try business and want a good all- 
purpose fowl you will make no mis- 



FOR POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Having raised Belgian hares for sev- 
eral years and sold numbers of them, 
I will say for the industry it is a busi- 
ness to be learned; and at least one 
year is required to learn enough to 
find out if one is fit for the industry. 
So many buy and simply turn the 
care (which is all there is to do right) 
over to the children. Children and 
hares do not agree on any one point. 
It takes as much care and judgment to 
care and breed hares properly as to 
care and breed Hereford cattle. No 
wonder at so many getting disappoint- 
ed after a few months handing hares. 
They expect too much for a small ef- 
fort. Every new beginner makes some 
mistakes. Being too anxious to know 
about the nest of young ones, they 
must count them the first day. It is 
better to stay away for a week. Pro- 
vide a nest box dark and in a quiet 
place. Next they will wean the 
young too soon. Better leave them 3 
months than only three weeks. And 
then draughts must be watched. Do 
not let a hutch sit in a draught for a 
minute unless the hares have room to 
exercise and keep warm. They will 
catch cold and die. I have had them 
run in the snow in Colorado, but when 
I shut them in at night it w?.s in a 
room where no wind could strike them. 
Heat killed some fine ones for me here 
in Indian Territory. They must be 
kept in the shade in hot weather. 

I have had plenty of experience to 
prove to me that hares are hard to 
raise and many enemies stand ready 
to kill — rats, cats, dogs, ants. Yes, 
ants. They killed a fine litter for Mr. 
Holden of Chickasha. I have had sev- 
eral does eat their own young, but 1 
am ready to buy all high scoring does 
that have got in the habit of eating 
up their own young. I like the fun 
of curing them; it does me good to 
fool them a trip. I tan the pelts. I 
have my shoes laced with strings cut 
from the skin of one I tanned, at less 
than half a cent. To leave the fur on 
and run a sharp razor over the fur 
and cut the coarse hair off makes 
trimming for ladies' gowns. Do not 
neglect to place a box or platform so 
the old doe can get away from the 
young. Do not forget the young will 



come out of the nest box and get out 
of sight never to return. 

If you are tired of the business, 
commence eating the surplus stock 
and see if you do not change your 
mind about getting rid of all of them. 
The Kansas City Star started out to 
bemeau the busine&fs in an article 
headed, "Nobody Wants Them Now," 
and ended up by saying there was 
uiLney in them raising them for meat 
prices. So there is. LEW BENSON. 

Anadarko, O. T. 

HOW MAUD SET A HEN. 

Maud Muller on a summer's day 
Set a hen in a brand new way. 
( Maud, you see, was a city girl, 
Trying the rural life a whirl.) 
She covered a box with tinsel gay, 
Lined it snugly with new mown hay. 
Filled it nicely with eggs, and then 
Started to look for a likely hen. 
Out of the iiock selected one. 
And then she thought that her work 

was done. 
It would have been, but this stubborn 

hen 
Stood up and cackled "Ka-doot!" and 

then 
Maud Muller came, and in hurt sur- 
prise 
Looked coldly into the creature's eyes; 
Then tied its legs to the box. "You bet 
I know how to make you set." 
But still it stood, and worse and worse 
Shrieked forth its wrongs to the uni- 
verse. 
Kicked over the box with its tinsel gay, 
And ignominiously flapped away. 
Then a bad boy, over the barnyard 

fence. 
Tee-heed: "Say, Maud, there's a dit 

ference 
'Tween hens, you know, and it is that 
One says 'Ka-doot,' and one 'Ka-dat!' " 
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute 
She tried to set had said "Ka-doot!" 
And ever since that historic day 
She blushes in an embarrassed way 
To think of the hobble she made once 

when 
She tried to set a gentleman hen. 




An Angora <'avie owned by Mrs. (ieo. D, 
Hawley, Ohicaifo, IH., 2106 Jackson, Bvd, 



Poultry Associa.tioi\. 

Surprised Because of the Excellence of 
Exhibit. 



The poultry show closed on Satur- 
uay night. The show was a surprise 
to thoie acquainted with such matters, 
both in the quality of stock exhibited, 
and in the number of birds shown. 
The placing of the birds was a feature, 
the classification was perfect. 

The quality of the birds shown was 
far above the average, every breed 
having some high-class representa- 
tives. All in all, the show was the 
best ever held in the west. 

The prizes awarded are: 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK. 

Wilson & Ellis, first prize, pen; sec- 
ond prize, cock; second, third, fourth 
and fifth prizes, for cockerel; second 
and fifth prizes for pullets. 

S. O. Day, Salt Lake, second prize 
for pen; second for hen, first for 
cockerel, third for pullet. 

C. J. Trump, Salt Lake, third prize 
for pen, fourth and fifth for hen. 

W. J. and J. L. Hancock, Ogden, 
fourth prize for pen, fourth for cock 
and third for hen. 

A. E. Thorgood, Ogden, fifth for pen. 

J. M. Bishop, Ogden, fourth for pul- 
lets, third for cock. 

A. G. Harris, Ogden, first for pul- 
let. 

Benjamin Smalley, Ogden, first for 
cock. 

Harry Shibbley, Ogden, fifth foi 
cock. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Prank Foulger, Ogden, first for 
cockerel. 

George Taysum, Salt Lake, second 
for pen; first, second and third, pen; 
second for cock, fifth for pullet. 

C. F. Dinsniore, North Ogden, first 
for pen; first for cock; second, third 
for cockerel; fourth and fifth for hen; 
first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
let. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. 

A. G. Maw, Ogden, second for hen, 
fourth for cockerel. 

J. M. Bishop, Ogden, third for cock- 
erel, third and fourth for hen, fourth 
for pullets. 

Mrs. Grace Taysum, Salt Lake, sec- 
ond for pen; first for cock. 

C. F. Dinsmore, North Ogden, first 
for pen, second for cockerel; first and 
third for pullets. 

SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. 

Frank Foulger, Ogden, second for 
pen. 

BUFF WYANDOTTES. 

1. Thorn t«D, first far ae«ker«l. first. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

sstoud and third for pullet. 

Golden Wayndottes — E. J. Hancock, 
Ogden, second for cock, second and 
third for hen. 

Black Wyandottes — A. G. Harris, 
Ogden, first for cock; Wm. Woodfie.d, 
North Ogden, first and second for 
pens, third for cock, first, fourth and 
fifth for hen; first and second for 
cockerel; first, second, third and 
fourth for pullets; B. J. Hancock, sec- 
ond for cock, second and third for 
hen. 

Rhode Island Reds — H. E. Peery, 
Ogden, first for pens; A. G. Harris, 
Ogden, first for trio, first for cockerel. 

Partridge Cochins — W. J. and J. L. 
Hancock, Ogden, first for pens, second 
for cock, first for pullets; E. J. Han- 
cock, Ogden, second and third for pul- 
lets, second for cock. 

Light Brahmas — E. N. Morrison, Og- 
den, first for pen, first for cockerel; 
first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
lets; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Og- 
den, second for pen; first, second, 
third and fourth for pen; first for 
cock, second for cockerel, fifth for pul- 
let; E. J. Hancock, third for cock. 

Black Langshans — W. W. Carder, 
Ogden, third for cockerel; Richard 
Bowbotham, Ogden, first for pen, first 
and fourth for cockerel; second, third 
and fourth for pullets; W. J. and J. 
L. Hancock, first for hen; Mrs. E. J. 
Meid, Ogden, second for cockerel; 
Ashton & Son, Ogden, first and fifth 
for hen, third for cockerel, first for 
cockerel. 

White Leghorns — P. J. Tyler, fourth 
for cockerel; W. J. and J. L. Hancock, 
Ogden, third for pen, second for pul- 
let; W. W. Carder, Ogden, second for 
cockerel, third and fifth for pullet; J. 
M. Bishop, Ogden, first for pen, first 
for cockerel, second and third for hen, 
fourth for pullet; Benjamin Smalley, 
Ogden, second for pen, first and fourth 
pullet. 

Mottled Anconas — W. J. and J. -L. 
Hancock, Ogden, first for pen; Louis 
Peery, Ogden, second for pen. 

Buff Leghorns— J. W. Haslam, Salt 
Lake, first for pen, first for cockerel, 
first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
let; L. Thornton, Ogden, second for 
cockerel; T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Og- 
den, third for cockerel, fifth for pullet. 
Golden Polish— T. J. and J. W. 
Keogh, Ogden, first and second for 
pens, first, second, third and fourth 
for pullet, first for hen, first, second 
for cockerel; A. G. Harris, Ogden, 
third for pen, third for cockerel. 

Silver Spangled Hamburg — Joseph 
Covington, first for trio. 
GAME CLASS. 
.Tam«s Jacebson, Smoke Balls, first 



for trio; .J. H. Cunningham, Ogden, 
first for trio; white tail games, first; 
first for white Pyle games. 

Cornish Indian Games — Harmon 
Peery, Ogden, first pair. 

Bantams— W. J. and J. L. Hancock, 
Ogden, all on' black tail Japanese. 

Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Ogden, 
first for trio. White Crested White 
Polish. 

T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Ogden, all 
on Buff Cochin; all on Silver Duck- 
wing game bantams. 

A. Earle Harris, Ogden, all on Red 
Pyle bantams. 

Bronze Turkeys — All to Chas. Bar- 
uett. View, Utah. 

White Pekin Ducks— All to Carl 
Poulten, Ogden. 

Pigeons— W. J. and J. L. Hancoik, 
Ogden, first for display. 

Andrew Miller, Ogden, second for 
display; first for tumblers: first for 
Jocobins. 

Fred Bateman, Ogden, third for 
pigeons. 

Belgian Hares — Roy Carver, first for 
display; W. E. Archibald, second for 
display. 



Winnings of R. E. Jones of Flat 
Rock, Ind., at Indianapolis, December 
4 to 10. 1901: 

S. Wyandottes — First and 4th cocks; 
1st, third and fourth hens; fourth 
cockerel; first and fourth pullets; sec- 
ond pen. 

Golden Wyandottes — First, second 
and third cocks; first, second, third 
and fourth hens; first cockerel; first, 
second and third pullets; first and 
second pens. 

Black Wyandottes — First and sec- 
ond hens; first cockerel, first and sec- 
ond pullets; 1st pen. 

G. S. Bantams — First cock; first and 
fourth hens; first and second cock- 
erels; first pullet; first pen. 

S. S. Bantams — Second cock; first 
and second hens; first and second 
cockerels; first and second pullets; 
first pen. 




A trio of White Wyandottes owned b.\- 
Clarev. Fairbury. Nebr. 



Fa.i\cier's Association of Indiana. 

The third anual exhibition of this 
association, held at Indianapolis, De- 
cember 4 to 10, was a success in every 
particular. The annual meeting and 
election of officers was held Monday 
evening, December 9, with a large at- 
tendance and the following officers 
were elected: President, Lora C. Hoss, 
Kokomo; first vice president, C. J. 
Ward, Irvington; second vice presi- 
dent, Ben S. Myers, Crawfordsville; 
third vice president, N. E. Woods, 
Pecksburg; fourth vice president, W. 
F. Coats, Columbus; fifth vice presi- 
dent, Ed B. Murphy, Carmel; treas- 
urer, H. D. Lane, Indianapolis; secre- 
tary, C. W. Hackleman, Indianapolis. 
The new executive committee is the 
president, first vice president, treasur- 
er, secretary; Wm. Tobin, Indianap- 
olis, Dr. Jos. Haas, Indianapolis; Dr. 
D. C. Harrold, Elwood, F. P. Johnson, 
Rowlands and H. B. Miller, Nashville. 
Awards on poultry at the third an- 
nual exhibition of the Fanciers' asso- 
ciation of Indiana, held at Indianapolis 
December 4 to 10,1901: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks — Entries: 
Nine cocks, 23 cockerels, 18 hens, 25 
pullets and 6 hens: Fourth cock, W. 
H. Bolinger, Pendleton, Ind.; 4th cock- 
erel, 3d and 4th hens, 4th pullet and 
2d pen, Geo. Muck, Edinburg, Ind.; 2d 
and 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st hen and 
4th pen, C. A. Porter, Flatrock, Ind.; 
1st cock, 3d cockerel, 2d hen, 1st, 2d 
and 3d pullets and 1st and 3d pens, 
Mrs. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.; 
1st cock, A. C. Le Due, Chenoa, 111. 

White Plymouth Rocks — Entries: 
Seven cocks, 14 cockerels, 18 hens, 30 
pullets and 6 pens. Third pullet, Chas. 
Wagner, New Albany, Ind.; 4th pullet 
and 4th pen. Bowers & Husted, El- 
wood, Ind.; 4th cock, 4th cockerel, 2d 
hen and 1st pullet, J. R. Mathis, 
Boggstown, Ind.; 1st and 2d cocks, 1st 
and 2d cockerels, 3d and 4th hens and 
2d and 3d pens, John Landls, Edin- 
burg, Ind.; 3d cock, 2d cockerel, 1st 
hen, 2d pullet and 1st pen, G. M. 
Johnson, Boggstown, Ind. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks — Entries: Four 
cocks, 20 cockerels, 11 hens, 26 pullets 
and 6 pens. Third pullet and 4th pen, 
F. E. Gilliland, Hope Ind.; 3d hen, 1st 
pullet iind 2d pen, Huddleston Poultry 
farm, Winamac, Ind.; 3d cock, H. A. 
Armstrong, Plymouth, Ind.; 4th cock- 
erel, Frank B. Smith, Danville, III.; 
4tli cock, Jos. Becker, Indianapolis, 
Ind.; 1st cock, 1st hen and 2d pullet, 
Ben Le Gore, Marshall, 111.; 2d cock, 
1st, 2d and 3d cockerels, 2d and 4th 
hens, 4th pullet and 1st and 3d pens, 
F. E. Mow, Union Mills, Ind. 
Silver Laced Wyandottes— Entries: 



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Five cocks, 8 cockerels, 8 hens, 16 pul- 
lets and 4 pens. Second hen and 4th 
pen, Wesley Coffey, Spencer, Ind.; 2d 
and 3d cocks, 1st and 2d cockerels, 2d 
pullet and 1st pen, A. C. Le Due; 3d 
cockerels, 3 pullet and 3d pen, Charles 
Batsch, Elwood, Ind.; 1st and 4th 
cocks, 4th cockerel, 1st, 3d and 4th 
hens, 1st and 4th pullets and 2d hen, 
R. E. Jones, Flatrock, Ind. 

Golden Wyandotes — Entries: Three 
cocks, 3 cockerels, 5 hens, 3 pullets 
and 2 pens. Second cockerel, Seth T. 
Gallaghan, Logansport, Ind.; 1st, 2d 
and 3d cocks, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d 
and 4th hens, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets 
and 1st and 2d pens, R. E. Jones. 

White Wyandottes — Entries: Seven 
cocks, 17 cockerels, 18 hens, 31 pullets 
and 7 pens. First cock, 1st hen andi 
1st pen, D. C. Harrold, Elwood, Ind.; 
2d cockerel, F. M. Meloy, Shelbyville, 
Ind.; 4th cock, 3d and 4th hens, 1st, 
3d and 4th pullets and 3d pen, Mrs. 
Geo. M. Hanley, Hoopeston, 111.; 2d 
and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels, 
2d hen, 2 pullet and 3d and 4th pens. 
Miller Bros., Nashville, Ind. 

Buff Wyandottes — Entries: Two 
cocks, 9 cockerels, 5 hens, 17 pullets 
and 5 pens, 1st cock, 1st and 3d cock- 
erels, 1st, 2d and 3d hens, 1st and 3d 
pullets and 1st pen, D. C. Harrold; 2d 
cockerel, 2d pullet and 2 pen, Foster 
Martin, Marshall, Ind.; 2d cock, 4th 
cockerel, 4th pen, 4th pullet and 3d 
pen, W. F. Rossman, Columbia City, 
Ind. 

Black Wyandottes — Six entries. All 
prizes to R. E. Jones. 

Partridge Wyandottes — Entries: 
Three cocks, 4 cockerels, 3 hens, 8 
pullets and 2 pens. Second and 3d 
cocks, 1st and 4th cockerels, 1st and 
2d hens, 2d pullet and 2d pen, C. F. 
Avey, Columbia City, Ind.; 1st cock, 
2d and 3rd cockerels, 1st, 3d and 4th 
pullets and 1st pen. Earl D. Smith, 
Winamac, Ind. 

Buff Orpingtons — Entries: Four 
cocks. 11 cockerels, 13 hens. 23 pullets 
and 6 pens. First cock, 3d and 4th 
cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets and 2d 
pen, C. S. Byers, Hazelrigg, Ind.; 2d 
cockerel. John McMillan, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; 2d, 3d and 4th cocks, 1st cockerel, 
1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens. 3d pullet and 
1st, 3d and 4th pens, Mrs. R. Senour, 
1518 Shelton street, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Light Brahmas — Entries: Twelve 
cocks, 8 cockerels, 23 hens, 13 pullets 
and 3 pens. Fourth cock, Mrs. B. D. 
Courts, Anderson, Ind.; 1st cockerel, J. 
F. Wheatley, Edinburg, Ind.; 4th hen 
and 3d pen, N. E. Woods, Pecksburg, 
Ind.; 2d cock and 3d hen, H. A. John- 
son, 2050 Park avenue, Indianapolis, 
Ind.; 1st and 3d cocks, 2d, 3d and 4th 
cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d 



and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d hens, 
F. P. Johnson, Nowlands, Ind. 

Buff Cochins — Entries: Four cocks, 
16 cockerels, 6 hens, 15 pullets and 3 
pens. Fourth cock and 2d and 3d pens, 
C.J. Ward, Irvington, Ind.; 1st and 23 
cocks, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 4th 
pullets and 1st pen, T. A. Hefner, Far- 
ley, la.; 3d cock, 4th hen and 2d pul- 
let, C. A. Johnson, R. D. No. 1, Green- 
field, Ind.; 3d cockerel and 2d hen, J. 
B. Clark, 1114 Southport avenue, Chi- 
cago, 111.; 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels and 
3d pullet, John E. Walker, Friends- 
wood, Ind. 

Partridge Cochins — Entries: One 
cock, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 6 pullets and 
2 pens. First cock, 2d cockerel, 1st 
hen and 4th pullet, C. J. Ward; 1st and 
3d cockerels, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets and 
1st pen, C. H. Terry, Union Mills, Ind. 
Black Cochins — Two entries: All 
prizes to Leo P. Gillon, Hale's Corners, 
Wis. 

White Cochins — Two entries: All 
prizes to C. C. Freese, Laporte, Ind. 

Black Langshans — Entries: Two 
cocks, 13 cockerels, 10 hens, 29 pul- 
lets and 5 pens. Third pen, H. J. 
Rader, Lafayette, Ind.; 2d cock and 
4th pen, G. W. Wilklns, New Lancas- 
ter, Ind.; 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th 
cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 1st. 
2d, 3d and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d 
pens, W. M. Mayer, Danville, 111. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — Entries: 
Three cocks, 15 cockerels, 15 hens, 20 
pullets and 2' pens. First cock, 2d 
hen and 2d pen. Geo. Knauer, 152 W. 
Main street, Louisville, Ky.; 1st, 2d 
and 3d cockerels, 1st hen, 1st, 2d, 3d 
and 4th pullets, and 4th pen, W. H. 
Wiebke, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 3d cock, 4th 
cockerel and 3d pen, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
F. Gault, Sycamore, 0.; 4th hen, Carl 
Mueller, 515 Tecumseh street, Indian- 




Liy^Ut Brahma cock, ist at Neb.. State Show 
1901. also 1st at Hebron, Neb , owned bv G. B- 
t'lary. Fairbnrv. Neb. 



lO 

apolis, Intl.; 2(1 cock, K. 13. and K. R. 
Hale, Shelbyville, Ind. 

R. C. B. Leghorns — Entries: One 
MK-k, 2 cockerels, 2 hens, 3 pullets 
and 1 pen. All prizes to C. R. Mil- 
holis, Spencer, Ind. 

S. C. White Leghorns- Entries: 
l-'our cocks, 15 cockerels, 12 hens, 16 
ixillets and. •! pens. First cock, 2d and 
1th cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 
1st pullet and 1st pen, VVm. Tobin, 
■1747 E. Washington street, Indianap- 
olis, Ind.; 4th pullet and 4th hen, Har- 
mon Bradshaw, Lebanon, Ind.; 4th 
cock, H. L. Harlan, Indianapolis, Ind.; 
3 cock, 2d pullet and 3d pen, Jas. L. 
Wood, Elwood, Ind.; 2d cock, 1st and 
2d cockerels, 3 pullet and 2d pen, B. 
K. Hill, Indianapolis, Ind. 

S. C. Buff Leghorns — Entries: Two 
cocks, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 7 pullets 
and 2 pens. Second cock, 2d and Sd 
cockerels, 2d and 3d pullets and 2d 
pen, Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.; 
1st cock, 1st coclterel, 1st and 2d hens, 
1st and 4th pullets and 1st pen, Chas. 
Airgoud, South Bend, Ind. 

Rhode Island Reds— Two entries. 
All prizes to E. L. C. itforse, 8206 Cor- 
nell ave, Chicago, 111. 

S. C. Black Minorcas— Entries: Two 
cocks, 2 cockerels, 5 hens, 4 pullets 
and 2 pens. Second cock, 1st, 2d and 
3d hens and 2d pen, T. M. Stocking, 
Broad Ripple, Ind.; 1st cock, 2d cock- 
erel and 4th hen, Louis Clem, Bunker 
Hill, Ind.; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and 
4th pullets and 1st pen. Luny Rey- 
nolds, Westville, Ind. 

Silver Bearded Polish — Entries: One 
cock, 1 cockerel and 8 hens. All prizes 
to Dr. M. A. Young, 4.54 E. Washing- 
ton street Indianapolis, Ind. 

B. B. Red Games— Entries: Two 
cocks, 7 cockerels, 8 hens. 4 pullets 
and 2 pens. First cock, 1st and 3d 
cockerel, 2d, 3 and 4th hens, 1st, 2d 




Bufl" < )r|)iii!^toi) pullet owned by Mrs. 
C. E. Urowiiinir, Fairbiirv. Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

and 3d pullets and 1st and 2d pens, 11. 
D. Lane, 3G13 N. Meridian street, In- 
dianapolis, Ind.; 2d and 4th cockerels, 
!•'. C. Wright, Mt. Healthy, O.; 2d 
cock, 1st hen and 4th pullet, J. 0. 
Pratt, La Grange, 111. 

Red Pyle Games— Two entries. All 
prizes to Wesley Lanius, Greeuburg, 
Ind. 

Pit Games — Entries: Two cocks, 4 
cockerels, 4 hens and 4 pullets. All 
prizes to D. B. Shideler, 726 W. 42d 
street, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Buff Cochin Bantatms— Entries: One 
cock, 3 cockerels, 3 hens, S pullets and 
1 pen. First cock, 1st cockerel, 1st 
hen and 3d pullet, Chas. Airgood; 2d 
and 3d cockerels, 2d and 3 hens, 1st, 
2d and 4th pullets and 1st pen, W. A. 
GrafBs, Logansport, Ind. 

B. B. Red Game Bantams — Entries: 
Two cocks, 1 cockerel, 2 hens, 3 pul- 
lets and 1 hen. First cock, 1st cock- 
erel, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 3d pul- 
lets and 1st hen, Nicholas & Hoss, 234 
W. New York street, Indianapolis, 
Ind.; 2d cock, R. B. and F. R. Hale; 
2d pullet, T. M. Campbell, Darlington, 
Ind. 

Red Pyle Game Bantams — Entries: 
Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 3 hens and 3 
pullets. First cock, Nicholas & Hoss; 

3 cock, 1st and 3d hens, R. B. and F. 
R. Hale; 2d cock, 1st cockerel, 2d hen, 
1st, 2d and 3d pullets. T. M. Camp- 
bell. 

Black Cochin Bantams — Entries: 
Two coks and 2 hens. All prizes to 
Nicholas & Hoss. 

Cornish Indian Games — Entries: 
Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 6 hens, 1 pul- 
let and 1 pen. Second cock, 1st cock- 
erel and 3d pen, J. W. Andrew, War- 
ren, Ind.; 1st cock, Clover Bloom 
Poultry yards, Thurston, Ky. ; 3d cock, 
1st, 2d and 4th hens, 1st pullet and 1st 
pen, Gettinger & Shockney, Union 
City, Ind. 

M. B. Turkeys — Entries: Two cocks. 

4 cockerels, 8 hens, 4 pullets and 2 
pens. Second cock, 2d and 3d cock- 
erels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 2d pul- 
lets and 1st pen, G. W. Wilkins; 1st 
and 3d cocks, 1st and 3d cockerels, 3d 
and 4th hens, 3d and 4th pullets and 
2d and 3d pens. S. B. and S. M. John- 
son. Boggstown, Ind. 

Houlans— Entries: Two cocks. 1 
I ockerel, 2 hens. 3 pullets and 1 pen. 
All prizes to Robt. L. Higert. Green- 
castle, Ind. 

Pekin Ducks— Entries: Two cock- 
erels and 2 pullets. All prizes to C. 
R. Byers. 

Silver Bebright Bantams— Entries: 
Two cocks, 2 cockerels, 4 hens. 2 pul- 
lets and 1 pen. First cock, 2d, 33 and 
4th hens, T. M. Campbell; 2d cock, 1st 



^^^HI^^^H 



The Editor's dog at his favorite pas- 
time. 



and 2d cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st 
and 2d pullets and 1st pen, R. E. 
Jones. 

Golden Seabright Bantams— Entries: 
Three cocks, 3 cockerels, 4 hens, 5 pul- 
lets and 1 pen. Second and 3d cocks, 
3d cockerel, 2d and 3d hens and 2d, 
3d and 4th pullets, T. M. Campbell; 1st 
cock, 1st and 2d cockerels, 1st and 4Lh 
hens, 1st pullet and 1st pen, R. E. 
Jones. 



Report of the annual exhibition of 
the Ottawa County Poultry association 
held in Minneapolis, Kan., December 
18 to 21, 1901; 

L. P. Harris, judge of awards. 

White Plymouth Rock — First and 
second pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver, 
Kan. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks — First and 
second pen, Mrs. Belle Nelson, Ben- 
nington, Kan. 

Single Comb Brown Leghorn — First 
pen, John Chase, Glasgow, Kan.; sec- 
ond pen, G. C. Smith, Minneapolis, 
Kan. 

White Wyandotes — First and second 
pen, W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kan.; 
third pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver, 
Kan. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes — First, sec- 
ond and third pen, Lew Pickrell, Min- 
neapolis, Kan. 

Golden Laced Wyandottes— First and 
third pen, E. Papham, Minneapolis, 
Kan.; second pen. J. H. Moorman, 
Solomon, Kan. 

Partridge Cochin — First pen, Frank 
Sutton. Minneapolis, Kan. 

White Faced Black Spanish— First 
pen, Capt. Sperry, Minneapolis, Kan. 

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys — First 
and second pen, C. H. Clark, Delphos, 
Kan.; third pen. B. C. McClelland, 
Ada, Kan. 

Highest scoring cockerel— W. H. 
Swartz. Minneapolis, Kan. 

Highest scoring pullet— W. H. 
Swartz. Minneapolis. 

Highest scoring turkey— C. H. Clark 
Delphos, Kan. 

G. L. SMITH, Secretary. 



Kansas State Poultry Show. 

Held at Topeka, Kan.. Jan. (i to 11. 

The exliibit was not so large as has 
been in previous years, there being 
only 755 birds in all, besides pig-eons 
and canaries. There was a fair ex- 
hibit of Belgian hares, two or three 
coops of Flenii.sh Giants, a fine cage of 
coons, cats, one fox, three or four 
cages of Cavies or Guinea Pigs. 

The quality of poultry was very fine, 
but a large number of the specimens 
were under weight, as has been very 
common this season, consequently the 
birds do not score so high on account 
of their weight. 

There were in the Ivlediterranean 
classes a good many birds badly frosted 
from the effects of the cold snap that 
we had in December Many of the 
specimens had been shown in prior 
shows and had scored from 92 to it5'2 
points, and the exhibitors thought, of 
course, that they ought to score just as 
much at Topi'ka as they did before 
they were frosted. The growlers were 
present at this show, as they are in 
nearly all shows. Take it all in all, 
the exhibit was a very creditable one 
and many classes deserve great praise, 
especially the exhibit of Buff Cochins, 
BuiT Wyandottes, White Wyandottes, 
S. L. Wyandottes, Light Brahnias, 
Brown Leghorns, Orpingtons, Lang- 
shans, and White Plymouth Rocks. 

There wasnuclas^ that showed more 
real merit than the Buff Cochins and 
White Plymouth Rocks. These two 
classes showed specimens Hs good as 
can be found in any class in any show 
in the state. 

The Partridge Cochin class contained 
32 birds, all good in color, and very 
good in .'■hape, A. B.Jones of Waukee- 
na, Kan., winning most of the prizes. 

Buff Cochins were 12 in number and 
were shown by Chas. Steinberger of 
Waukeena, Kan., vrho won all pre- 
miums. 

Light Brahmas were good in class, 
but small in size. Aaron Sheets made 




E. W. Geer. Farmington, Mo. (Jne 
of our contributors. Proprietor of 
Glen Raven Egg Farm and breeder of 
Barred and White Rocks, Brown Leg- 
horns, Black Minoras and Bronze Tur- 
keys. Mr. Geer is a first class poultry 
judge. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

the best exhibit and won nearly all 
prizes. There were .50 Light Brahmas. 
W. A. Jones showed some verv good 
specimens, also G. B. Clary of Fair- 
bury, Keb. 

The exhibit of Langshans numbered 
.i5 and showed very goo i specimens 
throughout. There were some elegant 
shaped birds, also fin in color. 

The Houdans were a good class, but 
small in number, the e being only 10 
birds. 

Hamburgs were not a large class, but 
were the finest that I ever saw L- E. 
Cook of tfakville, Iowa, won nearly all 
the premiums. There were about 3.") 
birds in the exhibit 

There was but one coop of Dark 
Brahmas shown, and they were shown 
by L. R. N^e of Leavenworth, Kan 
They were good in color. 

Buff Pekin Bantams were exhibited 
by two parties, Thos. E. Wiggins of 
Topeka, Kan., winning all first pre 
miums. They were very good in color 
and shape. 

There was one coop o^ Silver Sea- 
brights; females very good, but cock 
very poor. 

( )f Single Comb Brown Leghorns 
the exhibit was quite large, (>0 in num- 
ber, and showing some very fine speci- 
mens. A good many were badly 
frosted and plumage faded ijiie or 
two exhibits were very poor in quality, 
not fit to be seen in the show room. 
W. A. Land of Manhattan, Kan., had 
a very fine exhibit, also M. and M. B. 
Bass of Kansas City. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes were a 
good class, fil in number. J. W. Gause 
of Fmporia, Kan., had the best part of 
the exh bit. His birds were large in 
size, good in shape, and tine in color. 
Mr Gause proved by his exhibit that 
tiey were breeding the very best that 
can be found. 

There was a large class of Barred 
Rocks, S8 in number, the largest class 
in the exhibit. Among them were 
some very fine specimens that did not 
even get a place. The Acme Poultry 
Yards won the largest number of the 
premiums. There seemed to be much 
dissatisfaction with the exhibitors in 
this class. Mrs. Pinkerton showed 
some fine pullets both in size, color 
and shape. Wm. Vesper also e.Khibited 
some very choice specimens as well as 
St'eley Brown. 

The Buff Rocks were 27 in number: 
two exhibitors, Frank Patton of Sur- 
prise and the Smiths of Manhattan, 
Kan. The exhibit, tnough not large, 
was full of quality. 

White Plymouth Rocks were ()3 in 
number. This was one of the best 
classes in the show room and showed 
more merit than any other class except 
the Bufl' Cochin. The principal exhib- 
itor was C. A. Canfiefd of Bellevue, 
Kan. Mr. Canfield demonstrated his 
superior quality of stock by winning 
nearly everything in this large class. 
His birds were pure uhite in color, 
extra good in shape, combs and quality 
throughout. Thos. Owens of Topeka, 
Kan., also showed some very good 
specimens, but was not placed at all. 
Wm. Randolph of Lawrence, Kan., and 
Mrs. H. Both of Atchison, Kan., also 
showed some very fine specimens. 

Buff Wyandottes were .50 in number 
and was one of the finest classes in the 
room. T;->e first cock and first cockerel 
were the best two male birds I have 
ever seen in Buff Wyandottes. There 




2iid pri/;e, l'aitri'l>;c Luchia hen, 
owned by DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, 
Nebraska. 



were several fine females, and taken in 
all the class was full of merit, and 
many fine specimens did not g^et a 
place. The best exhibit was that of 
W. A. Forbes of N. Topeka: second in 
size was that of T. W. F. Hughes of 
Topeka. Ross Bros, of Manhattan, 
Kan., also showed some extra fine 
specimens and won some premiums. 

White Wyandottes was another large 
exhibit, numbering 52, and many very 
fine specimens, pure white in color and 
good in shape and size, did not even 
get a place. The third cockerel in this 
exhibit was the most typical White 
Wyandotte that I have ever seen in my 
twentv-eight years of experience in the 
show room. lie was simply immense 
in shape and color but, like many other 
specimens, short of %veight. Thisbir i 
will be shown in Chicago if he can be 
made to gain one pound in weight be- 
fore the show opens, and it is very 
probable that he can. Mannering 
Bros, of Lawrence. Kan., won first on 
pen. Birds small, very poor in shape 
and good in color. H. J. Whittlsey of 
Chanute, Kan., exhibited very fine 
birds, and he may well be proud of the 
same and deserve lots of honors. Geo. 
Gaily showed best cockerel in shape 
and color. W. A. Forbes also showed 
some elegant cockerels, a hen and pul- 
let, much bttter in shape and color 
than someof the winners to my notion. 
G. B. Clary of Fairbury also had some 
very fine birds in his exhibit. 

B. B. Bantam> were about 7 in num- 
ber. Thos. I Herrem of T.ipeka. Kas., 
showed .-onie of the best I have ever 
seen. They were good in station, color 
and shape. 

Marsterson Bros, of Arkansas City, 
Kan., showed the finest exhibit of 
Biown Red Bantams that I have seen 
since having New York. 

The Golden Wyandottes were fine in 
color, but rather small in size. First 
cock an e.xtra large, well marked spec- 
imen, free from frost in breast, with 
open 1 ce and fine color throughout. 

The I'urkey exhibit was small, but 
good in quality. 

The Pekin ducks were a small class, 
but showed as much quality as any 
other class in any show room that I was 
ever in. The best exhibit was by E. E. 
Smith of Lincoln, Neb., who won four 



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A'liite Woiuler fowls. Carlton. Xebr. 



firsts. They were extra larg-e in size, 
ffood in shape and fine in color. One 
could not ask tor better specimens. 

The annual meeting of the Kansa.s 
State Poultry Association was held on 
Thursday evening. Practically the 
s.Tme otticers were elected as served 
this season. The show was s success 
in every respect, and more especially 
they are tube cougratulat d on getting 
out such a large attendance. The 
auditorium was filled to its utmost ca- 
pacity during the afti'rnoon and even- 
ing of everyday. The attendance was 
simply immense. The management of 
the show was first class in ever3' re- 
spect and much is due the officers for 
the good work done and the able man- 
ner in which they managed the exhibit. 
They have already commenced to form 
the plans, etc.. for a greater exhibit 
next season. 

LIST OF AWARD.S. 

Grand prize No. 1 — M. h- Canfield, 
for largest display of any one variety 
of chickens, owned by one exhibitor, 
scoring over 90 points. 

Grand prize No. 2 — James R. Young, 
for the second largest display of any 
one variety of chickens, owned by one 
exhibitor, .scoring over 90 points. 

Grand prize No. 3 — Aaron Sheets, 
North Topeka, Kan., for the third larg- 
est display of any one variety of chick- 
ens, owned by one exhibitor, scoring 
over 90 points. 

(irand prize No. 4 W. A. Forbes, 
North Topeka, Kan., for the largest 
display of two or more varieties of 
chickens, owned by one exhibitor, scor- 
ing over 90 points. 

Grand prize No. S - Mrs. Henry 
Shrader. IJerlin, Neb., for the second 
largest display of two or more varieties 
of two or more varieties of chickens, 
owned by one exhibitor, scoring over 90 
])oints. 

Grand prize No. 6— Col. J. W. F. 
Hughes. Topeka. Kan., for the third 
largest display of two or more varieties 
of chickens, owned bv one exhibitor. 



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A. Upton, Faikbuky. Neb., say.": We 
have had lots of inquiries and sold more 
stock than from any f>ther pai^or we use- 



scoring over 90 points. 

Grand prize No. 7— Mrs. Henry Shra- 
der, for the largest display of chickens 
by any lady exhibitor. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks — James R. 
Young, 1, 2, 3, 4 ckl, 1, 2. 4 hen, 1, 2, 3, 
.^ pul, 1. 2 pen; Frank Slater, Delphos, 
Kan., S hen, .") pen; Mrs. Geo. Clarke, 
Topeka, Kan., 4 pul; Sealy L. Brown, 
Cofreyville, Kan., 3 pen; Chris Bear- 
man, Ottawa, Kan., 4 pen; Mrs. W. C. 
Ellis, Mo.,,S ckl; Wm. Vesper, Topeka, 
2, 3, 4 ck; J. K. Thompson, Topeka. 1 
ck; 3 hen. 

White Plymouth Rocks— M. L. Can- 
field, 1, 2 ck, 1, 2. 3. S ckl; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
hen, 1, 2, 3. 4, .5 pul, 1, 2. 3 pen; Wm 
Randolph, Lawrence. Kas ,f pen; Jno. 
B. Mills. Topeka, 3 ck; Mrs. Henry 
Shmder, 4 ckl; Wm. H. Roth & Son, 
Atchison, ,'^ pen. 

Buff Ply mouth Rocks — Frank Patton. 
Surprise, Neb.. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 4 
hen, 1, 4, ,S pul, 2. 3 pen; the Smiths. 
Manhattan. Kan.. 1, 4. .S ckl, 2,3 pul. 1. 
4 pen. 



Golden Wyandottes — Edwin J. Kaf- 
fer, Salina, Kan., 1 ckl, 2, 3, 5 pul; Jno. 
A Shaw, McKittrick,No., 3ckl; Yellow 
Leg Poultry Yards, Maitland, Mo., 2 
ckl, 1, 2 hen, 1, 4 pul, 2 pen; A. C. Smith, 
Topeka, 1 ck, 1 pen. 

Silver Laced Wj'andottes — Mrs. J. W. 
Gause, Emporia, Kan., 1 ck, 1, 3, 4, 5 
ckl, 1, 2 hen, 1. 2, 3, 4 pul, 1, 3 pen; El- 
liot Marshall, St. Joseph, Mo., 5 pen; 
Mrs. Geo. E. Mctiill, Leavenworth, 2, 

2 4 ck, 2 ckl, 3, 4 S en, S pul, 2, 4 pen. 
Bufl" Wyandottes— W. A. Forbes, No. 

Topeka, 1, .^ ckl. 1 hen, 1. 2, ,5 pul, 1, 4 
pen; John A. Shaw, McKittrick, Mo. , 2 
hen; Ross Bros., Manhattan, 2, 4 ckl. 3, 
4 pul, 2, S pen; G A. Kittell, McPher- 
son, Kas., 3 ckl, 3 pen: Col. J. W. F. 
Hughes, Topeka, 3, 4, 5 hen; Allen G. 
Philips, Topeka, 1 ck. 

White Wyandottes— W. A. Forbes, 2 
ck, 1, S ckl, 3, 5 hen, 3. 5 pen; Manwar- 
iiiig Bros., Lawrence, Kas., 2 ckl, 2, 3, 
4 pul. 1 pen; Geo. Getty, Syracuse, 
Kas., 3 ckl; G. B. Clary, Fairburv, Neb., 
4 ckl, 4 hen, 4 pen; H. J. Whittlesey, 
Chanute, Kas. , 1 ck, 1, 2 hen, 1, .5 pul, 2 
pen. 

Black Langshans — L. B. Myer, Bowl- 
ing Green, Mo., 1, 2 ck, 1, 2, 4 ckl, 1, 4 
hsn, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; Col. J. W. F. 
Hughes, .S ck, 4 pul; H. H. Borgmann, 
Kansas City, Mo., 3 ck, 5 ckl. 3, 5 hen, 

3 pen; Mrs. Henry Shrader, 3 ckl, 2 
pen; Mrs. E. H. Inman. Bartlett, Kas., 

4 ck, 2 hen, .t pul. 4 pen. 

White Langshans -P. L. Wise, To- 
peka, 1. 2, 3 hen. 

Buff Cochins — Chas. Steinberger, 
Wakeeney, Kas., 1, 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4, 

5 ckl, 1, 2 hen. 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen. 
Partridge Cochins— Heether A- Sny- 
der, Huntsville, Mo., 3 ck, 4 ckl, 2, 4 
pul, 3, S pen; Prof. L. L. Djxhe, Law- 
rence, Kan., 1 ck. 3 ckl, 3, 5 hen, 2 pen; 
John E. Stone, Fayette, Mo., 2 ckl, 3 
pul, 4 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones. Wakeeney, 
Kas., 1, 5 ckl, 1, 5 pul, 1 pen; DeWitt 
Yates, Fairburv. Neb., 2 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen. 

Light Brahmas — Aaron Sheets, No. 
Tope a, 1 ck, 1, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 3. 5 hen, 1, 

2, 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; Albert Hearick, 
Topeka. 4 ck, 4 hen; G. B. Clary, Fair- 
bury, Neb., 3 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones, Wa- 
keeney, 2 ck, 4 ckl; Stecker Bros., St. 
Louis; Mo., 3 ck. 2. 3 ckl, 3 pul. 

Dark Brahmas — N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
worth. 1 ck. 1, 2 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen. 

Single Comb Brown Leghorns — Mr. 
iSr Mrs. N. D. Bass, Kansas City, Kas., 

1 hen, 1, 2 pul, 2 pen; H. C. Short, 
Leavenworth, 2 ck, 3, S ckl, 5 pul. 4 pen; 
Clyde Patterson, Sedalia, Mo., 2 ckl, 3 
pen; C. C. Smith, Topeka, 3 ck, 4 ckl; 
A. J. Kerns, Salina, 4 ck, 1 ckl, 3 hen, 

3, 4 pul, 1 pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhat- 
tan, 1 ck. 2, 3, 5 hen, .S pen. 

Single Comb White Leghorns — H. C. 
Short, 1 ck, 1 ckl, 3, 4 hen, 1, 3, 4. S pul; 
J. T. Fry. Topeka. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2 
hen, 2 pul. 2 pen. 

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns— H. H. 
Bair & Son, Topeka. 1 ckl, 1 pul. 

Rose Comb White Leghorns-Jennie 
E. Warren & Son, Cottonwood Falls, 1 
ckl, 1, 2. 3 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen. 

Buff Leghorns— Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
Shoemaker, Narka, Kas., 2 ckl. L 2, 3, 
4 pullet. 1 pen; B. C. Fowler, Topeka, 

2 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 hen, 5 pul. 

White Faced Black Spanish— Mrs. 
Hattie Tyler, Fairview. Kas., 1, 2, 3 
hen, 1. 3" pul; H. W. Chestnut, Birm- 
ingham. Kas.. 2 ckl. 2, 4, 5 pul, 1 pen. 

Silver Spangled Hamburgs — L. Cook 

6 Bro., Oakville. Iowa, 1 ck, 1. 4 ckl, 1, 
4 hen. 1, 2. 3. 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; M. P. 



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A view of the extensive poultry plant owned and operated by J. C. Under- 
wood, Columbus, Ohio. 



Jensen, Barada, Neb., 5 hen; DeWitt 
Yates, Fairburj', Neb., 2 ckl, 2, 3 hen, 
3 pen: Roy Baker, Abilene, Kas., 3 ckl. 

Houdans — \V. L. Bullene, Lawrence, 
1 ck, 1 ckl, 1,2, 3, 4 hen, 1, 2,3, 4,5 pul, 
1 pen. 

Buff Orpingtons— Mrs. S. RicUett, 
North Topeka, 1 cul, 2, 4 hen, 3, 5 pul, 
1 pen; Eccleston & Son Topeka. 2 ci-l, 
1, 3 lien, 2 pen; Mrs. Henrv Shrader, 
Berlin, Neb., 1, 2, 4 pul. 

English Gray Dorkings — Eccleston & 
Son, 1 c ■ , 1, 2 hen. 

Cornish Indian Games — Chas. Seiler, 
Atchison, Kas., 1 cid, 1, 2, 3, 5 pul, 1 
pen; E, Kaub, Michigan, Kas., 3 ckl, 
1, 5 hen, 3 pen; Wm. Langan, Atchison, 
1 cU, 2 ckl, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 pen. 

Pit Games— Cyrus L. Ward, Nar^a, 
Kas., 1 ci<l, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; 
John L,. Patterson, Topeka, 1 c'-, 2, 3 
ci.l, 1, 3 hen; A. B. Elliott, Topei-a, 2 
c, 3 hen; J. L. Brown, Kansas City, 
Mo., 3 cw. 

Black B. R. Game Bantams — Thos. 
Herren, Topeka, 1 ci--. 1 cl<l, 1, 2, 3, 4 
pul, 1 pen. 

Brown B. Game Bantams — Master- 
son Bros., 2 cul, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 
pen. 

Buff Cochin Bantams— Thos. C. Wig- 
gin, Topeka, 1, 2 c 1, 1, 2, 4, 5 pul; Jas. 
R. Young, Manhattan, 2 c'-, 3 ckl, 2 
hen, 3 pul. 

Golden Seabright Bantams — J. Aig- 
ner, Tope'a, 2 c , 2, 3 hen. 

Silver Seabright Bantams — Col. J. 
W. F. Hughes, 2 c , 1, 2, 3 hen. 

White Pe in Due's— E. E. Smith, 
Lincoln, Neb., 1 c ,1c 1, 1 hen, 1 pul; 

0. E. Martinson, Wichita, Kas., 2 c , 2 
hen, 2 pul, 1 trio. 

Mammoth Bronze Turl-eys — Mrs. A. 
Griffits, Ozaw-ie, Kas., 1 adult ck, 1, 2 
hen, 1 trio. 

White Holland TurWeys-Dr. A. B. 
Jones, Wa-eeney, 1 ckl, 1, 2 pullet, 1 
trio; J. R. Taylor, Topeka, 2 ckI, 3, 4, 5 
pul. 

BELGIAN HAKE.S. 

Mature BucUs— 1st, Fred Oliver; 2d, 

1. H. Holliday; 3d, C. Fairfield. 
Imported Does— 1st, J. P. Lucas. 
Mature Does— 1st, W. H. Goit; 2d, 3d, 

J. P. Lucas. 

Bucks, 7-lb class— 1st, Fred Oliver: 
2d. W. H. Goit. 

Does, 7-lb class— 1st, C. Fairchild: 2d 
Fred Oliver; 2d, Fred Oliver and J." P. 



Lucas, tied. 

Buck, 6-lb class— 1st, C. Fairchild. 

Does, 6-lb class— 1st, D. A. Wise; 2d, 
D. A. Wise two tied for 2d; M, D. A. 
Wise, 

Bucks, S-lb class-lst, Fred Oliver; 
2d, Clyde Herric". 

Does, ,S-lb class — 1st, Fred Oliver. 

White Angora Rabbits— John Ha- 
man, 1st mature buc : J. P. Lucas, 1st 
immature buck; J. P. Lucas, 1st im- 
mature doe; J. P. Lucas, Flemish 
Giants, 1st buck, Isi and 2d does. 



Honest Birds a-t Honest Prices. 

Wishing to establish another breed 
of fowls at Golden Dawn farm, it be- 
comes necessary to have a new hen 
house. You know Ella Wheeler Wil- 
cox has said "there is nothing woman 
can do that a man can't do and do 
better." which is well. But I also say 
a woman can do much if she tries. 
Well, I tried and in consequence have 
a nice warm house with plate glass (?) 
front. I set posts in the ground on 
the south side of the barn and boarded 
up and papered and hung a door to 
shut out cold nights and a glass one 
to let in sunlight on cold days. 

As the building stands near the 
road, people passing gazed, and still 
their wonder grew to see a woman 
saw a board so true. I wasn't like 
our neighbor who bought a new dog 
and wanted a house for him. He took 
the lumber inside his shops to build 
and when he had it all made, discov- 
ered he could not get it out through 
the door without tearing it to pieces. 
0, no, my hen house is all right, and 
I have a nice wire netting fence 
around the yard, and my birds came 
through this late cold spell with the 
thermometer registering fifteen de- 
grees below zero without a touch of 
frost and I shall be advertising prize 
winners bred and born from that samfi 
yard next fall. Speaking of adver- 
tising, some ads. just make me "larf 



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inwardly." This, for instance, "the 
best birds in the state," at one, two 
and three dollars apiece. I want to 
say when I get the best birds in the 
state I won't sell them for one dollar 
or even three. Why do people pay $25 
for a bird when they can get the best 
for from one to three. 'Tis naught 
when woman humbugs man, for that's 
the good old style. But, O, man's 
confidence in man makes countless 
millions smile. Some people think or 
at least talk that the standard of per- 
fection is all wrong because it isn't 
dead easy to raise all show birds by 
following its teachings. They say the 
standard should be changed to suit 
their especial needs. I wonder what 
our prize birds would be without a 
standard to judge them by? I think I 
would rather take the standard of 
perfection as my guide and breed ac- 
cordingly than to breed the easiest or 
any old way and then convince peo- 
ple that my birds were all right. I 
am afraid I would be like the young 
man who, when he began preaching, 
thought he would surely convert the 
whole world in about three months. 
He was speaking before a large audi- 
ence, telling what wonders he expect- 
ed to perform and said he longed for 
the wings of an eagle that he might 
fly from place to place, converting the 
people. A little boy piped up: "O, 
Mr. you wouldn't fly a mile before you 
would be shot for a goose." No, I 
say, let the standard stand, and may 
we raise honest birds at honest prices. 
I am keeping a list of the people who 
advocate that pulling an off color 
feather Is no sin, and when I wart 
to introduce new blood in my yard I 
will give them the go by. I may be 
in the wrong, but it seems as if one 
who would color the legs or pull 
feathers to make a sale or win a 
premium are that crooked that they 
san't lie straight in bed. 

MATTIE MATTHEWS. 




Wings of two Light Brahma pullets 
owned by 1. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr. 



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A B. I'. Rock cockerel owned and 
hred by Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay 
Center, Kansas. 



Nebraska State Poultry Show 
Held at Lincoln. 

One of the must successful poultry 
shows ever held in the west was held 
in the new auditorium at Lincoln from 
January 20 to 25 inclusive. There were 
on exhibition nearly 1600 birds, mostly 
from the state of Nebraska. Still there 
were larg-e exhibits from the state of 
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. 
As usual the most prominent classes 
were those of the Barred Rocks, White 
Rocks, White Wyandottes and Leg- 
horns. 

The White Rock class was very strong 
in quality, there heing about 116 birds 
represented and the five premiums of- 
fered on single specimens in each class 
were given to birds scoring better than 
'•4 points. Birds scoring less than this 
could not even get a mention. The 
most prominent exhibitors in this vari- 
ety were M. L. Cantield of Belleville, 
Kansas, who won the cream of the 
prizes: J. W. Hall of David City had a 
good second, and also Mrs. C. A. 
Blanchard of F"riend, and E. E. Spen- 
cer of Cortland, Neb. 

There were ten exhibitors in the 
Biirred Plymouth Rock class, niost of 
the prizes going to J. W. D. Hall of Des 
Moines, Iowa, F. C. Hinman of Friend, 
and C. M. Hulburt of Fairbury. Many 
right nice specimens did not receive a 
mention in this class. 

The Buff Rocks were represented by 
Frank Patton of Suprise, who won all 
tirst except one. Joseph Kay of David 
City, and also Albert Lemon of Lincoln, 
who exhibited five specimens in this 
class. 

The Silver Wyandotte class was not 
as large as some other classes, but was 
full of quality. I. and N. M. Connor of 
Ponca won the best part of the prizes. 
Antone Coper won first pen, first cock- 
erel. 

Golden Wyandottes were shown by 
four exhibitors, W. J. East and J. C. 
Kapser. both of Clay Center, winning 
nearly all of the prizes. 

Buft' Wyandottes were shown bv Mrs. 
H. E. Stein of Friend, Mrs. R. W. Orr 
of Clay Center, and E. B. Day of North 



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Bend, winning the best part of the 
prizes. L. B. Arnot won first, second, 
fourth pullets, third and fifth cockerel. 

Partridge Wyandottes were shown 
by three exhibitors, Robert Black hav- 
ing the best exhibit. 

Light Brahmas were shown by five 
exhibitors, M. M. Fox of Geneva and 
Jno. L Smith of Cadams winning the 
best part of the premiums. 

Biifi Cochins were shown by five ex- 
hibitors, B. H. Dunn of Clay Center re- 
ceiving the largest number of premiums 
and Antone Coper second largest num- 
ber. 

Partridge Cochins were shown by 
live exhibitors. There were some very 
good birds and prizes were distributed 
among the whole number, Ayeas & Son 
receivingthe best partfif the premiums. 

ButV Orpingtons were a large class 
shown by seven exhibitors. H. H. 
Campbell of Osceola, and Jno. A. Ling 
of Harvard winning the best part of 
the premiums. Mrs. Rockhill won 
first on pen. 

Langshans were shown by five ex- 
hibitors, J A. Johnson of Holdrege and 
Albert Lemon of Lincoln winning the 
principal part of the prizes 

In the Leghorn class there were four 
exhibitors. Of the Single Comb White 
Leghorns there was a large exhibit 
shown by six exhibitors, L. C. Hunt- 
ington of Omaha, Casper Disc of Roca, 
and C. L. Sayler winning the principal 
part of the prizes. 

The exhibit in Black Minorcas, White 
Miuorcas, Black Spanish, Silver Span- 
gled Hamburgs, Golden Hamburgs 
were small in number but full of 
quality. 

The Houdan class was small, four 
i;xhibitors. Jake Kapser of Clay Cen- 
ter and D. W. Evans of University 
Place won the principal part of the 
premiums. 

The Cornish Indian Game was a 
good class and most prizes going to 
Robert Black. 

There was an unusually large exhibit 
of Bronze and White Turkeys, and 
Pekin, Rouen, and Indian Runner 
Ducks. In fact, the water fowl exhibit 
was the best ever seen west of Chicago. 
E. E. Smith of Lincoln captured all the 
first prizes in Pekin Ducks, Emden 
tieese, and Indian Runner Ducks 
Walter J. Camp won all the first prizes 
in Rouen Ducks. Walter Cameron won 
all first prizes on Toulouse Geese. 

There was a fine display of eggs, W. 
A. Kirkpatrick of University Place 
winning first prize on eggs, E. H. Ter- 
willenger winning second. There were 
five exhibitors. The sweepstakes won 
solid color with weight, by L. C. Hunt- 
ington of Omaha: solid weight without 
color, by M. L. Canfield of Belleville, 
Kan.; part color with weight, by M. M. 
Fox of Geneva, and part color without 
weight, E. E. Eggart of Minden. The 
largest exhibit was that of E. E. Eg- 
gart, who showed 100 birds and won 
#140 in premiums. There were 127 ex- 
hibitors of poultry, besides several ex- 
hibits in pigeon class and hares. 

One thing was noticeable at this 
show and that was that there was uni- 
versal good feeling among all the ex- 
hibitors and very little dissatisfaction 
as to the judging. The scoring was all 
done the second day at 3 o'clock in the 
afternoon and all prizes awarded and 
premiums put up on the coops Thurs- 
day morning at the opening of the 




Buff Orpinynn owned bv Sure Hatch I'.iul- 
try Co . Ctay Center. Neb- 



show. The annual meeting was held 
Thursday evening and the election of 
officers resulted in the following: Geo. 
W. Osterhout of David City as presi- 
dent, T. L. Norval of Seward as vice 
president, L. P. Ludden of Lincoln as 
secreiary, and I. L- Lyman of Lincoln 
treasurer. The show was a financial 
success, and leaves a good amount of 
money on hand for the commencement 
of their next annual exhibit, which is 
to be held the third week in January, 
1903. 

The following is a list of awards as 
given bj- the judges: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks -J. W. D. 
Hall, 1 pen,' 2 ck, 2 ckl, 1 pul; F. C. 
Hinman, 2 pen, 1, 2, 3 hen, 5 ckl, 2, 5 
pul; T. L. Norval, 3 pen, 4, 5 hen; L. A. 
Simmons. 3 ck: C. M. Hulburt, 1 ckl; 
E. M. Coffin, 3 ckl: J. S. Bishop. 4 ckl; 
Phil Mauer. 3 pul; E. J. Brown. 4 pul. 

White Plymouth Rocks— M. L. Can- 
field. 1 pen, 3 ck. 1, 2. 3 hen. 1. 3. ,=; ckl, 
2. 4 pul; J. W. Hall. 2 pen, 4 ck. 2 ckl. 
3 pul; G. H. Terwilliger. 3 pen: E. O. 
Spencer, 4, .^ pen. .'i ck. 4 hen; J. J. 
Ackenback. 1 ck. .^ hen, .'^ pul; C. E. 
Taylor, 2 ck; Henry Shrader. 4 ckl; R. 
G. Ruley, 1 pul. 

Buft' Rocks— Frank Patton, 1 pen, 3 
ck, 1. 3 hen, 1. 2 ckl; 1, 2, 4 pul; C. H. 
Green. 1 ck, 3 ckl, 3 pul; Joseph Kay, 2 
ck. 2 hen; Wm. J. Kerchenbusch, 4 ck; 
A Lemon, 4. 5 hen. .^ pul. 

Silver Wyandottes, Antone Coper, 1 
pen. 1 ckl; A. R. Smith. 2 pen; I. & N. 
M. Comior. 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen, 2, 5 
ckl, 1, 4 pul; V. E. Shirley. 2. 5 hen, 3 
ckl. 3 pul : M. B. .Caldwell. 4 ckl, 2, 5 pul. 

Golden Wyandottes— W. J. Ea.st, 1 
pen. 3 ck, 1, 2 hen, 1 ckl, 1, 3 pul; Jake 
Kapser, 2 pen, 2 ck. 4 hen, 2, 3 ckl, 2, 4 
pul; J. W. Lo.sey, 3 pen, 3 hen. .'^ ckl; I. 
Payne. .^ hen. 4 ckl. 

Black Wyandottes— Henry C. Witte 
all premiums. 

White Wyandottes— J. W. D. Hall, 1 
pen. 2, 3 ck, 3 hen. 2 ckl, 2 pul; L. H 
Beethe, 2 pen; E. E. Bowes, 3 pen, 4. 5 
ck. 3 ckl: C. C. Wilson. 4 pen: C. Rock- 
hill. .=; pen. 2 hen; E. E. Smith, 1 ck, 1, 
4. 5 hen, 4, 5 ckl, 1, 3, .5 pul; Stephen 
Norton, 1 ckl: W. A. Goddard, 4 pul. 

Buff Wyandottes— Mrs. H. E. Stein, 1 



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pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 2 ckl; E. W. On-, 2 pen. 
3 ck, 5 hen, 4 ckl; E. B. Dav, 1, 5 ck, 2. 

3 hen, 1 ckl, 5 pul; A. R. Smith. 4 ck; 
H. M. Pettigrew, 1 hen. .5 pul; L. H. 
Arnot, f, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 4 pul. 

Partridg-e Wvandottes Robt. Black. 
1, 2 pen, 1. 2, o'ck, 1,2,4 hen, 1.2, 3 ckl. 

1. 2, 5 pul; E. M. Crittenden. 3 pen, 4 
ck, 3, 5 hen. 4 ckl. 4 pul; E, B. Dav, .=; 
ckl, 3 pul. 

Black Java.s—R. L. Newton. 1 pen. 2 
ck, 1 hen, 1, 2, 3 ckl. 1,2,3, 4 pul: .1. A. 
Rudg-e, 1 ck, 2, 3 hen 

Lig'ht Brahmas— M. M. Fox, 1 pen. 1 
ck. 2, 4 hen, 1. 2 ckl, 1. 3 pul; Casper 
Dice, 3 ck; G. W. Hardin, 2 ck, 5 hen, 5 
pul; E. B. Day, 4 ck, 4 ckl; John L. 
Smith, 1, 3 hen, 5 ckl; G. H. Terwillin- 
g-er, 3 ckl, 2 pul. 

Dark Brahmas— All to Lucy Barger. 

Buff Cochin —Antone Coper, 1 pen, 2 

4 hen, 2, 4 ckl; J. J. Lvell. 2 pen; B. H. 
Dunn, 2 ck, 3 hen, 3 ckl, 1, 4, 5 pul; C. 
K. Davis, 1 hen, 1 ckl; J. M. Myers, ,S 
hen, 5 ckl, 2, 3 pul. 

Partridge Cochins -Ayers & Sons, 1, 
2 pen, 1 ck, 1 hen, 1, 3, 5 ckl, 1, 4 pul; J. 
J. Lyell, 3, 4 pe-n, 3 hen, 4 ckl; DeWitt 
Yates, 2 ck, 2. 5 hen; H. E. Bowman, 4 
hen, 2 ckl, 3, 5 pul; H. M. Pettvgrew, 

5 pul. 

White Cochins — James Craig all pre- 
miums. 

Rose Comb Buff Orpingtons— All to 
J. A. Lash. 

Buff Orpingtons, Single Comb— C. 
Rockhill, 1 pen; H. H. Campbell, 2 pen, 

2, 3 hen, 2, 4 ckl, 1, 5 pul; E. E. Jen- 
ning-, 3 pen; John A. Ling-, 2 ck, 1, 5 
hen, 1 ckl, 1, 4 pul; C. E. Browning-, 4 
hen, 3 ckl; Mrs. M. G. Stauff, 5 ckl; W. 
H. Bushel, 1 ck, 3 pul; Mrs. Henry 
Shrader. 2 pul. 

Black Lang-shans — J. A. Johnson, 1 
pen, 2 cks, 2 ckl, 1, 3pul; Harry J. Hunt, 
4 pen; A. Lem.on, 1, 2 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2 hen, 
2, 4, 5 pul; E. E. Bowes, 3 ck, 3. 4, 5 hen, 
4, 5 ckl; Mrs. Heury Shrader, 3 ckl. 

S. C. B. Leghorns— A. R. Carrueth, 1 
pen, 2 ck, 2, 3 hen. 2 ck). 1, 5 pull; A. C. 
Short, 1 ck. 1 hen, 1 ckl, 2 pul; Jas. 
Rudge, 3 ckl, 3, 4 pul. 

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — Jennie 
Birdsal, 2, 3 pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 1, 2 pul; 
E. H. Eggart. 1 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2, 3 hen, 1, 
2 ckl, 3, 4 pul. 

Rose Comb White Leghorns— Casper 
Dice, 1, 3 pen, 1, 4 hen, 1, 4 ckl, 4 pul; 
E. H. Eggart, 2, 4 pen, 1, 2 ck, 2, 3, 5 
hen, 2, 3, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 3 pul. 

S. C. W. Leghorns — L. C. Hunting- 
ton, 1, 2 pen, 5 ck, 3, 4 hen, 1 ckl, 3, 5 
pul; Casper Dice, 3, 4 pen, 2 ck, 1, 2 hen, 
4 pul; J. Cook Johnson, 5 pen, 3 ck, 3, 4 
ckl, 2 pul; H. C. Short, 4 ck. 2, 5 ckl; C. 
L. Savior, 1 ck, 5 hen, 1 pul. 

Buff Leghorns -J. M. Clark, 1 pen, 2 
ck; Wallen Cameron, 2 pen, 1 ckl, 1 pul; 
D. L. Bruen, 1 1 en. 

Black Leghorns— E. H. Eggart, all 
premiums. 

Blue Andalusians — E. H. Eggart. all 
premiums. 

Black Minorcas — Earl Eager, 1 pen, 
1, 3 ckl; 1, 2 pul; D. Tipwood, 2 pen, 3 
ck, 1, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 ckl. 3, 4 pul; L. C. 
Fors, 2 ck, 5 hen. 

White Minorcas— All to Eggart. 

Black Spanish — All to Raymond 
Striker. 

White Cap B. Polish— All to Fred I. 
Slocum. 

S. S. Hamburgs — Ernest Gibson, 2 
pen, 1 ck, 3 hen, 1 ci.l, 4 pul; Sam J. 
Gadd, 1 pen, 2 hen, 4 c'l. 2 pul; D. L. 
Bruen, 5 hen, 1 pul; M. P. Jensdn, 1, 4 
hen, 3 ckl,. 3 pul; DeWitt Yates, 2,5 Chl, 




The concrete poultry house of E. W. Geer, Farraington, Mo. 



When we have a warm poulti-y house 
and our hens lay all the year, it makes 
us feel like we ought to raise chickens 
all the year. 

In the concrete house we have an 
ideal place to run incubators. They 
are warm in winter, dry and cool in 
summer. Unlike the cave or hole in 
the ground, the^' are always dry would 
be suitable for man to live in. 

So well pleased am I with my con- 
crete houses for poultrj' and incubators 
that I intend putting up one this sum- 
mer in which to ripen Kiefl'er pears 
and as a winter store house for apples. 

We have kept apples in ours this 
winter and never had them keep any 
better. 

A house made of concrete would be 
an ideal one in which to raise the 
brooder chicks. If the floor was also 
made of concrete, it would be rat proof. 



We are never troubled with rats for 
they and I can't live on the same plant. 
I use earth floors altogether and cover 
them with leaves in winter. 

In building the poultry house I used 
studding, one at each corner, and eveiy 
ten feet apart, to fasten the roof to and 
to fasten the divisions to inside of the 
house. 

The incubator house has no studding, 
the gable ends of it being made of con- 
crete, holds the plate in place, to which 
the roof is fastened. 

Mrs. Geer's father is shown in this 
picture sitting on the box by the coal 
oil can. He is an occupant of Glen 
Raven. 

Our little red incubator is now at 
work on this plant, with a lot of chicks 
on the way into this world, and we in- 
tend keeping it at w-ork on well up into 
Ma v. 



3 pul. 

Golden S. Hamburgs— All to E. E- 
Bowers. 

Houdans — J. C. Kapser, 1 pen, 3, 4 
hen; D. W. Evans, 2, 5 hen, 2, 3 cM, 1, 
2 pul; D. L. Bruen, 1 hen; E. B. Hen- 
derson, 1 c' 1. 

Cornish Indian Games — Rob Blac' , 1 
pen, 1 , 2 cl.-, 1, 2, 3 hen, 2, 3 c'- 1, 1 , 2, 4 
pul; D. L. Bruen, 4 hen; Wm. J. Kerch- 
enbusch. 1 C 1. 3 pul. 

B. B. Red Games— All to C. L. Ward. 

Pit and Red Pile Games— All to Seth 
Abbott. 

Golden Seabrights — All to Bruen. 

Blac'' Rose Comb Bantams — All to 
Earl Eager. 

Bronze Turl-eys — W. H. Lal.e, 1 toni, 
1,3 hen, 1 c'l, 2,4 pul; C. E. Browning, 
2 torn, 2 hen; Wallen Cameron, 3 torn, 

4 hen; C. M. Hulburt, 2 ci<l, 1, 3 pul; 
Walter J. Camp, 3 c'l, 5 hen. 

White TurLeys— J. C. Dav & Son, 1 
toni, 1 hen, 5 c'-l, 4 pul; J. C. Moffit, 3. 
4, ^ torn, 2, 3, 4 hen. 1, 2, 4 c' 1, 2, 3, 5 
pul; Mrs M. C. Stauff", 3 cWl. 1 pul. 

Pel' in Duel's — E. E. Smith, young 
pair, 1, 2, 3; old pair, 1, 3, 4; old duck. 



1, 2, 3; young duck, 1, 2, 3; dral-e, 1, 3, 
5; W. B. Swisher, y pr 4, dra' e 2; Wal- 
len Cameron, old pr .S, old duck 4, y d 4; 
Lillian W. Taylor, old pr 2; Mrs. Henry 
Shrader, y due', .'i. dra' e 4. 

Rouen Due' s — D. L. Bruen. pr 4, old 
dra' e 4, old duck 3, young dra' e 4, 
young duck 4; -^^ralter J. Camp, pr 1, 2, 
3, old dra' e 1,2,3, old duck 1,2, 4, young 
dra' e 1, 2, 3, young due'-- 1, 2, 3. 

Indian Runner Due's — All to E. E. 
Smith. 

Toulouse Geese — Pairs all to Kirk- 
patric''. Wallie Cameron, old gander 

1, old goose 1, young gander 3, j'oung 
goose 1; W. A. Kirkpatric'--, old gander 

2, 3, 4, old goose, 2, 3, 4, young gander 
2, 4, "), young goose 2, 3, 4. 

Emden Geese — E. J. Babcock, pair; 
E. E. vSmith, all single.) 

Egg.s— W. A. Kir Patrick, 1; E. H. 
Terwilliger, 2; A. L. Clayberg, 3; W. 
L. Canflekl, Sth eggs, E. E. Bower, 4th 
eggs. 

Solid color without weight, Hunting- 
ton; with weight, Canfield. Parti- 
colored with weight. Fox; without 
weight, Eggart. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Poultry Chats For February 



By Mrs. C. A. Bla 



nchard ||| 



Mating up our pens and preparing , floor and learned chicks early in life 



for our supply of eggs for hatching 
must occupy our full attention at the 
present time, if it has not already 
been done. The earlier we can get 
our chicks hatched the better they are, 
provided we have our pens In order to 
secure the best results in breeding for 
those early chicks. We have found old 
hens do not pay as breeders. It may 
pay to keep a few which are extra 
fine as show birds — they are sure to 
be up in weight— but for the business 
of laying eggs and hatching chicks 
they are a failure. They lay very few 
eggs, and what they do lay are extra 
large and very few of them will hatch, 
at least such has been our experience. 
We have always noticed that the very 
largest eggs were the ones left in the 
tray after the chicks were all done 
hatching. Chicks were dead in the 
shells at all stages of incubation. All 
the old hens have been disposed of 
and only the best of last year's pullets 
kept for this year's breeders. We 
make on extra effort to get our hens 
laying in the early fall. We want 
them at their best when eggs are 
needed for hatching purposes. If they 
have had a good long rest after 
molting their bodies are strong, they 
are in prime condition and will lay 
more fertile eggs. 



to scratch for their living. Our first, 
second and third hatches used the 
muslin house; after that it was too 
warm, so the large sheet was taken oft 
aid laid away for this year. When we 
were obliged to have the chicks in 
the house lath frames were made to 
tit the legs of the incubator, then cov- 
ered with muslin. In that way we 
had a scratch pen under the incubator. 
I hear some one say noise and work. 
Yes, but no one need to think of mak- 
ing poultry raising a business with- 
out work. Children can and do save 
us many steps and do lots of the work, 
but there is much that calls older 
heads and hands. It is an easy way to 
send a child to feed and water the 
chickens, but if the children are not 
looked after it is feast or famine. 
Enough food is put in one yard for 
twenty hens where perhaps there are 
six to eat it, then water put in part 
of the fountains, while others are left 
without any. We find it pays to get 
out and be "that boy or girl" at least 
once a day ourselves. Then we know 
how things are going. 

During the summer months our 
chief enemy to fight is lice. It Is 
quite an easy matter to keep the poul- 
try house in a healthy condition oth- 
erwise. In the winter it is dampness. 




Fertile eggs are what we are after j While the days are bright and sunny 



when hatching time comes. N either 
hens or incubators can hatch strong 
chicks from weak eggs. We must 
have eggs that will produce strong 
healthy chicks. In order to produce 
them we must give our poultry good 
care, clean quarters, proper food and 
regular attention. Haphazard, care 
less ways will not give the results we 
are after. 

The last two years we have raised 
more of our first and second hatches 
than any of the later ones. We had 
to keep them in the house part of 
the time, and expect to do the same 
again this year, as our farm cannot 
as yet boast of a brooder house. 

A cosy place for sunny spring days 
was a muslin house. A frame was 
made 4x6 feet, four feet high at one 
side by one at the other. We covered 
it with unbleached muslin, then set 
the brooder outside with a small open- 
ing for chicks to run through, thus giv- 
ing the chicks the full run of their 



and poultry can run at large we have 
very little trouble, but when cold, 
stormy days come and our birds are 
confined to their houses the walls 
soon become frosted. The litter on 
the floor becomes damp and soggy; in 
a very few days it must be removed 
and fresh put in. Hens cannot live 
and keep well in such a damp, foul 
air. The cry we hear is, "I brought 
clean straw just the other day." How- 
ever, clean straw it is, even if we 
have to get it ourselves. 

One 01 our very handiest imple- 
ments is a one-horse wagon, made 
from an old worn-out buggy. The 
buggy box and springs were taken oft 
and a box made of boards. That one- 
horse wagon comes into use in many 
a way and saves us much hard lug- 
ging. When our good old gray horse 
is hitched onto it we can soon have a 
clean poultry house, and if we are the 
only "boy" there is around we can go 
to the stack for straw. When we go 



never ask how much we can have. I 
know there is many an old buggy 
stauding around farms that could be 
made inso something useful just as 
we have ours. 

MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
Friend, Neb. 



LOST 



little house. We kept ehaff on the ourselves we bring all we want. We 



I want to tell you a true story. 
About four years ago I wanted extra 
fine B. P. R. eggs and raise some 94 
to 95 point birds and be up with boy's 
high mucky mucks. Well, now, I was 
short of cash at the time, so one day 
there came a fine catalogue finely il- 
lustrated from Ohio, thirty or forty 
varieties and some fine cuts, an extra 
fine cockerel from Hawkins or Thomp- 
son, 94%, mated with fine pullets and 
hens, score 93 to 95 points honest 
points, and a line written on bottom 
of page, "What have you to trade?" 
Well, now I struck it. Now, I had a 
good gold watch — it cost $33 — and so 
I wrote him I had it and would trade 
it for eggs. He wrote back that he 
would cut the price on eggs — they 
were $5 per setting — and he would let 
me have them for f4 per setting and 
give $2, if the watch was all O. K. 
I wrote back it was. He wanted the 
watch first; he could not send the 
eggs all at one time, but he would 
send 100 and in ten days send another 
100. I wrote him I would have the in- 
cubator lit up and ready for the eggs. 
I run it along a week, making all 
trains every day looking for my eggs. 
Well, I am still looking, but no hopes. 
I wrote again to see what was the mat- 
ter and also wrote the postmaster and 
mayor, and my letter came back 
marked "fraudulent signature, post- 
master general." Well, now, wouldn't 
that cork you. I wrote again to the 



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sheriff, and he said he thought he 
could locate my watch and asked me 
the number of it. I gave the number. 
The sheriff found it. A preacher had 
it. He bought It of what will I call 
him, hut would give it up if I paid 
so much for it. Who did you say the 
fellow was? No, I have not said yet, 
but he was in jail in Springfield, Ohio. 
I would like to ask him what time it 
was by his gold watch and chain; 
and when the smoke cleared away 
there were poultry Journals, incubator 
men and a hundred others in the soup, 
frogged to beat the band. After that 
I had two hot water machines cook 
four batches of eggs, about 1,000, and 
in winding up, cats and rats got away 
with 125 chicks. Well, I have a new 
watch now, and am still doing busi- 
ness at the old stand as though noth- 
ing had happened. Many a one would 
have thrown up his boots and socks, 
if so fortunate as to have any, and 
quit in disgust. It takes grit and 
more of It and hold fast to the last 
is the only sure road to success. Buy 
good birds when you buy; pay a good 
price; don't say they must be cheap; 
breed in line, and raise your own 
show birds. Go slow, and stick ever- 
lasting at it. Yours for success, 

A. L. HOUSTON. 



How To Ma.ke A Chea.p Winter 
Brooder 

The problem which has been the 
most difficult to solve for those wish- 
ing to raise fall or winter chickens 
is how to give them summer-like con- 
ditions. Having purchased an exhi- 
bition trio of winning Barred Rocks 
at a high price and succeeded in get- 
ting a nice clutch by October 25, the 
question of how to get them through 
the long, cold winter months of this 
latitude was a puzzle that set me to 
thinking, and after long hours and 
several days' study, I finally hit upon 
the following plan tha.t up to date 
has proved an astonishing success, not 
only to myself but the whole town, 
to say nothing about the beautiful lit- 
tle chicks, now a month old, not a 
weakling among the lot and as large 
as quail. But as to my plan. Sup- 
posing you have an outside cellar 
door usually called a cellarway, lead- 
ing to your cellar; supposing it faces 
to the sun, or southeast, south or 
southwest, make a board floor from 
the second step down to the inside 
cellar door, where you cut a hole for 
a common stove pipe. In this place 
one joint of pipe, on top of this joint 
of pipe place an elbow and next an- 
other joint of stove pipe inserted in 
a T joint; elevate and fasten this T 




This bird has won eleven 1st premium.s, and was scored by H. A. Bridg-e, 
95',; by E. R. Jones, 95'2\ by S. B. Lane, 9,5'4; and has been g-iven first prize 
by comparison by Wick Hathaway, M. M. Bargor and Chas. McClave. He is 
the property of Maughlin Bros., of Coltmbus, Ohio. 



joint to a fixture about two feet above 
the floor underneath the opposite end 
of pipe and beneath your brooder 
floor place a brooder lamp; light lamp 
from cellar, being careful not to turn 
wick too high, causing lamp to 
smoke; inserting the chimney in end 
of pipe. For a cover to your brooder, 
purchase a small storm sash, say 2x4 
feet; make a box out of 1-foot boards 
the size of storm window; place the 
sash on the box over the brooder, 
giving it a slant to shed rain and 
melting snow water; fit boards around 
the window box until cellarway or 
your new brooder is completely cov- 
ered, banking with earth to top of 
sash-box, leaving a small hole at 



lower end for small chicks to go out 
and in on warm days; make your 
storm sash to slide open and shut for 
ventilation to carry off lamp fumes, 
giving you a chance to get in to clean 
out frequently. Place in bottom of 
brooder a layer of sand, on this damp 
earth, then dry leaves or chaff; use 
a common thermometer; use good 
judgment as to amount of heat — 
about 60 degrees first week, 50 degrees 
third week, and gradually lower as 
chicks feather. Keep hen with them 
as long as she will cover them; let 
her out pleasant days when not be- 
low forty degrees; feed and water; 
give plenty of ventilation at all times. 
Clermont, la. E. A. FISK. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
Among Ourselves 

At this season or year one's miud 
naturally turns to the subject of "the 
weather," and we wonder if anything 
is suffering from cold, just as last July 
we had pitied the heat victims, our- 
selves included. A person can keep 
warm, but not always can he keep 
cool; a dumb creature can do neither, 
it is just at the mercy — anything but 
mercy sometimes — of careless, selfish 
mankind. But putting tfie cruelty 
question aside, why will a man let 
money slip out of his pocket daily be- 
cause of this carelessness? 

Coming home from a drive one cold 
evening not long since, we noticed a 
flock of fowls gone to roost in some 
trees. Their owner is a man who 
works hard to make ends meet and 
yet was letting — but how much she 
was wasting we may gather from the 
following report of a West Virginia 
eperiment station, and we presume 
they know nothing about a western 
winter out there. 

Two houses built exactly alike and 
situated side by side, were selected 
for the experiment, in each of which 
were placed twelve pullets. One house 
had previously been sheathed on the 
inside and covered with paper to 
make it perfectly tight. Both were 
hoarded with matched siding and had 
shingle roofs. 

The fowls were fed alike in each 
case. The morning mash consisted of 
com meal, ground middlings and 
ground oats, and at night whole grain 
scattered in litter. They also had 
fresh water, grit and bone and gran- 
ulated bone. The experiment started 
November 24 and continued for five 
months. The following table shows 
the number of eggs laid during each 
period of thirty days. 

Result from cold and warm houses: 
Warm house... 87 130 13S 120 154—629 
Cold house 39 106 103 124 114—480 

These experiments are interesting 
and instructive and we ought to be 
able to profit by them. 

Now here is another experiment 
made by a man who says In Farm 
Poultry: 

I keep 400 hens and make my entire 
living from them; do no farming of 
any kind and have no other income. 
My eggs are sold at wholesale prices 
to one man, and all poultry sold alive 
to the hen man at the door. 

I make from $700 to $800 a year from 
my 400 hens. 

He goes on to state how many eggs 
he gets per month, average price, etc., 
but to the experiment. 

He says he put 200 in yards and 



gave 200 free range and found he 
made a good deal more from the yarded 
hens than those on free range. 

Quite a comfort to some of us who 
are compelled to yard our fowls or go 
out of business. 

This breeder, in common with all 
others, holds that profitable poultry 
must produce winter eggs. 

At a farmers' institute an Ontario 
agricultural college professor said: 

"A winter egg will sell for three 
times as much as an egg produced in 
summer. * * * One of the first con- 
ditions necessary to the production o£ 
winter eggs is regularity of food and 
kindness. * * Hens have a better 
idea of time than you, without the 
aid of a watch, would have, and if the 
fowls are not fed when they think they 
ought to be, they become fretful and 
uneasy, and the result is loss." 

He goes on to say that when he 
is away from the college flock 
as much as 25 or 30 per cent decrease 
in egg production occurs, and it takes 
four or five days to bring them back — 
all this, although they have the very 
best of care from the students. 

Hens, like cows, need the same kind, 
steady hand over them; they do not 
even like a change in the wearing ap- 
parel of their attendant. 

We were reading somewhere recent- 
ly where a feminine fancier said in 
effect: 

"It is a base slander to say that 
hens have no brains. Let me appear 
among my birds in ordinary costume 
of blue calico and all is serene; but 
if I go among them in Sunday clothes 
terror reigns." 

Another feminine fancier bears this 
testimony: 

"Our southern trip to Florida was 
the cause of dire calamity among our 
feathered pets. I didn't suppose our 
birds ever knew what was the mat- 
ter, hut that did not make me feel 
any more comfortable about it, and it 
will take me at least two years to 
repair damages. Who would dream that 
such havoc could be wrought in scarce- 
ly two months' time!" 

It goes without saying that all 
creatures — human and dumb, but per- 
haps more especially the latter — are 
happier and more useful when kind- 
ness and regularity govern their care. 

How we wish we might gain fhe 
ear of every man or hoy in America 
who has in any way to do with ani- 
mals. We would like to at least try to 
make him see the sin and folly of 
cruelty or even carelessness. Much of 
the misery in the dumb creation is 
due to thoughtlessness rather than 
downright cruelty. 

A minister, past 60 years of age. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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AX UP-To I'.vil, I'l .ULTRY HOUSE. 



said the other evening, referring to a 
little book we have in print, Master 
and I": 

"After I read it I saw things that I 
would never have noticed before. First 
time I went down town I took note of 
a weary looking horse. I said to a 
man, 'How long has it been tied here?' 
'0. all day and will probably be there 
all night. Man's in the saloon.' 

'" Well,' I said, 'go to the marshal 
and have the animal cared for at 
once. Put him in a livery barn and 
charge it up to his master. Tell the 
marshall I will back him." 

And the good man added, half 
laughing, half shamefacedly. "In all 
my life It never occurred to me to 
meddle with such a thing." 

It is not beyond anyone to provide 
warm quarters for their fowls . One of 
our hen houses — we came to Rose 
Lawn two years since and so far have 
had to make the best of what we 
found — is log, boarded outside and 
painted. It is well "chinked and paint- 
ed" — "daubed," as the pioneer used to 
say — well lighted and warm. Away up 
above a man's head are perches that 
we suppose were used at one time in 
chicken history. Now there is a 
hopping board and perches away down. 
Our other hen house is a good, un- 
used cow barn, or part of it; slats were 
nailed inside two closed stalls 
and straw stuffed between them and 



the wall proper. This is nearly a foot 
in thickness and makes a hen "bed 
room" in which water rarely chills. 
One of these rooms is lighted by a 
regular window, the other by an open- 
ing over which white muslin is firmly 
stretched and tucked. A board just 
filling the aperture is handy and put 
into use if the night is very cold. 

All floors are deep with straw and 
other clean litter. Besides the scratch- 
ing grounds are liberally littered, and 
the birds are busy as the proverbial 
bee all the day. 

VELMA CALDWELL MELVILLE. 



An Improved Poultry House. 

The illustration shows a rear view 
of E. W. Geer's concrete poultry house 
taken from the eastward. The house 
is 7 '< feet high in front, and 4 feet at 
the rear. Thirty feet of the concrete 
is covered with clapboards ceiled to 
rafters two-thirds the way up, the re- 
maining- 30 feet of concrete and the 14 
foot brood house addition is covered 
with matched 0ooring. 

The row of posts at rear of house 
support three foot wire netting to pre- 
vent the outside stock from going over 
the house into the breeding pens. 

A row of Lombardy Poplars are seen 
in front of the house, planted there to 
shade the runs in summer time. A 
part of one row of sugar maples are . 
also shown alonj the driveway between 



the poultry house and our dwelling. 

A vineyard of three hundred vines 
stands in front of the house into which 
all the scratch material is thrown to- 
gether with the droppings of the fowls, 
serving a double and valuable purpose, 
as these three hundred vines yielded 
$200 in fruit last season besides that 
whieh was used at home. Each 10x10 
foot room has as entrance for the fowls 
both north and south so that they can 
be turned out either way. Edna Earl, 
the only child, dressed in dark, and 
her little friend Bessie, are also shown 
in this picture. 

I can't possibly tell everything there 
is good about them at one time. If 
readers want to know more let them 
write me with stamp. I will write 
more from time to time. 



The representative of the Poultry In- 
vestigator saw many nice displays at 
the Nebras a state show at Lincoln 
last mouth, but among the very best in 
the large auditorium was the Buff Or- 
pington showing by H. H. Campbell of 
Osceola, Neb., who was the heaviest 
winner in this class. He entered one 
pen and nine singles, and out of a pos- 
sible ten ribbons carried off seven, and 
the display of Orpingtons was the larg- 
est and most hotly contested ever 
known west of Chicago. A picture of 
Mr. Campbell's first prize pullet will 
arpear in the March number of the In- 
vestisrator. 



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KaLi\sBS City Fancy Poultry Club. 



The first poultry show given by the 
Kansas City Fancy Poultry club was 
held in Kansas City, Mo., December 
Vi. 7 and 8, 1901. W. S. Russell and 
T. W. Southard judged the poultry and 
John Haman judged the pigeons. 

This was the most successful poul- 
try show ever held in Kansas City. 
All promises were kept and all exhib- 
itors went home satisfied. Out of 
town exhibitors showed their faith in 
Kansas City by attending and show- 
ing their stock. There were 105 ex- 
hibitors and over 1,000 entries in the 
poultry and pigeon classes. The Poul- 
try Breeders' convention was held at 
the Midland hotel on December 6 and 
the Midland Poultry association was 
formed. Its first show will be held 
in January, 1903, and it will rival the 
Madison Square Garden show in mag- 
nitude. There were 350 entries in 
pigeon classes. The awards for the 
Kansas City Fancy Poultry dug show 
are as follows: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks — Ten cocks, 
53 hens, 50 cockerels, 83 pullets and 
13 pens shown. Mrs. C. O. Bailey, 
Platte City, Mo., 1st cock, 3d cockerel, 
5th pullet, 2d pen; J. R. Young, Man- 
hattan, Kan., 1st and 4th cockerel, 1st, 
2d, 3d and 4th pullet, 1st and 5th pen; 
Roley Bros., Sedalia, Mo., 2d and 3d 
cock and 4th hen; Brackenbury Bros., 
Independence, Mo., 5th cock and 4th 
hen; J. W. Faris, 3d hen; L. C. Bair, 
Kansas City, Mo., 4th cock, 1st and 
2d hen; Mrs. W. C. Ellis. Liberty, 
Mo., 5th hen, 5th cockerel, 3d pen and 
2d cockerel. 

White Plymouth Rocks; Six cocks, 
18 hens. 14 cockerels. 36 pullets enter- 
ed. Geo. A. Tipple, Lee's Summit, 
Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th 
hen, 2d and 3d cockerel, 1st pullet and 
2d pen; Mrs. T. J. Kennedy, Ridgely, 
Mo., 2d cock, 2d pullet, 3d pen; F. E. 
and J. I. Williams, Independence. Mo., 
2d cock; E. H. Heath, Kansas City, 
Mo.. 3d cock and 5th pen; Wm. Mein- 
hoffer. Kansas City, Mo., 4th hen and 
4th pullet; Stifer & Sager, Kansas 
City, Mo. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks— E. M. and 0. 
C. Arnold, Independence, Mo., 2d cock; 
the Smiths, Manhattan. Kan., 1st hen, 
1st and 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d. 3d. 4th 
and 5th pullets, and 1st pen. 

Silver Wyandottes — Mrs. P. Mark- 
ward. Kansas City. Mo., 2d cock, 3d 
hen. 2d pen; John B. Gage. Kansas 
City, Mo., 2d and 4th pullets; Reed 
Storms, Kansas City, Kas.. 1st. 2d and 
5th hens, 5th pullet; W. J. Munkres, 
Missouri City. Mo., 4th hen, 1st cock- 
erel, 1st and 3d pullets, Ist pen. 

Golden Wyandottes— A. N. Roun- 



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velle, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockere', 
1st pullet. 

White Wyandottes— Olney Bros., 
Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockerel, 1st 
hen, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 2d pen; 
J. H. Hisey, Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 
3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d and 4th 
pullets, 1st pen; E. H. Mack, Kansas 
City, Mo., 2d and 4th hens; John B. 
Gage, 3d and 5th hens, 1st and 3d 
cockerels, 3d pullet; Mrs. Maud Rolfe, 
Wetmore, Kan., 5th cockerel, 6th pul- 
let. 

Rhode Island Reds — Wm. Meinhof- 
fer, Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d 
cockerels; 2d and 3d pullets; E. T. 
Hunting, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 
1st, 2d and 3d hen, 1st pullet, 1st pen. 

Buff Orpingtons— Mrs. 0. H. Bugbee, 
Kansas City, Kan., 1st cock; Stifer & 
Sager, Kansas City, Mo. 1st and 3d 
cockerel, 1st, 3d, 4th and 5th pullets, 
1st pen; A. T. McAdow, Lamar, Mo., 
2d pullet, 2d cockerel. 

Light Brahmas — Dr. A. B. Jones, 
Wa Keeney, Kan, 1st cockerel; Steek- 
er Bros., St. Louis, Mo., 2d and 3d 
cockerel, 1st and 4th pullet. 

Dark Brahmas— N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
worth, Kan., 3d cock, 1st and 2d hen, 
1st and 2d pullets, 1st pen. 

Buff Cochins— Chas. Steinberger, Wa 
Keeney, Kan., 1st, 2d and 3d cocks, 2d 
and 3d hens, 1st and 2d cockerel, 1st 
and 2d pullets, 1st pen; J. B. Clark, 
Chicago, 111., 1st hen, 3d, 4th and 5th 
cockerel. 

Partridge Cochins— C. M. Neff, Kan- 
sas City, Mo., 2d and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d 
and 3d hens, 1st pullet, 1st pen; Dr. 
A. B. Jones, Wa Keeney, Kan., 1st 
cock, 2d and 3d pullets. 

Black Langshans — H. H. Borgmau, 
Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d cock. 
1st, 2d, 4th and 5th hen, 2d 3d and 4th 
cockerels; 3d pullet, 2d, 3 and 4th pen; 
Hallwood Poultry farm, Carthage, 
Mo., 3d hen, 1st and 5th cockerel, 1st, 
4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen; E. D. 
Taylor, Independence, Mo., 4th cock. 
5th pen; Gus Ortloff, Kansas City, Mo., 
2d pullet; 4 cocks, 22 hens, 35 cock- 
erels, 54 pullets and 5 pens entered. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — Darby Poul- 
try yards, Kansas City, 1st cock, 2d, 
3d hen, 4th cock, 1st and 4th pullets, 
1st pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhattan, 
Kan., 2d cock, 3d and 5th pullets, 4th 
pen; J. J. Carel, Liberty, Mo., 1st, 4th 
and 5th hen. 1st and2d cockerel, 3d 
pen; W. S. Shockley, Kansas City, 
Mo., 3d and 5th cockerel, 2d pullet, 2d 
pen. 

S. C. White Leghorns— J. H. Adams, 
Missouri City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st and 
2d hen, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and 
4th pullet. 1st pen. 

Buff Leghorns — J. P. Carson, Mis- 
souri City, Mo., Iflt eock, 4th h«n. 2d 




The above pli'il.. lias the distinction 
of being- the tir.st half-tone ever made 
of an incubator while hatching or after 
the hatch was off. We call it the Hap- 
py Family for the want of a better 
name; however, we thini< the name 
suits very well. We have adopted this 
scene as a trade mark. It has appear- 
ed in our advertising more than any 
other cut we have ever used. Have 
you got the Sure Hatch Incubator 
Company's new catalogue? 



and 5th pullet, I. A. Harvey, Harrison- 
ville, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th hens, 2d 
cockerel, 2d pen; Clark Bros., Kansas 
City, Mo., 2d cock, 1st cockerel 3d and 
4th pullet, 1st pen. 

Cornish Indian Games — J. A. Buck- 
ner, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st 
hen, 2d cockerel, 1st pen; E. F. Hunt- 
ing, Kansas City, Mo., 2d cock, 4th 
and 5th hen, 2d pen; John B. Gage, 
Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 3d hen, 1st 
cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th pul- 
lets. 

S. Duckwing Games— Clarence Hov- 
elman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock; N. 
H. Achisou, Kansas City, Mo., 1st 
cockerel. 

Pet Games— E. S. Jackson, Kansas 
City, Mo., 2d cock, 3d hen; Clarence 
Hovelman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st hen; 
John B. Sage, Kansas City, Mo., 2d 
hen, 3d and 4th cockerels, 1st pullet. 

White Minorcas— D. Y. Ault, Har- 
rison, Ark., 1st and 2d hen, 1st cock- 
erel, 1st trio. 

S. S. Hamburgs— F. S. Schadel, Kan- 
sas City, Kan., 1st and 2d cocks, 1st 
hen; Eliz White, Kansas City, Mo., 3d 
cock, 2d hen. 

Blue Andalusians— A. F. McAdow, 
Lamar, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pul- 
lets. 

White F. Black Spanish— H. W. 
Chestnut. Birmingham, Kan., 1st, 2d, 
8d and 4th hen, 1st and 2d cockerel, 
1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pullets, 1st and 2d 
pens. 

Buff CocWb Bantam«— Hellwood 




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pullets in the American class — J. K. 
Hisey, Kansas City, Mo. 

Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2 
pullets in Asiatic class — H. H. Borg- 
mann, Kansas City, Mo. 

Ten highest scoring Indian Games— 
J. B. Gage, Kansas City, Mo. 

Highest scoring bird in the Ameri- 
can class, J. R. Young, Manhattan, 
Kan. 

Best display, 10 or more Black 
Langshans — H. H. Borgmann. 

Ten highest scoring White Wyan- 
dottes — J. H. Hisey. 

Best twelve Barred Plymouth Rock 
females— Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Liberty, 
Mo. 

Largest display of Bantams — Hall- 
wood Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo. 

Best 50 pigeons in the show — Dr. W. 
E. Louckeer, Kansas City, Mo. 



A B. P. Rock cockerel owned by 
Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay Center, 
Kas. She breeds nothing but the Lest. 



Winners a.t GaLrden City Show. 



Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock, 
1st and 3d hens, 1st cockerel, 1st and 
3d pullets; Clark Bros., Kansas City, 
Mo., 2d cock, 2d hen, 2d cockerel, 2d 
pullet. 

White Cochin Bantams— H. Schmidt, 
Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d 
and 4th hens, 1st cockerel, 1st pen. 

Red Pyle, Same Bantams— Hallwooc 
Poultry farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock. 
1st hen. 

White Pit, Same Bantams— E. L. 
James, Kansas City, Mo., 3d cock, 3d 
hen. 

Golden Seabright Bantams — Willard 
C. Holmes, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 
2d hens, 2d and 3d pullets; Henry 
Bundselm, Independence, Mo., 1st pul- 
lets. 

Main Bronze Turkeys — Mrs. P. H. 
Harsell, Kearney, Mo., 1st old torn, 1st 
and 2d hen, 1st young tom, 1st, 2d, 3d, 
4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen. 

White Holland Turkeys— Peter Pear- 
son, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 2d pul- 
lets. 

Muscovy Ducks — A. Paledjl, Kansas 
City, Mo.. 1st duck, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th 
Ducks. 

Eggs— E. M. and O. C. Arnold, In- 
depence. Mo.. 1st dozen. 

Cavies — Ed Hills, Kansas City, Mo., 
1st collection. 

Incubators — Chace Mer. Co., Kansas 
City, Mo., 1st on Great Western. 
GRAND SPECIALS. 

Best 50 birds in the show — H. H. 
Borgnian, Kansas City, Mo. 

Ten highest scoring birds in the 
show — H. H. Borgmann, Kansas City. 
Mo. 

Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2 



Mrs. Belle Lear, Ulrich, Mo. — Light 
Brahamas and Bronze Turkeys — 
Light Brahmas, cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 
3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Bronze turkeys, 
cock, 1; hen, 1; pair, 1. 

P. H. DePree, Kansas City, Mo. — 
Buff Rocks, pullet, 3. 

T. J. Jones, Garden City, Mo. — Bar- 
red, White and Buff Rocks and Pekin 
Ducks — Buff Rocks, cock, 1; hen, 1, 
2. 3; cockerel, 2; pen, 2. Barred 
Rocks, cockerel, 3; pen, 3. White 
Rocks, pullet. 1. 2; pen, 2. Sweep- 
states, 2d in American class. Display, 
1st in American class. Ducks, drake, 
old, 1; duck, old, 1, 2; drake, young, 
1; duck, young, 1, 2; pairs. 1, 2; trios, 

1, 2. 

W. H. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.— 
Buff Cochins, Partridge Cochins, 
White Langshans and B. P. Rocks- 
Buff Cochins, hen, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; 
pullet, 3; pen, 1. P. Cochins, cock, 1; 
hens, 1, 2; cockerels, 1, 2; pullets, 1, 

2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. White Lang- 
shans, cock, 2; hens, 2, 3; cockerel, 
2; pen, 2; trio, 2. Barrred Rocks, 
cock, 2; cockerel, 2; pullet, 1; pen, 2; 
trio, 2; sweepstakes, 2, in class 2. 

J. E. Brasfield, Garden City, Mo.— 
Buff P. Rocks, cockerel, 1; pullet, 1; 
pen, 1; trio, 1. Highest scoring pul- 
"et in class 1. 

W. A. Kimberlin, Garden City, Mo. 
—White Langshans, hen, 1; pen, 3. 
Highest scoring hen in class 2. 

J. P. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.— 
Barred P. Rocks. 

H. B. Ingham, Lucas, Mo. — White 
P. Rocks, cock, 2; hen, 3; cockerel, 2; 
pen, 3; trio, 2. 

S. P. Byler, Garden City, Mo.— 
White and Barred Rocks, White and 
Black Langshans and Buff Cochins- 
White Langshans, cock, 1; cockerel. 



^1 

1; pullet, 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Buff 
Cochins, cock, 1; hen, 3; pullet, 1, 2; 
pen, 2; trio, 2. Black Langshans, 
cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 3; cockerel, 2; 
pullet, 2; pen, 1: trio, 1, 2. Barred 
Rocks, cock, 3; cockerel, 1; pullet, 2. 
White Rocks, hen. 2. Sweepstakes, 2, 
in class 2. Display, 1, in class 2. 
Highest scoring cock in class 2. High- 
est scoring cock in show. 

Mrs. M. E. Graves, Garden City, Mo. 
—White P. Rocks, pullet, 3. 

Dudley and Ralph Pringle, Garden 
City, Mo. — Fan Tail Pigeons and Bel- 
gian Hares — Pair, 1, on pigeons. Dis, 
play, 2, on hares. 

R. A. Kenagy, Garden City, Mo.— 
S. C. Brown Leghorns, cock, 1; hens, 
1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio. 1; cock, 1, in 
class 3; hen, 1, in class 3. 

W. B. Crooks, Garden City. Mo.— 
Black I^angshans, cockerel, 1; pul- 
let, 1. 

J. B. Schrock, Gunn City, Mo.— 
Golden and Silver Wyandottes and 
White and Barred Rocks— Silver Wy- 
andottes. cockerel, 1; pullets, 1, 2; 
trio, 1. Golden Wyandottes, cock, 1; 
hens, 1. 2; trio, 1. Barred Rocks, 
cock, 1; hens, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; pul- 
lets, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Display, 2, 
in class 1. White Rocks, cock, 1, 3; 
hen, 1; cockerel, 1, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. 
Sweepstakes, 1, in class 1. Pen, 2, 
in class 1. Cock, 1, in class 1. Cock- 
erel, 1, in class 1. Hen, 1, in class 1. 

Steve <tnd Emery Nelson, Garden 
City, Mo. — White Langshans and Bel- 
gian Hares — Langshans, cockerel, 3. 
Hares, display, 1. 



The Columbus, Ohio, Show. 

The fifth annual exhibit held under 
the auspicesof the Columbus Fanciers' 
Association, Dec. 2(i, inOl, to Jan. 2, 
1902, was a marked improvement over 
all former shows, especially in quality, 
The birds seen at Columbus this year 
were of better quality than those s:;en 
at former shows. The awards were 
placed with the very best of satisfac- 
tion. We did not hear of a sing-le dis- 
satisfied exhibitor during the whole 
show. The competent judges were: 
H A. Bridge, S. B. Lane, Robert 
Champion, Chas. Cranner and M. M. 
Barger. 

Some of the classes were not filled 
up as we expected to see, but those that 
were were of the highest quality. 
Plymouth Rocks were out in full bloom, 
some 2.50 Barred and the Whites num- 
bering 212. There was also a very 
nice display of Wyandottes. The Asi- 
atics were something fine, and the 
Mediterranean, Hamburg and Bantam 
classes were simply a dream. The 
pigeon entries amounted to some 400 
and made a very nice display. 

The awards were as follows: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks— F. A. Bri- 
gel. 1, 3 ck; 1. 3 hen; 1 pul; 4 ckl; 2 pen. 
O. E. Miles secured, 1 ckl; 1 pen; 2, :} 
pul; 8 pen. J. M. Wilson, 3 ckl. 

White Plymouth Rocks— Maughlin 



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Bros, winnini; 1 ck; U ckl; 4 hen; :! pen. 
E. R. Dunn, 1 ckl; 1 hen, tie; 1 pen. 
W. T. Elliott, 1 hen; 2, :! ck; 1 pnl; 2 
ckl; 1 pen. M. W. Morris, 2 pen; 2 pul; 
:'. hen; 4 ckl; li pul. F A. Brifrel, 4 ck. 

White VVyandottes W. (>. Ruthiord, 
1 ckl; 1,2 pul; 1 pen. J. C. Underwood, 
:i ck; 4 ckl. < >. E. Miles, 2 ck; 2 ckl; 1, 
2, 3, 4 hen; 'i pen. 

S. L, Wvandottes— Joe Pace, 1, 2 ck; 
1 ckl; 1, 3 pul; 1, -' hen; 1, 2 pen. C. 
L. Helsel, :! ck; :i hen. 

G. Wvandottes (). E Miles secured 
all the prizes with a very fine display 
of birds of excellent shape and color. 

Light Brahinas-J. C. Underwood 
had a clean sweep of all the prizes in 
this class with a string- of larg-e, fine 
station and e.xcellent colored birds, 
with a male bird scoring ')4 and with 
females scoring equally as good. 

Black Langshans — The prizes were 
divided between I. C. Price and J. r. 
Underwood. 

While Cochins P. C. Gordon won 1 
ck; 1 ckl; I pul; 1 hen; 1 pen. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — Frank Mc- 
Donald secured all the prizes with as 
fine a lot of Brown Leghorns as we 
have ever seen. 

White Leghorns — J. M. Krauter won 
1 ckl; 1 pul; 1 hen. C. L. Helsel se- 
cured 1 ck. J. C. Underwood, 1 pen; 2 
ck; 2 ckl: 2, :t hen; 2, I! pul. 

Haniburgs — Theodore Dessium won 
1 ck; 1 ckl; 1, ■.', :!. 4 pul; 1, 2, :i, 4 hen; 
1. 2 pen. 

C. M. Stilse secured all the premiums 
on BlacK Minorcas. 

White Minorcas — Harry Leibold 
with a tine display of birds won 1 , 2 ck; 
L-'ckl: 1. •.',:;, 4 pul; 1, 2, .'i, 4 hen; 1,2 
pea. 

Buff Cochin Bantams— 1>. A. Jones 
with a large display of little Buffs, 
which seemed to be the most attractive 
display in the show, won 1 ck; L '- ckl; 
1, 2, 3,4 hen; 1, 2, 3, 4 pul; 1, "-' pen. 

White Cochin Bantams— Robert Sha- 
wan won all the premiums offered on 
this variety. 

From the pigeon department, where 
there were over 400 birds on exhibition, 
all of which were of the very finest 
type, the exhibitors were; H. A. Metz, 
E. Colwell, W. T. Bergin, and G. F. 
Abbe. 

The incubator exhibit was something 
fine. It was made mainly by the Sure 
Hatch Incubator Co. of Columbus, O., 
and Clay Center, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 





\Vn!.JMetzmeier,lIndepen(li lice, lnwa, ^.wii.-, thi- beautifulJB. P. Rock pul- 
let and a fine flock of more of the same stripe. He can please you. 



1st prize Partridge Cochin hen owned 
by DeWitt Yates, Eairbury, Neb. 



FROM MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 

Did you ever notice the difference in 
exhibitors at the show? There are 
always more defeated candidates than 
those winning prizes, and these latter 
hold little consolation meetings up 
and down between the rows of coops 
and sympathize with one another, and 
pass jokes among themselves, and 
have a real good time. While 
the lucky ones, even while receiving 
the congratulations of friends and 
acknowledging gracefully the "kind 
words," seem to have a slight iceness 
and lonesomeness thrown around 
them; the distinction is hardly per- 
ceptible at limes and at other times 
it is very marked. The winners, while 
getting the money and the "honors," 
do not seem to be getting that most 
prized of all prizes — happiness and 
satisfaction — out of the show which 
the other side does. 

But one can not have it all their 
own way. And again I sometimes 
think the person who goes simply 
as a visitor gets more real unbiased 
satisfaction out of the show than any 
one else. Some things you do find out 
that you wish you hadn't, little weak- 
nesses in characters that you had 
hitherto held in such high esteem; but 
still these when banked against the 
greatness of the lives of others so 
fade them into insignificance that 
you forget all about it and are 
strengthened and gladdened because 
of it. 

These meetings are like — 
"Ships that pass in the night 



And speak each other In passing; 

Only a signal shown, 

Then darkness again and silence!" 

We are all getting ready for the 
early egg trade and the early chick. 
We had such a beautiful fall to live 
and work in that we have this part 
of our business pretty well in hand, 
and think we will be ready to meet 
all calls for early eggs promptly. 
W^hile our hen house under the hill 
is warm and snug, yet we do not in- 
tend that our fowis shall be turned 
into hot house plants by any means. 
We do not intend to turn them out in 
the snow, but they will get plenty of 
good cold air, and we expect them to 
earn their keep. 

When packing eggs for early ship- 
ment, guard against cold as much as 
possible. Line the baskets with two 
or three thicknesses of paper and 
wrap each egg in paper. It makes no 
difference what the other manner of 
packing may be, paper will keep out 
the cold air as nothing else will, and 
it is always handy, at least in the 
home of any one who has eggs to 
pack. I don't believe any one could 
be a successful poultry man or wo- 
man without papers. We barely have 
time to glance through many that we 
get, and give them away by the 
bushel basketful. 



We call all our readers attention to 
the advertisement of Archias' Seed 
Store. Sedalia, Mo. They have a fine 
catalogue and it is free. It will soon 
be time to put in your garden and flower 
seeds and the catalogue will do you 
1 jfood. Send for it. 




A94;'4 Li.ylit liiMlniia lieii nwnedby 
Geo. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr. 



Does It Paty to Advertise? 

Well, I should smile. 

Do you suppose we Missourlans 
would have found out that our pres- 
ident was assassinated had it not been 
for the printers' ink and the pulse 
of our nation? Some folks say that 
we Missourians have to see a thing 
before we will believe it, but that is 
a sad mistake. As Josh Billings has 
said, "We had no kin or kin-necfi.- 
shun" at Buffalo or Washington to 
write us up his obituary and send it 
to us, and as our chicken crop was too 
light to take such an elaborate trip 
this year, so we just turned our ears 
to the harp strings as they vibrated 
the sad news from shore to shore. 

And so it is in the poultry business, 
or any oth»r kind of enterprise, if you 
have not got your finger on the pulse 
and keep in touch witt the life of 
your business, you had better close 
your eyes and take a nap. But re- 
member while you are asleep you are 
losing your footing. 

As I always write from my own 
letter box, and if you will please par- 
don me for such a slangy expression, 
"I'll blow my horn from the stump." 
When we first started into the poultry 
business we were very careful about 
exposing our names and live stock be- 
fore the public, and we would say, 
"Little boats must keep near the 
shore," and all such cranky ideas. 

We would not advertise our young 
stock in our home papers until the 
cockerels' voices sounded the mascu- 
line chord and they could fly to the 
top of the highest fence, flop their 
wings a,nd crow like their great an- 
cestors. But I'll show you what we 
missed by our short-sightedness. 

One evening my husband came in 
and said, "Wife, we must advertise 
eur birds or we will not get to make 



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a sale this season. I met one of our 
old customers in town with a bird un- 
der each arm, and I said, 'Hello, there. 
Where did you get your game?' He 
told me very pleasantly where he 
had made his purchase, saying he had 
looked every week for our 'ad.' in 
the paper and not seeing it he came to 
the conclusion we had quit the busi- 
ness. But 1 just told him that we 
had only sadly neglected our busi- 
ness." The same week we had another 
just such a case, and do you know 
that after that we did not need to -be 
"showed" to believe it paid to adver- 
tise in time. 

By the next' week our ad. was in the 
home paper and we concluded that 
season that we had better let the world 
know what we had if we expected to 
live in the poultry business. 

Then we were afraid to send very 
far away from home for eggs for 
hatching purposes for fear the long 
ride and continued jolting might 
cause the chicks to be "knock kneed " 
or "pigeon-toed," and then we would 
have to stand accountable for such 
deformity. But, psah! Eggs can be 
sent from California to New York if 
handled with proper care, hatch and 
make as well developed birds as if the 
eggs had never been taken from the 
nest. 

We may live in any state in the 
union and know just who has fine 
poultry, what kind they have, and 
many times through the medium of 
poultry papers can see the yards, 
birds and into the very hen house 
doors of many poultry plants, and 
you can almost put your finger down 
upon the bird you want by keeping in 
touch with the vibrations of poultry- 
dom. 

Each month I am very eager to 
read the articles written by experi- 
enced poultry raisers and hunt up 
their ads. to see if they are still alive, 
and if I do not find them, well, I think 
just like the other fellow, "they've 
quit the business." 

They say that experience teaches a 
dear school, but I'll be liberal with 
the readers of the Investigator and 
give you, free of charge, what it 
cost me, so your advertising will not 
cost you as much as mine did, as the 
first sale I lost would have more than 
paid for the ad in our home paper. 
But, of course, a regular poultry paper 
is the place to advertise. It is the 
medium through which the very life 
blood of poultrydom flows, and each 
month as we feel their pulsation they 
quicken our energies and strengthen 
our enthusiasm to delve deeper and 
deeper into its hidden resources. 

EMMA PERKINS. 



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LEGHOKNS. 

(Exclusively) 

Birds of clioice brroiliii;;. Scoring from 93 to 
fl4!4 aru in my p,>ris for 1H02. Esrg.s from 
iliese pens $2.00 per dozen, A satisfactory 
ii.itch ^uaranlet'd, 

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 

(fvOUTE 1. STA. li.) 



Caution! Oon'tRead Thia Ad. 

Korifyiu do vnu will di-covcr wberelo 
jiut tiii- be^l id' \Uiiir lli.iks scoring from !):i 
to !li)"o ;ii, tlif i:ir.:.-i -IhM,^ I li rou^hout 1 he 
state of Ohio A i i uluini.iis. 1301. weshowed 
thirty Whili; K.irlis wiiii an averag score of 
!):i'». A 4-year-old cock hird scored SS'i und 
ersucli .111' sies a.s Bridge. Lan' . Crannier. 
Barger and .tones. Stock forsale. Eggs <!, Oil 
uei- 1.5. 

(Jolunibiis, Oliiii. 



Maughlin Bros. 



At the Columbus 
shows for the past 

three years 1 li;ive won more prizes tjian 
all other e.xhibitiirs combined. Fine shape. 
. e-xellent color, full combs and unexcelled 
as layers. Stoci.- for sale at all times. Egeis 
in season. .\ good hatch guaranteed. 

THEODORE OESSIUM, i::^"?^"^^;""- 



fertile eg'g'. 
hardy 
duck, bred 
to win best 



STOP! 

»S- KOSE and SINGLE, 
Rhode Island Reds. Buff I 
horns. Winners wherever sho 
Only strong- robust st 



pen 



•ill not 



jret i 



you send j-our order for ei/g 

Erlo Aurelius, 
Peppy, Lake co. Ohio. 



WWlnneps Again! H 0A class! 

White. Barred A- Buff Rocks, Silver and Laced 
Wyandottes. At last St. Louis show won 1st 
pen, 2 c"kl and special. Bowling- Green show 
1st pullet' 2d cock, 3d pen and special. They 
are sired by winners and bred to winners from 
sho-ws in Mo. III. and Ky.. Efcrgs$2.00 per l.S. 
2 settings $3.75. 



J. A. Douglas, 



Ferguson, Mo. 



dosing out SaieFF 



OF STANDARD BRED 
Toulouse g-eese at the fol- 
lowing- prices: 1-year-old 
birds, $2 to $3, according to 
weig-ht, 2-year-old birds $3 
to $4 each. Pekin ducks of 
standard weight at $1.5* 
each. 

My geese and ducks have won 
many 1st and 2iid premiums 
ill St. Louis, Mo., and are 
sure to please. 
Mrs. Eugene Hollard, 
Highland, III. 



Something Worth Knowing. 

.Money saved by making your own poultry 
remedies. To cure (Jholera. SOKE (UJK'E. 
Roup. Scales Leg. Lice. Jlites. Cheaprem- 
edvbutsure. E.vcellent Poultry Food lo 
nuike hens lay. I'eiebraled Douglas Mi.\- 
ture eic. All receipts for S' 00 or 25c each. 
Address with 2c stamp. 

\. Jl. HAdLWll, fioshen, Ind., It. F. D. !\'o. 2. 



My White Minorcas 



Won 1st, 2nd aLd 3rd at;Delaware and Co- 
lumbus on old and young stock. Scored 
90 to W'i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00 
per 1.") ; Sn.CO per -iri, satisfaction guaranteed 

HARRY LiEBOLD, Delaware, Ohio, 11. V. 2. 



24 



POULTRY CHATS 



Our farmers' institute is a thing of 
the past in Friend for this year. We 
attended the sessions as closely as 
other business would permit. Mr. M. 
F. Greeley of South Dakota talked to 
us on poultry. He advocated building 
poultry houses in connection with 
stock barns. His own are built on 
one side of the sheep shed. Then in 
cold weather the warmth from the 
sheep keeps the poultry warm. Very 
tew sheep are kept through this part 
of the country, so I don't see how 
we could make it work, unless we 
planned things as father had them on 
his Minnesota farm. They had a 
large square barn with lean-to buiit 
on the south and west sides. The 
southeast corner of this lean-to part 
was mother's hen house. The hens 
had full run of the barn at all times, 
and in cold, storm weather they were 
not so closely confined; in fact, hardly 
felt that they were shut in. She al- 
ways kept from one to three hundred 
hens, and shipped her eggs by the 
crate to Minneapolis. Hens always 
paid on that farm. They kept just 
common stock with a good deal of 
barred rock blood mixed in. Mother's 
chicks were always tame; she could 
take a handful of feed and pick one 
up at any time. The care given to 
baby chicks when they are young has 
everything to do with making them 
tame. 

Most children like to care for 
chicks. The extra care they give 
them makes tame birds besides it Is 
good for the children to have some- 
thing to take care of. It there is 
some living creature depending on 
them for food and shelter it teaches 
them to be thoughtful and careful for 
the lives of others besides themselves. 
In many homes the children have 
nothing that is their own to look after. 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

They should have an interest in some- 
thing. If we do not care to have them 
mixed up in the general flock of poul- 
try we can give them some separate 
breed. A pair or two of some pretty 
bantams would be nice, as they are so 
small they do not mix with the larger 
breeds. Build them a house make it 
snug and comfortable and let them 
have them all to themselves; they 
would be a pleasure and a profit to 
any farm boy or girl. It is to our 
interest to make things pleasant for 
our boys and girls on the farm. We 
want to keep them here with us. 
The streets and slums of cities and 
small towns are full enough now. We 
do not need to contribute any of our 
bright boys and girls to fill their 
ranks. It is very seldom that a boy 
or girl is expelled from a country 
school but how often do we find it 
in our town schools. We have even 
known nearly a whole class of seniors 
to be expelled from the high school. 
If those were country scholars there 
would be a big hubbub made. In last 
year's graduating class was a country 
boy. One of our town ladies was feel- 
ing so very sorry for him, for fear 
he would not do as well as the town 
boys. We took pains to be present, 
and our country boy outstripped the 
town boys by a long way, both in 
composition and delivery. Why is it 
that school boards and professors 
want to take our country boys into 
the high schools. I can tell you what 
they say, at least. Because they set 
a good example to the town boys, are 
more industrious, prepare their les- 
sons more perfectly and by so doing 
lead the town boys a race they do not 
like. Professors and school boards 
can see these things, so are doing all 
in their power to get our country boys 
into the high schools. We want them 
there; farm boys can use high school 
and business college educations, and 
we intend they shall have them. Well, 
I have wandered a long way from my 
chicken talk, but my articles are 
only chats anyway, and I may be ex- 
cused if I don't talk chicken all the 
time. 

MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 



GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM NOTES. 
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
The past week has been a stormy 
one, and a terror to the poultry tribe. 
One week ago tonight lightning ap- 
peared in the distance; by midnight 
rain was pouring down and continued 
until the evening of the following day. 
Then sleet set in, followed by snow, 
and a fall of temperature of 60 de- 
grees. One snowfall followed another, 
and finally a regular northern blizzard 



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40 exir.i line Ckls. for sale, with score 
cardsalsn 25 Extrs*. Fine M. Bronze 
Turkey Toms 1!1"1 halcli. weighing up- 
wards 21) lbs. Write for prices. 

C. M. HULBURT, Fairbury, Neb- 



Black Liangshans 

Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi- 
cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
season. Address, 

MRS. N. W, JOHNSON, Clay Center, Neb. 



For Sale.... 

200 Fine Black L,angshans. 200 
Some of the best I ever raised. 
Address 

Ber\. S. Myers, 

Crawfordsvllle, Ind. 

5;»QUEEN CITYS^ 

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Bnff Orpingtons 

AND 

White Wyandottes 



I never have failed to win in r 

largest shows. Birds score from . 

90to95>^. > 

. C ROCKHILL, I 

^ Harvard, Nebraska. ^ 




swept over us, the mercury fell to 12 
below zero, and it has been playing 
close around that point for several 
days. Fine sleighing is in order. Bui 
the chicken man has no time to en- 
joy such sport. It behooves us to be 
up and doing to prevent the fowls 
from freezing, keep them fed and 
watered and also try to induce them 
to keep on laying, which we are suc- 
ceeding in doing much better than one 
might suppose under the conditions, or 
inclement weather. It has frozen the 
lay out of the Barred and White 
Rocks and Black Minorcas, but the 
Brown and White Leghorns still keep 
at it. They have the advantage of a 
warmer house than the Rocks. Minor- 
cas and Leghorns are all in the same 
house. We have saved the combs of 
nearly all our B. Leghorn cockerels 
and all of our own breeding cocks that 
we could possibly get into the concrete 
house. Our loss will be very light, 
considering the sudden change and 
low temperature. 

There will be a large number of 
fowls perish from the affects of this 
storm all over the country. Such 
birds as have large combs and long 
wattles that roosted where they were 
exposed to the full force of the cold 
will be so badly frozen as to die from 
the effects. I have heard of a good 
many in this condition. All laying 
stock exposed to this storm will be 
"done for" for some time. They will 
not lay many eggs, if any, before 
warm weather comes, let that be late 
or early, and the longer the cold lasts 
the farther off will be the coming of 
eggs from all stock so exposed. Only 
for my warm concrete house, egg pro- 
duction on this place would have been 
cut short by this blizzard. I had 
made full preparations for the com- 
ing of cold and stormy weather, con- 
sequently stood in readiness to meet 
it, and by almost living with my 
fowls during the day and closing them 
in the houses securely of nights, I am 
holding my own. My egg record from 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

the fowls in this house has not fal- 
len off but very little. The Brown 
Leghorn pullets average about the 
same as before the storm. The short- 
age is in the Minorcas and White Leg- 
horns. 

The storm and cold doesn't affect the 
turkey as it does the chicken. They 
have no light combs or long wattles 
to get frosted; they get up in the 
trees to roost, turn their breast wind- 
ward (let it be north or south), put 
their heads under their wings and defy 
King Winter to "do them anything." 
They fly down from their tree perch 
rather late of a morning, wade the 
snow, and don't seem to care for a 
dry spot to stand on. I take a broom 
and sweep away the snow, making a 
nice place for them, but they go on 
wading the snow Just the same. They 
seem to enjoy a sun bath of a cold 
day as well as the chicken. I like the 
turkey and have a fine flock of them. 
Some people say they will eat as much 
as a hog, but that's all stuff. Mine 
don't eat any more than a chicken, 
and they are in fine condition. 

Wishing all the fraternity a happy 
and prosperous New Year, good night. 
E. W. GEER. 

Farmington, Mo. 



25 



MATE A PEN. 

On most farms where poultry la 
kept just for market stock and eggs, 
and on some where it is kept for more 
fancy sales, it is customary to gather 
the eggs for hatching from the whole 
flock. While many are using good 
male birds each year and thus trying 
to improve their flock, the improve- 
ment is necessarily retarded by the 
using of eggs from females of every 
grade and stage of development In the 
flock. No matter what you are breed- 
ing tor — and if you are raising poul- 
try at all you surely have some pur- 
pose in view — it will pay you to select 
your females for breeding as well as 
your males. 

Try selecting ten or a dozen of your 
best females, placing them with a 
good male in a yard by themselves, 
and compare the stock raised from 
these with that raised from the flock. 

Many are kept from trying this plan 
because they think it is necessary to 
have large yards with grass runs, 
bone cutters, fancy feeds, etc., but it is 
not. With two or three different 
kinds of grain, some table scraps, 
sand, gravel or something of the kind 
for grit, and a reasonable amount of 
care, you can keep your pen in a 
yard 10x20 feet and produce good fer- 
tile eggs. We know for we have 
tried it. R. R. FRENCH. 

Ford City Mo. 



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26 



Practica.1 Poxiltry 
Raising 

Ui M. M. .lliUNSIP.N. 



I like to see the Poultry Investigator 
grow, even though I had no personal 
Interest in the paper, I live to see it 
expand. Nebraska needs a live, prac- 
tical poultry paper. A big poultry 
raising state and deserves the best 
that is going. While the editor of a 
poultry paper is engineer, as it were, 
he can not make the very best paper 
without the help of other practical 
poultry raisers. Varied experiences 
are what make a paper valuable. The 
Poultry Investigator is exceptionally 
fortunate along this line, the articles 
from the numerous real poultry rais- 
ers eaech month in the Investigator 
makes It a good paper. The absence 
of jealousies and mud slinging makes 
it a clean paper; the fairness of all ad- 
vertisers makes it a safe advertising 
medium. But I have slightly strayed 
away from my text. Practical poultry 
raising is what I am trying to talk 
about. What I mean by practical, is 
to really make the most possible 
profits out of the business. Now and 
then see it mentioned "Poultry raising 
for profit, or pleasure," thus separat- 
ing the two ends. I have been look- 
ing for the man that would object to 
the profits. I want to see what he 
looks like. No, sir, there is no such 
a man. To the contrary, in ninety- 
nine cases out of a huhdred his profits 
are his pleasure. Occasionally, no 
doubt, a man can be found that buys 
some handsome fowls because ihey 
are handsome. That's the first stage 
of the chicken fever. The next thing 
he does is to build some nests and 
watch for the eggs— the fever running 
its course, that is all. Then he sets 
some eggs (all pleasure, of course.) 
Then he hatches out some chicks, and 
before they are a day old he is figur- 
ing on the profits, on what he has 
really made out of his bother, etc. 
This is the second stage of the fever. 
Later he takes some birds to the show, 
"just to be in with the boys," he says, 
but don't I know where I am at if he 
don' tleave that show room with the 
determination to do up the whole set 
of them another year with his favor- 
ite kind of chickens, and possibly he 
sold a rooster or two at the show for 
enough to raise a lot of his favorites, 
and I have never caught him giving 
away the price he hold the birds for, 
to some charitable Institution, any 
more than he would some other kind 
of money. All dollars look alike to 
bint, and h« would ai toon havs chick- . 
•B BOBty am atliar Mvaay. TkU is 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

the third stage of the disetse, and he 
seldom entirely recovers; he is a 
chicken man from then on. He is 
after the dolars as. well as the pleas- 
ure, or in other words, he is a prac- 
tical poultry raiser. 

Most certainly the ultimate outcome 
and chief end or practical side of poul- 
try raising is to make it pay, and the 
more it pays the more practical. I do 
not admit that I am a crank about 
thoroughbred poultry. I positively 
know the common mixed variety pays, 
and am equally sure that full-b:oo.1s 
pay better. Its just as true in poultry 
raising as it is in horse raising— a 
pony is a horse, of course, and will do 
to work, but he is a poor excuse just 
the same; nobody wants some like 
him; he is neither very useful or orna- 
mental; nobody proud of him and no- 
body treats him decent. If full blood- 
ed poultry had no other advantages, 
it would have the advantage of b3ing 
liked and will be taken care of. Yes, 
sir, and they should be oh every farm. 
They command respect for their own- 
er, they nlake his place look like 
somebody lived there, would raise the 
price of the farm through respect for 
it. Practical poultry raising is noth- 
ing short of making it pay to the ex- 
treme limit. Yours truly, 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



THE POUTRY SHOW AT MANHAT- 
TAN KANSAS. 

The annual show of the Manhattan 
Poultry aesociation is in full blast 
today (Wednesday), with a very cred- 
itable showing of nearly all varieties. 

The largest class was S. C. B. Leg- 
horns, with White Rocks a close sec- 
onds. The awards were: 

IJuff Rocks— All to the Smiths. 

Buff Cochins — All to Mrs. George 
Flatter. 

Buff Wyandottes— All to. the Ross 
Bros. 

White Rocks — A. A'^ilven, Wamego, 
first cock, first and second hen, first 
and third cockerel, second and third 
pullet, second pen. Mrs. L. R. Brady, 
second pullet, tie; third pullet, third 
hen, third pen. R. .1. Barnett, first 
pen, first pullet, second cockerel, and 
sweepstakes for highest score. 

Barred Rocks — All to T. J. Robinson 
except second cockerel. 

S. .C. B. Leghorn— W. A. Lamb, first 
cook, first cockerel, first pen, first hen, 
first and -second pullet. H. Amos, 
third pullet, second cock, third cock- 
erel. Mrs. George P. Brown, second 
and third hen, second cockerel, sec- 
ond pen. 

S. C. White Leghorns— All to Mrs. 
Georee Flatter, except ti« on first 
c«ck. A. J. LaMb, first cock, tie. 



Ohio's Whitest White Mh. 

Winners wherever shown the past 10 
year-, scoring 01 to 9(> points. Also 
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black 
MiiKjrcas. Eggs SI.")!! per setting. 

Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
Station A, Routr 2.| 



BUFF Exclusively. Winners 

COCHIN at the great Co urabus 

RAMTAMQ Show lOOl-.', and Ohio 
BANTAMS state E.xpcition 1901. 
-^ — Stock for sale. Eggs 

$1..50 per fifteen. 

D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 



LIGHT BRAHMAS- white u,<i k. 

H.Tk^ Whiu' ;iinl ~ilviT Luocd WhiicI- 
(.11, ■> Wliilc Mini lln.ivn LHL-horris, lVI<in 
lliu-ks. Ann rioaS IJL-l siiauis. Mvslo.li 
has wnn am pn-uiiiliiis in lii. ] a-l ti rt-e 



tl Ci 



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anrl ilie ul.io ^SIatl■ t.xijMsi 

He'd Oak FoiiKiy't'arni, "t. C. l \'l'i'K'K'H'fl(llI!l'i(ip. 
Sta. B, Columbus, Ohio, 



BRIGEL'S Celebrated Strains 

Rarr(!(l .Mates scoring as high as 94V.i and 
Un^Lu females us Ijli^h us 94',j uuder suc't 

nocks. j,i(i._.e5i as Krid'-'e. Lane. Jones, have 
won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
;rc:a Coluinbus >liow. N.Mvail;. and the Ohio 
.state K\positiim. yiock forsale at all times. 
EfS-'s $--'''J I'd- IJ. the l.inU tliat win. 

P. X. BRIGEL, Coluttibus Ohio. 



Light Bfalifnas aod Wtiite Wyanilottes, 

Bred from stock that .score- '.»2 to 9:1), 
points — I. K. Fetch strain — none bet- 
ter. A tine lot of White Wyandotte 
cockerels for sale Prices reasonable. 

Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Nebr. 

White Plymouth Rociis, 

Scored by Rhodes from 92'i to 94. 
Owens & Cumfield's strain, "Stay 

White." Egs-s SI. 50 per 1."). 

Wm, Randolph, 

Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. Mo, 1, 

TRAP NESTS. 

lust what you have heeii lookinK for- 
L'heaper tiian yo" can make tlieni your self. 
.Send a card willi your addi'ess and tte win 
leil %(>u all ahnii II. 
BoNNiKiiiiiST I'on.iin IMni. 

ROSS BROS., Manfiatlan, Kan. 



Ir*nre Bred Poiiltry. 
DARK BRAHMAS 
SILVER WYANDOTTES 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 

Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 

M.D.KING, Minden,Neb. 

For Sale. 

lOOolioice youne birds fnwii winners at 
Kansas and NelitasUa Stale Shows. nX)l. 
.S. S. Hanilini^'s. I'.iririd'.'o Cochins. Buff 
Cochins, Li-liI Hi,ilniias and B, P. KooliS. 
Show record on aijplicaiion. Kggs from 
. choicest niallngs ^l.aO per setting, 

DeWitt Yards, Fairbury, Neb. 




Mr. A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Nebr., 
breeder of Barred Roc>s. None but 
the best will do. 



Black Minorcas — H. Amos, first cock, 
first hen. 

Houdans— All to H. Chaffee. 

L. Brahma— All to H. Chaffee. 

Black Langshans — All to H. Chaf- 
fee. 

Rowen Ducks — H. Chaffee, first 
duck, first drake. 

Partridge Cochin — L. E. Brown, first 
pullet. 

White Wyandottes — All to William 
Dougherty. 

Trio Pekin Ducks— To K. S. A. C. 

Belgian Hares — To Ross Bros. They 
also showed a trap nest that was next 
to perfection. 

The greatest attraction was a pen of 
Scarlet Leghorns. 

A meeting of the association was 
held during the show and the follow- 
ing officers were elected for next yar: 
President, H. S. Cottrell; vice presi- 
dent, B. W. Smith; secretary, W. A. 
Lamb; treasurer, Mrs. George Flatter. 
Judge Rhodes scored the exhibit very 
satisfactorily. 



Three Settings of Eggs 



It had been a hara winter and Mr. 
Brown had each day found his finan- 
cial resources growing less and less. 
He was a farmer in moderate circum- 
stances, but had always been able to 
provide well for his family and send 
the boys and girls to a nearby town 
to school. The boys — three of them — 
were all established in homes of their 
own and only his youngest — Mary — 
remained at home; but somehow 
things had gone wrong and there had 
been little money to be spent for 
those little fineries that a girl cher- 
ishes. 

Mary's mother noticed the condition 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

of affairs and after some deliberate 
planning, she proposed a scheme to 
Mary whereby she might earn the 
money for the things which she would 
want so badly when the next year's 
social season began. 

This was the plan: Mrs. Brown 
should give Mary ten dollars and three 
setting hens and Mary should buy 
three settings of eggs and set the hens 
and care for the chickens when hatch- 
ed and all the proceeds should be her 
own, as the actual cost of feeding the 
thicks would be small since they 
would have the range of a large farm 
and could pick up most of their liv- 
ing till fall. 

So Mary and her mother drove near- 
ly fifteen miles to a poultry breeder 
and bought the three settings of eggs 
tor the ten dollars and the poultry 
man being very generous agreed that 
on the first of November he would 
take all the birds that scored 90 
points or more and would sell them 
at fancy prices, giving Mary one- 
third of what they brought. 

I shall now relate briefly Mary's 
adventure and her good fortune. She 
set the three hens and cared for them 
nicely, but only thirty downy chicks 
peeped a welcome to her, fifteen eggs 
she threw away. All that long hot 
summer Mary cared for her little 
brood. It was no easy labor, but she 
loved to watch the little chicks as 
they hunted for bugs and chased 
hither and thither, and they were 
growing so big and plump she felt 
repaid for her labor. 

The fields and the orchard were 
their roaming place and Mary fed 
them just a little wheat or corn In 
the evening when she shut them up. 
When fall came they could no longer 
scratch for themselves, but Mr. 
Brown told Mary that she might turn 
the chickens into the feeding room 
after the cattle and sheep had been 
turned out, that they might gather 
up the scattered grain. 

Mary had planted and raised some 
turnips and her mother gave her all 
the faulty cabbage, pumpkins and 
carrots, so Mary was singularly for- 
tunate in getting food for her flock 
at a very slight expense. 

With all of Mary's tender care only 
twenty chickens were to be counted 
when November came, but these were 
hardy fellows, full of strength and 
vigor, but since they had been made 
to hustle and had not been stuffed 
were not fat enough for selling at 
market prices. 

The poultry man came and scored 
them and carried ten away with him 
to sell. These brought from three to 
ten dollars apiece, so that he was able 
to give Mary fifteen dollars as her 



27 

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 
WHITE HOLLAND TIIRI^FYS 

In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell, 
in season. 
W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 



WHITE POULTRY 

Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian 
Geese. Kose Oomb Lp-ehorns. Plymouth 
Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored 
Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock 
winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
sented. .Southdown Sheep. Birkshire Swine 

J. A. LELAND, 

Woodside Farm, 

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 




We Sell.. 

Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure. Absolute sure 
cure; price 50c and $1.00. 
Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
era Cure, a preventation 
for all diseases; price .")0 
cents and $1.00. 

Hall's Egg Model 

an absolute necessity in 
operating incubators. 
Price .50c. Address, 

Poultry Investigator, 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - I1.7.S 
Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - Jl.OO 
Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
All above from prize-winnins stock and line 
bred. Catalogue sent. 

J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor. 

White Plume Farm, RichUeld, 111. 



Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
ord this Winter. 

He will make some of the boys smile, 
and girls too. His stock has always 
won wherever shown. 
B. P. R. aLi\d Buff Orpingtons. 

I have n Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
ingtons. $5, $1 and $10, and one pair 
$12. Have been booking orders for 
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 



[f you want .... 

Belg:ian Hares 

Call on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. L,ouis, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



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"Sir Henry J." A White Wyan- 
dotte ckl owned by Geo. B. Clary, 
Fairbury, Nebr. Score, !)4^4. 



share of the profits. 

By persevering efforts Mary suc- 
ceeded in selling the remaining ten 
among the neighboring farmers at one 
and two dollars apiece, bringing her 
fifteen dollars. Thus she had thirty 
dollars with which to buy other 
things besides the real necessities and 
thus Mary not only secured a few lux- 
uries she craved, but she learned the 
lesson of hard work and careful man- 
agement and by a closer contact with 
nature and nature's bounties she 
looked with clearer eyes upon the 
world and its maddening whirl of life. 
0. P. GREER. 



Eleven Years With Buff L,eghorns 



(By George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, 
Michigan.) 
1 have been breeding and showing 
this variety now eleven years. My 
first start was with pure white tails 
and wings. In 1893 I purchased a 
cockerel that gave me a true start, and 
since then great improvement have ad- 
vanced, and there is plenty of chance 
yet for new improvements. During 
the eleven years, we have laerned 
much about this valuable bred, and 
know, by actual experience, we have 
more to learn yet. The buff color is 
harder to breed than almost any other 
color, as the judges in almost all cases 
have different ideas what said color 
should be. I have heard breeders rec- 
ommend to purchase nothing but pure 
buff birds. We would like to know 
how many pure buff birds these breed- 
ers have seen. It seems to me — I may 
be wrong — that when we get pure Buff 
Leghorns, we will have them scoring 
94 to 96, as common as the Whites 
and Blacks. If we are right, then 
we have not the pure buff we want, 
or the judges are not giving them their 
just duM. Our oplntoD is that th* 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

judges are giving them about what 
they are worth — from 90 to 94%, with 
a chance for us to improve. We have 
only seen, now and then, a bird hon- 
estly worth 94 to 95 in females, and 
they are as near buff as we believe we 
have today. So, when you are pur- 
chasing, do not think you can get the 
Simon pure ones for any small price, 
in females or cockerels either. How 
many so-called pure Buff Leghorn 
cockerels ever proved to be good 
cocks? We have yet to see one. In 
most cases the good cocks, when they 
were cockerels, were chestnut or 
bronze in tail and wings, and, as 
cocks, this comes in lighter, which 
makes a fine buff. We have found, 
in our breeding, that a cockerel with 
chestnut or bronze in tail will throw 
as near pure buff offspring as we have 
seen. This is no guess work, but fact; 
also, females with black in tail, mated 
with a cockerel with buff tail mixed 
with white, will bring pure buff now 
and then. Any of these matings will 
bring you all the white you want, and 
more than we all want. For a good 
breeding bird give me a cockerel with 
chestnut, bronze, or even some black; 
on good females will produce a nice lot 
of show birds. If you can get a pure 
buff cockerel with strong tail and 
wings, he is worth his weight in 
Klondike nuggets. A great deal, in 
getting good birds, is the care, atten- 
tion and feed. It is one-half the mak- 
ing of a show bird. This labor com- 
mences from the time the chick is 
hatched until it enters the show room. 
The chicks must have shade, and they 
can't have too much. We feed good, 
yellow corn, and plenty of it (would 
hot feed white corn if it was given 
us), wheat, oats, pumpkins, carrots, 
buckwheat, sunflower seeds, oil meal, 
potatoes and cabbage, and the last, 
plenty of green bone. Six weeks be- 
fore show season we separate all cock- 
erels from the females and put each 
show cockerel in small coops, and 
handle them once a day to tame them 
down, as the Buff Leghorns are high 
flyers, and when we first put them in 
the pens for winter and enter the coop, 
they remind us of little yellow bal- 
loons, poping up all over. 

The Buff Leghorn is not the great- 
est fowl before the public — there are 
others just as good — but they are by 
no means the poorest, either. Thoy 
are a beautiful breed, full of life and 
activity. Take a nice pen of them 
out on the lawn and they are admired 
by all. as the cockerel resembles "the 
only pebble on the beach." They are 
great layers — laying just as many eggs 
as any Leghorns — and for size they 
are larger, therefore laying a larger 



It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing- of a large flock ou a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dog. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
r/^- Males $10.00; females $5.00. 



Bufif Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 

C. W. Leghorns, White 

Wyandotteg. 

Stock from high scoring- birds and 
winners wherever shown. Prices right 
Send your wants. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 

Notice!..--^ 

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
den Sebrignt Bantams from $1 to $2 
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
for any kind of standard bred poultry. 

W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE 
TURKEYS.^^ 

That score from 94 to 9~;{; Barred 
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co- 
chins, score from 87 to 9'(i'4; Pekin 
Ducks that have won hundreds of 
premiums, have been sold to all 
parts of America and Europe. 
Chester White Swine 

Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill. 

Golden Wyandottes. 

Our Wyandottes never have failed 
to win in the best company. Young 
stock for sale. 

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb 

WINNERS St. Paul and Cedar Rapids Show 
for sale. Stay While birds of lartre size 
Very vigorous, bay eyes, red face, briellt 
yellow letrs and skin. Write your wants 



111 I ■ 



ill ! 



GRANT MOTT. 
Box A-2!). Austin. Minn- 



My Buff Rocks 



Won at Madison Sqtiare Garden this 
season; at Boston and other great 
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
record. 

MILES H. LOLER. 
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 



Olentangy : : : 
Poultry Yards 

Delaware. Ohio. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
Indian Games, Buff' Cochin Bant- 
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular 




1st prize B. P. Rock pullet owned by 
P. J. Schwab, Clay Center, Nebr. 



egg. 

Last season we raised seventy birds 
at home, with only six cull cockerels 
and eight cull pullets. We consider 
this breeding as good as most of the 
old standard breeds, and shows that 
they are not breeding all culls. They 
are quick growers, the cockerels crow- 
ing at six or seven weeks old, and fe- 
males begin laying at five and six 
months, keeping it up all winter if 
given proper care and a warm place. 

We hope that every person interest- 
ed in this popular breed will join the 
American Buff Leghorn club^ as it only 
costs $1, and the benefits are worth 
five times the cost to the members 
and the breed. 



Prepa-ring Birds for SKo>v 
a.nd Shipping 

Tlie cold wave came suddenly and 
unexpectedly. We had a drop of 50 
degrees in twenty-four hours. Per- 
sonally, I like cold weather, but even 
I, who, as all my friends would tell 
you, never stop for the weather, only 
when it is "awful hot," cannot get 
used to the sudden cold, but there 
was work to do. Husband was gone 
to the state show; son and I at home 
alone. The chickens had not all tak- 
en to the hen house yet, though we 
had been trying to get them to, but 
the boy came bravely to our help, 
neglecting or leaving the other chores 
until after dark — the boy and the dog, 
a shepherd. The chickens scattered, 
hiding in the vineyard, but the boy 
and the dog went after them like 
hunting rabbits. The dog would lie 
down, holding the chicken under his 
paws until the boy got It. They made 
fun out of the work. Not a chicken 
was hurt, but how did the bay man- 
age it? One or two that we did did 
not find that evening I tried to catch 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

with the dog afterward, when the boy 
wasn't at home, but I could not get 
him to look at the chicken. He would 
go off looking for rabbits every time 
I pointed toward the chick. 

Husband brought our birds thirty 
miles across sountry. Some of the 
combs were frozen stiff. We thawed 
them out in cold water, then bathed 
them, after drying very carefully, with 
equal parts of glycerine and rosewater, 
and saved every comb and wattle ex- 
cept the small tip of one point. 

This glycerine and rosewater is the 
very best preparation for chapped 
hands or faces, or to put on the combs 
or wattles of birds when shipping 
them in cold weather. I have always 
had to keep something of the kind 
for my hands, they chap so easily. I 
used to keep bay rum and glycerine, 
but that made such an unpleasant 
burning sensation, until some five 
years ago, while visiting an aunt of 
my husband's over in Illinois. One 
morning while preparing for a long 
drive about the country I made the 
remark that I would enjoy the drive 
so much, but that the wind would 
make my face burn like fire when we 
got back. Aunt picked up a bottle 
from the washstand and said, "May 
put some of this on your face and 
the wind won't hurt it. I always use 
it before I go on a long drive." I 
did so and it had such a pleasant 
soothing feeling that I asked what it 
was. "Glycerine and rosewater, equal 
parts mixed," she replied, and that 
drive was a revelation. We were out 
half a day, and for the first time in 
my life with no burning face from 
the effects of the wind. Just last week 
a neighbor and I went thirty miles 
across the country to the poultry show. 
I had bathed my face and hands In 
the preparation before starting, well 
knowing what I should suffer if I did 
not. My friend started out without it 
and at the end of the journey suffered 
no little inconvenience from her burn- 
ing face. 

But to get back to the chickens. 
When preparing them to go on a jour- 
ney scrub their combs and wattles 
with warm soapy water with a tooth- 
brush. Dry at once with soft cloth 
and apply immediately the glycerine 
and rosewater. It dries in at once, 
leaving them bright and handsome, 
with no greasy or oily look afterward. 
I wish you would clean one up in this 
way as soon as you can, just to see 
what an improvement it makes. To 
be most effective they must first be 
washed good and clean. So must your 
face and hands if you use it on them. 
Then as soon as wiping put it on. 
We treat our chickens' feet and 



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For a short time you can get this pa- 
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sample. 

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Ithaca., Mich. 



Now Ready..-^ 

Young stock for .sale at the Golden 
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
tion of stock. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BEIMOMT, WIS. 



Poultry Supplies 

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 25c and 50c a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food $2..50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure .50c and II a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, S12. 

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
per 100 pounds $1.00 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O- 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 

The best Foldina:^^^ 
Exhibition Coop.. ^ 

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 

M;inutactures and sells the best Exhibition 
Folding (Joop on the mailiet. Prices within 
the reach of Mil. He alfO has .W S. C B. LEG- 
HORN COCKBRBl.^ (or sale from 75c to $2.00 
each. Write your wants. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




The junior iiiciiiIki . ii i h. iinn .if Mi. ^ 
Nebr., feeding their prizc-winuing Rocks. 



il Mr>. A. Mptoii \' Son, Fairbury, 



shanks in the same way. You have no 
idea how it brightens them up, and 
I do take a great pleasure in sending 
them from the station at home look- 
ing so bright and healthy. A chicken 
with a red face and comb can't help 
but look healthy. They simply can't 
sit humped up in the cold when heads 
and feet are so comfortably warm. 

If you are subject to cold feet try it 
on yourself. Give them first a good 
soaking, wipe dry and put the prep- 
aration on at once. 

People who do much desk work will 
often be troubled with cold feet, be- 
cause of the rush of blood to the 
head to stimulate the brain, leaving 
the extremities unprovided for, and 
an unnatural and unpleasant coldness 
follows. MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 



Keep An Account 

Keep an account of every part of 
your poultry business. It is necessary 
to do so if you want to know how 
you are getting along, whether you 
have made anything and if there is a 
chance to make a profit. Everyone 
wants to know how he is getting 
along in his business. The store- 
keeper knows how much profit he is 
getting and how much he may be los- 
ing. All business men know the 
same things. They know it only by 
keeping an account. They usually 
employ a person to do nothing else 
but attend to their books and write 
their letters, etc. Butt o keep an ac- 
count of your poultry you do not need 
to employ some one for that purpose, 
neither need you to understand all 
the most difficult facts of double entry 
bookkeeping. You can charge your 
fowls with their cost and all feed used 
during the year, together with every- 
thing that you have bought for them. 
At the end of the year give them 
crsdlt for all th« eggs laid, ceumtlag 



in what you have used and set and 
also what you have sold. Also give 
them credit for the value of those 
that you have left, as perhaps some 
of them have died. Any that you 
have sold or eaten should be given 
proper credit. The amount received 
for any other product, such as the 
manure, if you sell it, should be cred- 
ited. The difference between the debit 
and credit sides of the account shows 
the gain. You can balance up the ac- 
count each month, instead of the end 
of the year, if you desire; then you 
will know how you are getting along. 
You can keep an accurate account for 
the chickens raised or combine it with 
that of the fowls. I prefer to have It 
separate. The beauty of keeping an 
account i= that it keeps you posted 
on how your fowls are paying you 
and if not paying, you will know it 
and be able to correct the management 
so it may pay you. 

P. W. SHEPARD. 



Perfect Chick Feed. 

Arminjj;tun, III., Dec. 21. 19111. 
W. F. Chamberlain, Kir', wood. Mo. 

Dear Sir: As it has been sometime 
since you have heard from me I 
thought I would write you. 

This has been a successful year with 
me in the poultry business. I raised 
the finest lot of Lig'ht Brahmas this 
year that I have ever raised and I at- 
tribute a good part of my success to 
CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT 
CHICK FEED, for with this feed and 
proper care there is no reason why one 
cannot raise little chic s. and chicks 
raised on this feed mature better. 
Every one that has seen my chic sthis 
fall pronounce them the finest in this 
part of the country. I have had a 
splendid trade this fall and have not 
had a single complaint, so you may 
look for some big orders from me this 
spring, as quite a luimber have already 
spoteforthe feed. I think I will try 
to Keep a supply of it on hand at all 
tim«6. Yours respectfully, 

C. F. Lipsey. 



GINSENG... 



The great-Chinese Root. Im- 
mensely profitable, $6 to $12 
a pound. Illustrated circular, 
fullest instructions, best pub- 
lished, with prices for plants 
and seeds, loc. Buy direct 
and save 50 to 100 per cent in 
prices. Our own farms in Cal- 
ifornia. Mention paper 

H&rlan P. Kelsy, 

Tremont Bld|g. Boston, Mass 



B B. Red Game Bants, 

Buff Pekin Bants 

Buff Wyandottes, 

Buff Leuhorns, 

B uff Rock s. 

^^ 

My stock is as good as can be had 
any where and have won in all princi- 
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and 
score equal to the best. 

D. LINDBECK, 
Bishop Hill, Illinois. 



BUFf COCHINS 

Exclusively. 
J ust What You Are 
Loolcing For .... 

The Pure Golden BufiF. Win- 
ners in ny company. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 



White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
LlncolH, Nebr. 



David Larson, 



Wahoo, Nebraska, 

Expert Poultry Judge 

I have had years of experience in 
breeding, mating and judging. For 
reference 'o qualification, write Poul- 
try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
I am open for engagements. 



My . .. 

Buff Orpingtons 

. . . Have no equal 

Bm Plymouth Rocks 

(Thompson Ringlets.) 
If you want good stock I have i 



JOHN A. 

Harvard 



LING, 

Nebraska 



Advertising e4.rvd Selling 



In late fall and winter the breeder 
who has been engaged in poultry cul- 
ture long enough to have sufficiently 
mastered the business as to be recog- 
nized as a successful breeder has a 
great number of birds for which pur- 
chasers are wanted. 

Not only has the breeder planned 
and toiled to hatch and raise birds 
needed for use in home pens and 
yards, but the hope and expectation 
of good demand and sale for all sur- 
plus stock of good quality has been 
an everyday incentive to best care and 
management of the fowls — matured 
and chicks — all through the season. 

These "for sale" birds represent a 
great many dollars to the breeder, but 
while they remain in his yards, un- 
called for, they will never realize the 
dollars for him. 

What does it profit one, even though 
the owner of birds possessing every 
every excellent quality and in great 
numbers if no sale is had for them? 
Such fine fowls may be the pride and 
delight of the breeder, nevertheless 
they are not loved so well that they 
cannot be parted from. Since the 
breeder has raised fine birds for pos- 
sible customers, the first step toward 
accamplishing his object Is to let the 
poultry public know that he is 
ready to supply the new breeders, by 
advertising the stock for sale. The 
more widely the breeder advertises 
and the better he is known, if known 
to be reliable and honest, the more 
successful Is that breeder. Much de- 
pends upon the medium chosen to 
carry the news of surplus stock for 
sale, out into the poultry world. Bet- 
ter to use a small space in a poultry 
journal that is one of those having 
the widest circulation than to utilize 
a half page in one of the "lesser 
lights," even though the small space 
costs many times more than does the 
large advertisement. It will not take 
long for you to prove the worth of 
your advertising medium, if the paper 
is extensively read, and the copy fur- 
nished for your advertisement was 
"taking," or so worded as to attract 
and hold the attention, you will soon 
receive inquiries because of it. The 
realization of the desires that insti- 
gated the placing of an advertisement 
with some journals depends a great 
deal upon the wording and arranging 
of the copy. In the effort to secure 
customers, never fish for them with a 
falsehood-baited hook. Better never 
to sell a bird than to accomplish the 
sale by misrepresentation, and so 
have a dissatisfied customer. If the 
fowls for sale are of some particularly 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

noted and much sought after strain, it 
is all right to so state the fact; if the 
stock is scored and the score is such 
as to make them desirable, let the 
seeker after fowls of your breed or 
variety know of it; or it unscored, if 
your birds possess especially fine qual- 
ities in color, size, comb, or other 
parts, it may help to sell them to 
speak of this excellent quality. Say 
all the good things about your birds 
you want to say when advertising 
them, as long as there is no deviation 
from the truth. 

The paper or journal iu which our 
advertisement appears does not bring 
us sales, primarily, but inquiries for 
prices and description of fowls, and 
whether we make sales or not the 
advertising medium has done its part, 
and we must secure the inquirer for a 
customer by our own personal efforts, 
if he or she is secured at all. It the 
inquiry is explicit in making known 
the wants of the writer, it is an easy 
matter to answer it and so clearly and 
fully that the inquirer will have no 
doubt as to the appearance of the 
described bird or birds as it is, or they 
really are. 

But, unfortunately, all letters are 
not explicit; on the contrary, in my 
experience at least they are more often 
than otherwise, obscure. Perhaps 
this very brevity may make the at- 
tempt to word a reply a very diflicult 
undertaking. For instance, one I re- 
ceived recently: "Please give me your 
price on a male." As I breed two 
varieties of poultry, I had no way of 
knowing which the male was to be 
selected and priced. And study the 
inquiry as carefully as I could there 
was nothing in it to inform me for 
what purpose the male was wanted, 
or what qualities were desired. One 
cannot take time to fully describe 
males of different degrees of excel- 
lence in a reply to such an inquiry, 
and so must be confined to generaltles, 
and to neglect placing our advertise- 
ment in some reliable, extensively cir- 
culated poultry journal, or to treat 
with careless in difference the letters 
of inquiry — the fruit of our advertise- 
ment. MATTIE WEBSTER. 



Years of Experience 

Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
niv different yards I haye selected 5 pullets 
scored ')3 and S which scored ^2'^ and from this 
pard I wish to sell a limited number of settinjrs 
of eiTBfs at 3 00 per setting- All ee?s sold will 
be from thisyardand from these birdsexclusive- 
ly. I haye a few pullets scaring fro m ''0 to ll'.- 
also a few Choice cockerels which I will sell at 
prices that are right. All eggs and birds Sold 
by me will be as represented or money re- 
funded. 

Wm Metzmier, Independence, la 



31 
Black Langshans. 

1st cltl, 1st ben, Neljr.. ■ State Show litoi. 
1st ppn. 1st ck. 1st ckl. 2nd pullet Nelir. 
Siate Fail. ISIOl, 1st pen. 1st and 3rfl pul- 
iel, 2nd cli. 2nd ckl. Nehr. State Poultry 
Show iit i.incoln, 1902. Eggs $2.00 per i:i. 

J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES! 

1st, ck, l.st. ckl. 2d, and. Id, hens. id, pul- 
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State 
vShow. Light Brahmas. Eggs S2.S0 
per 15. 



£ B DAY, 



North Bend, Neb. 



nMnnrit and Buff Plymotith Rocks, 
DAnnCU Buff and Partridge Cochins 
Silver Lace and White 
Wyandottes. CoiTespondence cheer- 
fully answered and all orders prompt- 
ly filled. Stock first class. 

Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus. Neb. 
Rose Comb White Leghorns! 

Cockerels and pallets from winners at St. Paul 
and Mitchell, with score cards by Russell 
Must sell quick to ? make room for breeders 



J. F. Relnelt, 



Tripp, S. Dakota 



\U A PnrlKkQ Breeder of Buff 
WW. *«. W-\Jtkt\S9. and White Wyan- 
dottes. For the past four years I have [won 
the majority of the best premiums in full 
classes, 22 1st, 10 2nd, 9 3rd and, 5 specials. I 
am booking orders now for a limited no, of 
eg^-s from these prize mating-s for S2-00 per 
setting, 2 settings S3. 50. 3 setting's $5.0<1. 

North Topeka, Kan, 



Please Let Me Tell You 

My ButI Cochins have again won their 
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To 
make room for my breeding pens I will sell 
trios, pens and singles at bargains for the 
next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
Eggs in season. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 

White Leghorns. 

Incubator eggs from liocktsoo perKHi. 
Fro,,, ,_-ii,,i,-e ,i,am,gs $1,.W per 1.3. S3 50per2li, 
LAVRUSAM) \VINNEt{S. Scottish Terrier 
puppies Jli.OU and S'l.OO 

PRACTICAUPOULTRY FARM, "; 

R. R. fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.x 47, Ford City, Mo 



WHITE PLUIWE POULTRY YARDS hnvi 
some extra Fine White Holland Tur- 
keys for sale at $1..TO to ta.OO each. No. 
1 White Rocks and White Wyandottes. both 
yunng and old stock for sale cheap. Holland 
Tuik.iys took Ist prize at Des Moines this 
winter as did Enibden geese, A few White 
Guineas for sale it $1.00 apeice. Eggs in sea- 
son from above birds also White Cochin and 
White Indian Games. Mention Investiga- 
tor when you write. 
Mrs. H. Clark, Dallas Ceater, Iowa 



SILVER WYANDOTTES 

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at tbe last 
eig-ht State Shows and many other larg-e 
shows, winning" more premiums than aU 
other competitors of this variety combined _ 
Good birds for sale. Egrg-s from prize pens' 
15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred 
stock, farm range. 100, $4. 

mps J. UX. CAflSE, 

EmpoPia, K^"- 




Chick Feed. 

Extra Quality. 

We are putting up the. best dry. teed on the 
market to-day. It Iscspeelally^preparefl for 
the rearing of young chicks from the time 
they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. 

We want reliable agents In all parts of the 
United Slates. The feed is all right and 
when once tried Is always used. Sample by 
mail 4c. CMrculars tree. 

Steinmesch & Co., 

St. Louis, Mo. 

Referenco: Editor this paper. 



UiUiiy Poultry Farm 

Are you lookitig for something- fine 
in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas «& White 
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
so Games and Leghorns. 

H S. FULTON & CO , 

Lock Box 24 Stewartstowii, Pa. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Cockerels $1.00. $3.0u and $:> no eiirh. Pullets. 
fl.OO. $2.00. $^.00. Uorih double whiit 1 am 
asking for them. Above prices good for Jan- 
uary only. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. 



MAMMOTH STRAIN 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 

... .as bred by. . . . 

H. T. RODGERS. Caitisvltle, Mo. 

Are great prize 

winners again 

At the recent C'alnsvlUe. Mo. Show, against 
birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
other large shows, we made a remarkable 
record which proves the MAMMOTH STRAIN 
is as good ».■> Miu best. 

1st on (Jock. 1st on lien, 1st, 2d and 3d on 
Pullets, Oookerels and pens; also every 
special including the grand prize over all. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Eggs SI. 50 per IS, S3.00 per SO, S5.00 

per 100. Our stock is first class. 
P, J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 



We see by your last publication tnat 
you wish to hear from your patrons 
their experiences of the different va- 
rieties of poultry. Our experience has 
been very limited, dating baclc just 
some three years, although we have 
been paying strict attention to all de- 
tails both large and small. We are, 
like many others, situated on a farm, 
aud when that disease (chicken fever) 
struck us, we were prone to start with 
five varieties, but soon discovered that 
we had four kinds too many for an 
amateur, t They were Barred Roclcs, 
R. C. B. Leghorns, S. C. B. Minorcas, 
Houdans and Buff Wyandottes. We 
have discarded them all for the Buff 
Wyandottes, and they now have the 
exclusive right of the place. 

We find in them the all-purposed 
fowl sought after by many — great 
layers, hardy, good mothers, and the 
best table fowl, and as to chicks we 
find them robust, far more so than 
any we ever raised. A neighbor 
who is a White Wyandotte and 
Barred Rock enthusiast, visited my 
yard during the hatching season and 
remarked that our chicks were so 
much stronger and active than his 
were. Management has a good deal 
to do with this. If the breeding pens 
are not made up of strong, active and 
healthy birds, do not expect the chicks 
to be healthy. Another point in hav- 
ing one variety is that a flock of one 
variety, no difference what kind, pre- 
sents a far better and more pleasing 
appearance than do several kiuds to- 
gether. Again, in every community 
there are people who seem to look 
down on those who are breeding 
fancy poultry, and they are the very 
individuals who come around in the 
fall and pay from 50 to 75 cents each 
over market price for your surplus 
cockerels. 

In conclusion, let me congratulate 
you on the tidy appearance of The 
Poultry Investigator. The- last edi- 
tion was well worth the price of a 
year's subscription. 

CHARLEY E. BROOKS. 

Palermo, Ohio. 



ALFALFA FOR POULTRY. 
We find alfalfa a splendid good feed 
for poultry; it is a hardy plant and 
comes the first green feed in the 
spring. As the snow melts away the 
green leaves may be seen just peering 
out of the ground. When once you 
get a good stand it will remain in- 
definitely, grows a mass of leaves 
which are rich in protiem and makes 
a wonderful egg producing food. With 
■om« gr««n ration It forms a p«rfeot 



0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Wiiimng 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS, 

Stock for salt.' at iiii times. Eggs in season 

[.e.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Greeo, Mo. 



I ictonl'I' YOtI WANT HAKKEI) 1>. HOCK 
LIOlCll I cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev- 
ery cent asked, scored or unscored. 
send nie .\ our order and let me prove my prom* 
ise to please vou. EegsSl. From all scored 
stock by Ralip and Heimlich. ;Sl-50 and il. No 
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want. 

Mrs. A- P. Rodgers. 
Bowling Green, Mo. 



The manufacturer of i he 

Shaub Cofflpartmeot Brooder 

Is not oftering something for nothing, 
but does offer the best brooder in the 
world for the money. The best is al- 
ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata- 
logue. 4cinstam|s. 

M. O. Sherer, 
Box 19. Louisville, Ohio. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
FOB PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
Six YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
Cockerel, 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
hibition birds for sale. 

H. R. McLean, 
Red Oak, - - Iowa 



HBUff W nfltons and C ocbfng. 

^^^^^^^^ Bred from mj^ own 
^^^^^^^^^^ Importations. 

I won more premiums than 
any other two exhibitors at 
the Nebraska State Show, 
1901. Before buying any- 
thing write me — it will be a 
pleasure to give you prices. 

Ida J. Buehler, %%Z%%%Z;.. 




Old Homestead Brooder. 

The best on earth. All your chickens can be 
saved in the Old Homestead Brooder. 
Try .me. Write (or prices. Address 

Old Homamlaad Brooder Co., 
middloboro, Mmam.... 



llY MAMMOTH Areholdiugihelrowo 
ICI/IM DIIPI^C throughout, the west. 
CMn UUU^O nave always won high. 

est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and 
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my 
customers. A few elegant Huff Kox at 
half real value. 

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo 



PEKINS 

HALI.OCK STK.^IN. 

Will sell a few choice drakes and 
d ucks, $1 each. Orders lor eggs booked 



Belgian Hares 

Pedigreed, leading strains. A grand 
lot of yotingsters sired by a 95?4-point 
buck. Bred does always on band. 
Booklet on the industry for stamp. 

Stephatti Poultry Co. 

Belleville, lllltiois. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

feed for growing chicks; their plum- 
age will glisten and their yellow beaks 
and shanks seem to have perfect color- 
ing. We have a large field adjoining 
the poultry yard here, the growing 
stock roam at will, they are bugs and 
grasshoppers in abundance, so with 
their morning feed of ground green 
corn, wheat or barley, fresh water and 
milli once a day they grow vigorous 
and free from disease. For the yarded 
birds they cannot have this privilege. 
Three times each day we go and nip 
of the tops as the young sprouts, 
either of which are tender and so well 
liked by all fowls, and give it to them 
to eat, either on boards or a clear 
space in their yards. How quickly 
they wil gather around a bunch of 
green alfalfa. We cut the crop three 
times — three good crops, and the last 
one is about a half crop; so there is 
none ever gets moody, but are tender 
and of a lovely green color, and if 
the proper care be taken will come out 
of the steck in winter green and the 
leaves still on the stems and small 
branches. And here is where we get 
our alfalfa for winter use for the poul- 
try as the armfuls are carried from 
the stack or shed and fed to cattle, 
horses and hogs, the leaves sheltering 
down and can be gathered in a basket. 
They are mostly leaves and no stems 
and all poultry eat them when placed 
within their reach; no scalding nor 
extra work; just scatter them along 
after their morning meal and soon you 
will see none left over. Poultry that 
have alfalfa for green feed keep in 
good condition. Hens will lay all win- 
ter when given this for green ration 
each day. I believe it would pay all 
poultry raisers to have a patch tor 
their fowls if not for stock and hay. 
It withstood drouth so well this sum- 
mer when no rain came for so long, 
and the alfalfa remained green and 
grew in spite of the drouth. Its roots 
go deep in the ground and find moist- 
ure. MRS. J. B. JONES. 
Abilene, Neb. 



33 



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WILL IT PAY TO BUY AN INCU- 
BATOR? 
I was reading an article a short time 
ago in regard to incubators. The 
question was asked will it pay to buy 
an incubator for 150 hens. To the best 
of my knowledge and experience it 
will pay with only twenty-five hens. 
Some people think it is too much 
bother to look after an incubator, but 
the same people will work and carry 
old boxes or barrels around and use 
different kinds of lice killers to satu- 
rate the boxes and barrels and will 
have to pen old biddy on the nest for 




G.B. CLARY 

Fairbury, 
Nebraska 



1 Chalk WbitB Wyandottes 
Breeder of •< Mairmiuth Light Brahrnas 
( Buff Orpingtons. 

Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
isfaction assured. 



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White . 
L angshans 
Exclusively 



Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing from 90 
to 95 points, 
$1.50 per IS; 
$2.75 per 30; 
this season 
only. Some 



good Ckls. for sale with score 
cards by Ben S. Myers. 

All Stock Farm Raised. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
Rook Port, Missouri 



34 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Momtock for malel Kuso CoDibji. Bull 
Oipin^'inns. A fuw I'Kics at $5 till p' r IS. win- 
ners at Iti'd OiiU and Osceolii. Iowa, and Ne- 
braska State Show at Lincoln, .Single 
Combs, eggs. J.I.OO per la. 15 00 per 2B. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



BUFF COCHINS. 

I>lrkl scoif 111',. Isl hen :i:.'.i. iit Nebraska 
State Sliow at Lincoln. i;;.'tfs j;i ix) per la. 
Breeders also of Sbort Horn cuttle and Du- 
roc Jersey swine, r. K. DAVIS, I'rop. 
W. .J. SIITOHELL. I'ouKry Manager. 

Columbus, Nebr. 



—White and Buff Wyandottes.— 

Prize Winners 1st CUl :tt El>;in. 1st and 2nd 
■ ckl. :Jud pullet, ard ben. ijnd pen at Kork- 
ford. 1st and 2nd ckl. 1st and ard ck. 2nd 
hen 3rd puUet.ilst. 2nd and 3rd pen.s at Bel- 
vldere. 111. 1002. Orders Ijookcd for esgs 
la.Ofl per la. 

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III 



Doti't Fool Yourself! 



By selecting a poor vegetable cutter. Got 
an O K. cuts every tblni; ed'.ble for the table 
nr for the poultry. Send S3..i0 for sample 
mnchlne. Auenis wanted. Address 

Dep't. A., 0, K. MfgGo. Florin, Pa- 



Single Comb 
White Leghorns. 



Eggs for hatching' from the cream 
of my flock, as I have the advan- 
tage of .selecting my breeder-s from 
arnotig seven hundred choice birds 

all bred and owned by myself 

Nothing but the very best speci- 
mens of most prolific layers are 
ever used. Descendant from gen- 
erations of great layers of large, 
pure white eggs. Write at once 
for circulars. . . ." 

E. A. TESDALL, 

Slater, Story Co, Iowa 

Houdansm ♦*♦♦♦♦ 

1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901, 
also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska, 
State Show 1902. No stock but eggs 
at SI. 50 per 13. 

Reuben H, Kapser, 

Clay Center, Nebr 

White Plymouth Rocks. 

In class of IK birds, la exhibitors. 12 
pens competing, composed of the best 
birds In the west. I won 2nd pen. 2nd 
ckl. ard pullet. 4lh ckl. Eggs $:i.00 per 
15, S3.00per:». 

" " "^ N E BK A S K a". ' 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

DLUK PKIN'CK STKAIX 100 pul- 
lets and hens and a few good ckls for 
sale. A few choice Cochin Bantams 
for sale. Stock $1.00 to $3.00 each. 



). L Pedifk, 



boi .1 Ottumna, lo>va. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

a day or two before they can place the 
eggs under her, and then ten chances 
to one some other hen gets into the 
nest and breaks her eggs. One old hen 
is more bother than an incubator. 
With an incubator you can hatch your 
chickens when you want them, and all 
know that one early pullet or cock- 
erel is worth more than three late 
ones. It is a poor hand with poultry 
that cannot make an incubator pay. 
An incubator is an aid in getting the 
laying strain of hens, and if you keep 
them laying and do not allow them 
M set they will soon be laying again 
and in this way will be paying for 
their feed, and perhaps for the food 
on our own table as well. I know of a 
man who wanted to get an incubator 
and had no ready money, but the hens 
wore laying well (this was in the mid- 
dle of the winter.) He said, "I shall 
get an incubator and make the hens 
pay for it." So to the bank he went 
and borrowed the money to send for 
the machine; in thirty days it was 
paid for, and that was much less than 
150 hens. By using an incubator fifty 
hens will lay enough more eggs than 
will pay for an incubator and brooder, 
too. It Is a poor hen that does not 
bring $1 a year in eggs and I have 
some that bring me $2. but it isn't old 
speckle or brownie, but pure Barred 
Plymouth Rocks. Go away with the 
old hen for hatching, an incubator 
and brooder answers the purpose so 
much better. For instance, when a 
storm is coming up one can go to 
the brooder and tap on the lid and 
soon have the chicks inside and not 
have to run an old hen down, and then 
after the storm breaks search through 
the wet grass for the lost chickens. 
Give me the incubator and brooder 
every time and let old biddy lay. An 
incubator will hatch them if they will 
hatch at all. N. W. FULL,ER. 



PEKIN DUCKS. 

This brand is doubtless the most 
popular of the entire duck race. They 
are very handsome birds and the larg- 
est of all ducks. They were first 
brought to this country from China, 
about twenty-flve years ago. I have 
found them as easy to raise as chick- 
ens, and the market is never over- 
stocked. If they can have the run of 
a pasture, field or orchard they catch 
lots of bugs and eat many weeds, of 
which they are very fond, such as pig- 
weed, ragweed, plantine and purslane, 
and only require a small amount of 
grain. One fall the native grasshop- 
ners were so plenty that we expected 
them to take our crops when spring 
came. We thought perhaps the ducks 
and chickens could save the garden, 



EGG FOOD.. 
Make It Yourself. 

Eggs are high at this time of year. 
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
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known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
cipe price only 50c; Death To Lice, 
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Powder, best on earth, fiOc ho.\-. The 
T! by mail for $1.3.=i. 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J. 

CAPITOL BABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 

I am closing out my whole stock of Bel- 
gians, over one hundrt d, 24 prize-winners 
included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold 
Medal Winners. 1 choice Uoe of the State 
Winner of Sweei stakes, prize tor highest 
scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes 
wlih her. 

Now is the time to gather In prize win- 
ners for winter shows. These prices 
are reasonable and;animals way up. Will 
send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 

H. F- HDflms, 

Augusta. - - Maine. 




Rules ofthe Cock Fit 



liexloo, Cuba. Kuglaud, Belgium and Franw 

prelieDBlve obaptera on Heela. HnDtlilnf;. Nursing &ad OTeiy* 

thiag relfttlve lo tbe royal sport oT cocking. 

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Investigator one year 

For 25 Cents. 

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



Give 

Your Breed- 
ing Does 

During gestation and whi'e nursiug 
iheir young it will enrich the blood 
Improve the appetite, increase the 
flow of milk, thereby making I he 
young strong and healthy. 
Give RABICURE a trial and you 

win never be without it, 50c a box 

postpaid. 

Vermont Belgian Hare Co., 



Rabicure 



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Lyndonville, Vt 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



so we raised all the early ones we 
could. They were ready for the hop- 
pers when they hatched, and I never 
saw anything grow as fast. They only 
cared for the grasshoppers, never 
harming the vegetables, and soon had 
them cleaned out of there, when we 
turned them into the meadow and they 
kept them from doing any harm, while 
some of our neighbors had lost nearly 
everything. The ducks were soon 
nearly as large as the old ones, and 
it was fun to see them waddling home 
at night with their crops so full they 
could scarcely carry them. It really 
looked as if each held a teacupful. 

While these ducks like running 
water they do very well without it and 
may be successfully raised witli only 
enough to drink. 

I find them very regular in their 
habits. Give them a good place in 
which to roost, and although allowed 
the run of the fields they come home 
every night. 

These ducks are great layers, ofLen 
laying an egg every day from Febru- 
ar until September or October. They 
nearly always lay in the morning and 
should he fed in their house and left 
in until 9 or 10 o'clock during this 
season, or the eggs will be lost, many 
of them laying anywhere, not caring 
for a nest. 

One drake in a flock of five is about 
right. A fence only two feet high 
will confine Pekin ducks and may be 
made movable, to give them fresh 
grass and clean ground. 

RUTH LYNCH. 




35 

THE PIONEER INCUBATOR WOMAN 

lia^ invented a lirnoder. It differs widely frMm all otliers. It 
is the accumulated result i>f deep thought, wide exf-eriruent 
and lung experience. Like tlie old hen 

Thia Mother Nature i 
Brooder 



l^i^^f^^El!^!isS£^it"''- »'»'"'^;^ aiEN wEsf i;oiip;NY:"fioi"r2V ml islano. iuihois. 




For SsLle! 



SUNNY vSIvOPE POULTRY FARM % mile east 

of Clay Center; a g-ood 8 room house with cellar, 

a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Rus!^ian cave, good barn, 

corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, SCO young, peach, 

plum, cherrj' and apple trees just come into bearing. 

Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 



HAZARDVILLE, Conn., Dec. 27, 
1901. — Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen- 
ter, Neb. — Dear Sir: Noticing Mr. 
Henry Hess' article in the December 
issue of Poultry Investigator on "Free 
Advertising," I would like to ask him 
to look at the question from the other 
point of view. 

Shouldn't the readers of poultry pa- 
pers be considered? I dare say that 
there are very few readers who are 
satisfied with a partial report of win- 
nings of shows and it is policy for 
poultry publications to cater to the 
wants of their readers. 

Most of our leading poultry journals 
have seen the wisdom of this and give 
winnings in full. 

Parties interested in show reports 
are going to have them, and if one 
paper won't supply them, they will 
subscribe for one that will. 

Another point. If I was a breeder 
and advertiser I should want the 
whole winnings reported in the pa- 
per I advertised in, that the readers 
might know what kind of competition 



Address, 



A. B. SHROYER.. 

Cla.y Center, Neb. 



S5,000 cir.'illls FREE! 

I Ilia wfthi ■ ■ - -■ . _ _- - - 



ips. 



E fowls 
breeds TurkeyB, Oeese, Duc^aand Chiukei 
'' dreds of plateaEromltfe. ISbest poultry house plana. Treat- 
yilae 0QdiseaBes,howtofe«d,breea. etcSendlOc. for postage. 

Ij. R. Bratwzoo, Jr. & Co.. BoxLOO.Delavao. Wk 



Eggs 



orouetibred Barred P RoclfeBTtf^- 
5 doUars per setting of fifteen. <1'>1 
I Seabriffht Bantamo, two dollars 
L)f fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks, 
per setting of eleven. My stock 
and vigorous and h; 



All eegs shipped will be 



ctly fresh. 



Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb, mo 



UUlse Poultry Far 



Black Langshan, ^^A%^;,^°'^'^;'^ 

* C. Bull Orpington 

W. Hollatid Turkevs, Mammoth White 
Pekin Duck, E. E. 'Smith strain. Eggs 
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at 
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. 15 
ribbons from 2 to :">. Poor hatches du- 
plicated at half price. 

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 



PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 

Orders booked now and svrup shipiied as soon 
as made, direct from the farm If you want 
somethingr nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
fresh, please send me your order and I will 
please vou. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to 
thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order 
early so not to be disappointed and you will 
want more next year. 

E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm. 

Montville. Ohio. 



Light BrahmasF 

1st, 2d and 3d at the Interstate Poultry 
Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win- 
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep- 
stakes. 1st, and 3d pens 5ckls 4 pul- 
lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln. 
Stock and eggs at reasonable prices. 

J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb. 



money maker. Send 10c for greatest cat" 

alogue ever printed. (Contains dollars of 

information. Handsomely illustrated. A 

famous guide based on practical e-vper" 

e. 35 varieties land- and water fowls, dis- 

■s and sure cures, houses, how to feed, high 

lity stock, low prices. Bank and personal 

rences. Absolutely reliable. 

Iowa Poultry Company, 

39. copyrighted Des Moines. Iowa 



INCUBATOR 

ON TRIAL 



The Perfected Von Culin. 

Successful result of 25 years' experience. 
Scientifically correct, practically perfect. 
NoD-explosive metal lamps. 
Double and packed walls. 
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
Made of best materials, and highest quality 
of workmanship and finish. 

PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 

SATISFACTION" GUARANTEED OR NO PAY. 

We make Brooders, Bee Hives & Supplies. 
jy Catalog and Price List sent Free. 

The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
Dept. 2I3J Jamestown, N.Y. 



PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 
@ & & & @ @ 



Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
Comb Brown Leghorn. 



Having disposed of all my sur- 
plus stock and mated up my 
pen.s, am prepared to book or- 
ders for eggs. Write at once 
for prices 



J. H. TROUGH, 

Minden, - - - Nebr, 



Cornish and White Indian Games! 

— stock for Sale. — 

JUNAUMAN, RedlLake Falls. Minn- 




BUFF WYANDOTTES 
BUFF P. ROCKS . . 

Bred from ray Boston 
Omaha. Kunsas Oily, 
and Toppka prize win. 
ners. Ola and young 
stock for sale. A largt 
(lock to select frouj. Prices reasonable. 

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 



White Wyandoiies. 

First and second premiums at Min- 
neapolis, poultry show Dec. U) lo 21. 
Eggs from birds s-'oring <J3, '.)4. 01, 04, 
94, 9o% cockerel 9434:, $1.50 per set- 
ting, 2 settings J2.2S. Few birds for 
sale. 
W. H. SwartM, Mlnneapollm, Kmnmamm 



High Hill 



Poultry Yards 

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
Turkfys are bred from prizewinners 
: nd aie winners, muring Hiniosti-lean 
sweep wlierever shown. Young Toms 
$5 each: Pullets. -K 50 to};) OOeach. My 
Kocks are noted for shape and orange 
colored legs. 90 point t^ofkerels. $J.50 
each; 91 to 9214 poi nt Cockerels gi.OO; 
each Pullet not .scored. »l 00 each. 

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 



F. A. CROWELL, 
Granger, : : : Minnesota. 

Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
tionBuff Orpingtons yet for sale, also 
Indian Runner Ducks at $S a trio. 
Circular free. 

Silver Lace Wyandottes 
White Wyandottes : : : 

. ^^^^^ Buff Leghorns 

Pekin Ducks... 

All first class'stock. Prices reason- 
able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 

nvest It In ( 

or choice < 

', Fruit Trees. Shrubs or Vines, ours will t 
, grow. They a-e well rooted, f— _^„ ". 
I healihy and irue lo name. I fOBS ", 
I Send a trial order today. Due bill good 1 
, for 35 c and Catalogue In German or ; 
I Kngllsh free. We pay freiOht on $10 \ 

I ORDERS. { 

I 25 Oraftcd Apple Trees for - $1.00 J 
\ 2% Budded Peach Trees (or - $1.00 \ 
I 40 Concord Grape Vines for - $I.O0 \ 
Falrbury Muraerlam, Box tO, \ 
Falrbury, ... Mabraatta \ 



GOT A DOLLAR? i 



Barred Rocks. 

PRIZE WINNERS at McCook, Kear- 
ney and Nebraska State Show. 
Don't buy until you get my prices. 
Eggs S2 per l.l. ?.'! for :!0. 

A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

1 was entered against. 

Again, from the readers' point, 
when we want to buy stock or eggs, 
we look over a man's winnings, we 
want to know who he has been com- 
peting against to win those prizes. 
It is worth more to know he was com- 
peting against some other well 
known breeder than with some un- 
known party. 

Free advertising? Possibly, but 
there are very few who in buying will 
not send to advertisers, as their first 
thought is that they must be reliable, 
as their ad. appeared in such and such 
a paper, while they will reason that 
either hasn't anything to sell or isn't 
reliable. Yours respectfully, 

E. L. PRICKETT. 



It. the Investigator I recently no- 
ticed some one telling of trouble by 
rats, etc.. digging into the hen houses. 
I'll give you our plan, both for old and 
new houses. We had a fairly good 
hen house, without foundation. After 
losing several hens we decided some- 
thing must be done, so Mr. B. dug a 
trench around under the house and 
placed a six-inch fence board upright 
where the foundation should be, then 
filled in the dirt and we were both- 
ered no more. The little animals 
would dig until they strucK the board 
and quit to try another place, with the 
same result, and finally give it up as 
a bad job. Of course the board would 
decay and have to be replaced in time, 
but we moved before that time and 
built new houses. 

In both of these we laid brick foun- 
dations, consisting of brick two wide 
and two deep, the top being level with 
the ground. On top of this was laid 
a plank 2x6 inches, and the frame 
built up from this being built even 
on the outside, making a sort of shelf 
all around inside. 

Then I nail window screens to the 
window and can sleep in peace. Have 
had this nearly three years and no 
animal has succeeded in getting in, 
though I often find places where they 
have tried, ihese are easily filled up, 
leaving everything safe as before. 
MRS. M. A. BARRANS. 

Lenox. Iowa. 



THE BLACK RED GAME BANTAM. 
A "Black Red Game" do graze at me, 
I.ongre-.st of legs have I. said he; 
A body small, 
A reach quite tall. 

Head like a snake, a bright, keen eye. 
A close, hard plumage, and I try 
Stylish to be In all my moves. 
And not to tread in time-worn grooves. 
Do I succeed? Well, don't they sing 
Praises to me and crown me king? 
N'o other Bantams such prices bring. 
Xor can th^-y evfr while 'I am in the 
ring.' 



Printing for 

Poultrymen 

We are prepared to do alt kinds of 
printing' for poultrjrmen.. We have the 
hitrhest grrads machinery and new ma- 
terial: all work guaranteed first-class. 
Free u^^e of standard poultry cuts to 
patron^. Write us your wants and (jet 
our prices on your work . Address, 

Poultry Investigator 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 

Efcgs to Hatch. 

S IJOTTES: Very choice pen, $2 per 13. 
Over.ro hens on dilTcrent farms. Good 
pure stock. Esgs $1 per l.i. H per 100. 

BARKED ROUKS: Strictly standard sys- 
tem. 60 tin- hers and pullei>. 4 e.stra 
large, stately croweis. f coring froiri 90 to W 
by Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs 
$3 per l.i. $:^ 50 per 30. Lt Brahrnas. S. C. 
B. Leghorns and t'. 1. Games. Good pure 
stock 00 separate farni.s. Eggs f I per 1.5. $4 
per UIO. 



MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK OX 176, 

Ross Bros' Trapnest 

Just what every poultrymaii needs. 



In sets of 3 for $3.00. n«li.i«i.<»J 
In sefs of 5 for $4.25. UcllVcieUi 

We sell them cheaper than y<iu can 
make them. 



Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 

Lead in the best coinpetition. 

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 



White Wyandottes. 

At the great Chicago Show, 1902, I won 
3d and Sth cockerels in closest com- 
petition. 60 cockerels for sale. Effps 
§2.00 per 13. 

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 

Buff Orpingtons. 

From the best strains in tlic coun- 
trj'. Prize winners. Stock and 
egg^s for sale reasotiable 

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 

Wanted— At Once. 

10(1 Black Minorca females. 
100 Rose Comb Brown Leghorn females 
100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females. 
Will Pav Cash for Same. 



Box 227, 



Clay Center, Mebr, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

€ Brief Business Cs^tchers. ^ 



37 



30 WORDS 

SINGLE INSERTION 

50 CENTS 



Under these heading-s cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. 

No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
allowed each quarter. 



30 WORDS 

WITH INVESTIGATOR 

1 YEAR $3.00 



FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Bufl" 
Rock Ckls.. tlie best of stock for $1 35 each, 
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson. 
Colon. Nebr. 

BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and exhibllion 
stock for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. 

C E. DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- 
oughbred chickens. Can fill your order for 
any breed or strain, from the yards of reii- 
ablR specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, O. E. 
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans. 

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
handsome. I take great pains lo have the 
best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 
each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty, Nebr. 

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games. 
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
Clay Center. Nebr. 

BUFF PLYMODTH ROOK Coclterels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
Elgin, 111. 

BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old 
stock for sale at 11.00 each, young white 
Peking ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- 
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 
Nebraska. 

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 

40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
cheap If taken 50on. 

C. E. Genoways. Aurora, Nebr. 

FINER ANU CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and 
Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plain", N. Y. 

FREE, GAMES, Eggs Si 00 per 13. Circular. 
Heathwoods. Irisii and Mexican Grays. 
Tornadoes. Irish Biks, Reds. Cornish In- 
dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C. IJ. Smith. 
Fort Plain, N. Y. 

BIG MAIL for pouitrynien. Insert your 
name in our poultry director and receive 
poultryipapers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev- 
ery day. Only teu cents silver. Poultry 
Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind. 

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand- 
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and esrg's 
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary. Palmyra. 
Nebraska. 

MRS. MATriESTUFFT. breeder of Butf Oi. 
pingtons and White Holland Tuikeys. 
Winners at Nebra.ska State Show. Write 
forprKes. Lawrence, Kansas. 

BARRED I'LY'MOl'TH Kocks, No stock for 
sale. Eggs s=i.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My 
stock is drst class and have won in show 
room. J. P. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb. 

ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Butt' 
and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. White 
Wyandottea. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
31) premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
kota state fair. Egijs for hatchine". $1.00 
and UB. Circulars free. H. P Larson, 
Beresford. S. D. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's Strains." 
Trios SIO.OO EggS at your risk' ii.OO per 13, 
guaranteed $.i,00. A. Edward Green- Jo- 
llet. 111. 



EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
Light Brahnias. $1.50 per settinB of l.'i eggs. 
Write wants. .lolin H. Rownd, Downs. Has. 

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
rtotte.s. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
15. $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. .1, W. 
Cook. Poneto. Ind. 

BDFF and BARRED Rocks. Buff Leghorn-;. 
B. B. Red Games. Pekin Ducks. Fancy 
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For 
prices write. Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 
ville, Iowa. 

BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
No white wings and tails. Large hlrus and 
ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Smith. Polo, 111. 

100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
condition fashionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rev. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. 
Kansas. 

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels at $1 each. Toulouse Gand- 
ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $2 each. Pol- 
and China hogs a matter of corrtspondence 
.1. D. Grimes. Chamber. , Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1 
yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
andupto95}4. Write for prices. Geo. N. 
Wood, Weldon, la. 

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
Farn], C. F. Austin. Dearing. Kan.. White 
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
.lobn Hughes strains. 15 cockerels fnr sale 
Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
150 youngsters for sale after October 1st. 
finer than ever, superior feathering, shape 
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
teed. U. ,F. Shanklin. Wanbeck. Iowa. 

WHITE WY'ANDOTrE*. cockerels scoring 
to 943i. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scoring 
to 9B'/j sired by a Tom weighing 40 lbs and 
from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
trios at $5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at 
one half their value, several bred from 
Boston prize winners. G W. Hardin, 
Ulysses. Neb. 

HATTIE BYFIELD. McCook. Nebr. Eggs 
for hatching from prize winning Light Brah" 
mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White 
Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin duck.s, 
IS hen eggs S2.00, 9turkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck 
$1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per UIO. A few nice 
drakes to sell. 

CORNISH INDIANS a specially. Winners 
wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews. 
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
birds. Eggs ia season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
Bannson. Sarcoxie^ Mo. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The 
kind that are egg layers. Scoring 91 to 'M'A. 
Duston strain . Eggs 2.00 for IS or 3.50 for 30. 
Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. 

500 BUFF. BARRED. White Plvmouth Rocks. 
Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and 
pullets $2 to $3 each. Eggs IS. $1.00. 10(.). $6.(ki. 
Milton Brown, box 94. Middleboro. M.iss. 

O. K. S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right. 
Eggs $100 per 15 or $4.00 per l«i. \^ . T. Can- 
aday, Dover. Lee count.v, Iowa. 



LIGHT BRAHMaS. I hav 
and pullets for sale cheap. 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



w good hens BARRED PL Y'MOUTH ROCKS exclusively. 
Alice Allen, Eggs *4-90 fur 100, Sl.OO for 15. Adam A. 
Weir. Clay Center, Nebr. 



I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff 
Oochins,25 Buff Cochin Bantams, also Gold- 
en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that 
are extra Koud. Write your wants. H. 
Gregory. Wayne. Neb. 

FOR SALE— a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
nearly new for $8. Also a Buff Orpington 
cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an 
excellent breeder. Price $5 00. Louis Mog- 

ensen. Racine. Wise. 

WHITEPLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively. A 
few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
2nd premium at s O. S poultry show. 
Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Strom.s- 
burg. Nebr. Route No 2. 

BARRED P ROCKS; Thoroughbred, farm 
raised. Good birds, good .scores, give good 
satifaction and good results. Eggs that 
hatch. $1 00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as 
reasonaljie. If convenient please enclose 
stamp when writing for particulars. 
Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
94'i by Russell, for sale. Also eggs from 
D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and 
Game Bantams. Expert .fudge. P. M. Oool- 
ey Milton. Ia. 

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have 
a few fine Black Langshan Cockerels for 
sale cheap if taken soon. Mrs. .1, W. Strat- 
ton. Blue Hill, Neb. 

BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-evenest lot 
in the west. Have always won Isis In best 
shows. Score 90H to 94V4 by Rhodes. Num- 
ber 90 cheap. Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood, 
Mo. 

NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
Clark, 2i5th & Y Sts.. Lincoln, Nebr. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe- 
kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at 
reasonaDie prices. Our stock is as good as 
money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews, 
Morning Sun. Iowa 

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown, Buff, 
Black. Dominique, -Silver Duckwing and 
Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg- 
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley, 
Port Clinton. Ohio. 

FOR SALE. 2 trios extra cheice Silver Sebright 
Bantams one year old The price is $5.00 per 
trio. Address Box 227. Clay Center. Nebras- 
ka, care Investig.\tor. 

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
Show. 1st ck. 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st. 
2d. 3(1. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben M\- 
ers. judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill, 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Ner- 
val strains direct. Score 92 to 94"s by Ben S. 
Myers. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
leed. Best;winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15. 
Belgian hares. Chas. C. Wilson. Holdrege. 
Nebraska. 

R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
Eggs l.Ki per IS. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
andottes. Eggs I'OO per 15. C. H. Courte'r. 
Ashley. Ohio. 

FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens. 
first money takes them. Place order at once. 
Address PorLXHv Investigator. Clay Cen- 
ter. Nebr. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's Strains." 
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock. $3.00 
peris. R.O.Brown and B.C. White Leg- 
horn eggs SI. 50 per IS. Louis Mogensen, Ra- 
cine. Wis. 

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
ing, feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig- 
eons for sale. Prices f ee. Wm, A. Bart- 
lett & Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. III. 



38 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




EOOS! 



From good, healthy and 
vigorous stock 



Morning View 1 1^^ 
Poultry Yards, o^ L^ 

...HAVE ... 

..Barred Ply Jiouth Rocks.., 



Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 



Oer 100 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

r j For Poultry, Rabbits, /^^ Orchards, Gardens, etc. 



$6 



$3.50 per 50 U 



White Wyandottes, 
Light Brahmas, 
Partridge Cochins, 
White Rocks, 
Barred Rocks, 
Buff Rocks, 
S. C. B. Leghorns, 



Send your orders early 

and we will take 

care of you. 



James M. Perkins, 

RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 



Mrs J. B 


Jones, ^ 9 ? 


1 Breeder of 

Barred Plymoiitli Kocks 


and Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys 


1 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
SON. 


ABILENE, 


: : : : KANSAS. 


,ft^^^\ 


BUFF WYANDOTTES, 


f/^1 


KXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
Wyatidolti^sare brert fr.ii,. 
h<-~i sti:iin olitainahle and 
in liii.-. We IjrcPd Che pure 
-...Iden HutT. not the dark 


Hgt^ 


E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

Uhester While Hogs forsale 



.>■«''. 

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stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line — if not, ■write us for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO.. DE KALB. ILL., U. S. A. 



\ FRANK MYERS, f 
(Free Port, III., U. S. A.| 

I Box 2(1. ; 

5 Itrccilerofj.^^ ; 

\ Barred Plymouth Rocks : 

5 They are Barred Klslit and good j 
J .size. No Culls for sale Ohoice j 
? breeding Ckis. ^ lo $5 eaoli. j 



TDK A I. 

ALT T-MixfM 




; Also manufacturer ofl 
Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 
Band :;:::: l 



e Hiknowledged leader. 12 for. 

c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 tor > 

'.5c. Samples and circular of 5 

Barred Kocks mailed « 

for stamps. % 



THE WILDWOOD 
POULTRY FARM, 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 

8t5 Chestnut St. 

farm at 
WEBSrCK GRO VC.MO. 



everv package 

Conkey's Louse Killer ne 



Cure Ouaranteed ! 

THE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In ;ill Its 
fornifj as long as the fowl can 
see to drink. For Canker, es- 
pe tally in plffeons, this cure excels 
kage m:ikHs35 gallons of medicine. Directions with 
falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c. large $1. 



Conkey's 
Roup Cure 



er falls to I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 



Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
health, and pi... uic more i'..;g> tiKiii :iny viniih.r preparation. 25 cents per package 
ami 1.-. cenis..\ir:i for posia-e C. E. CONKEY <S. CO.. Clevel&rxd, O. 

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



39 



^Chicken Chcras 




s All 'Right! It's All 'Rtght! 

yin Incubator That Is Out of SightV* 



&l^i^^^ 



The chickens do not really say it but they feel it, and their owners 
say it over and over. The 

Sold on 4'0 Days* Free Trial 

are such good machines, such perfect hatchers, so simple in 
operation, so durable in construction, that we gladly send them 
to any one on 40 days' free trial. Take off a hatch and thm 
decide whether you want the machine or not. ,... — P— *^ 
Isn't that "all right?" We couldn't do it if our 

machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining 

why it does such good work. It's free. 

CLAy PHELPS IJ^CVBATOTi CO., 

Stat'on 87 Cincinnati, Ohio. 





RiPPLEY'S 

Whitewashing, Sitfaying 
and Painting IVIachine. 

GUARAKTEED 1% AS REPRESENTED 

Read Our 30 Days Special Offer Below. 



r\VU-h l-Jll 

Poultry IlMuses, d.jiii^' it hiv Ijettr: 
over tile old method of usiu!,' bn 
Buildings, or Spray Trees any height 1 
extension rod to elevate Sjjrav. I'.iiH 
dreds otnoted breeders. Itis ii^eda'r 
ShelbyviUe. Ind ; r. K. FKlirl. II.. 
Poultry Farm, I tiillas. )'a. : (i. AV. ];r.v 
Duston, Murili...... Mas^ ; T.\asSi;iu. 

W. B. Keiiii. s^er.tiiiy of stale 1 
ak.,-,,}": ■'\V,.gav,.an 



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d brass cylinder 

.*I'J l)l>. N... 7. -Sixteen Gallonsize. $15.00. 

J. 1-, oi we ivill ship C. O. D., it J3.00 accom- 

idvantaf^e ot oiirSipeeifll Ofl'er. Send ^c in 

stamps for a copy of ou r 1902 .Sprayer and Breeders'Snpply Catalog. 

RIppley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton, Ills. 

Western Office. Box E4. Waterlown. So. Dak. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS. 



WiiuiLi-.s 1, 4, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 against 

red list competition. Eggs 1st pen, $5.00 per 

15, 2nd, pen, S3. 00 per IS. 3rd pen. »2.00 per 15. 

Limited number of Fancy Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. 

##, H. CAMPBELL , Osceola, Nebr. 

GREER'S PEDIGREED 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

are In my breeding pens for 1903 



Egtjs from uiy birds never fail to produce Prize Win- 
ners. The best place to buv egsrs is from a bruodpr 
who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird." 
"Lady Blue" and the best 1 havertiised for three years 
Every bird a beauty an''' barred to the skin. My cnstom- 
from the same hens I use for myself. Send for booklet o" 



Poaltry Exhibits Properly Judged. 



0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. 



t Golden Wyandottes t 

1 Higbest Grade, Healthy Vigor- I 
I ous Stock, from careful i 
t Matiiigs. t 

JS. p. VAN NORT, S.'ilsSK^r'"'! 



VUtUOy CATALOCUE fnCCg 

'" IS wfthoul a rival. Giveslowesi prices of fowls &D(1 eggs. 
rerodbreedBTurkevs.Geesa, Diicksand Chickens. Kun- 
edsofi.lite3froicli£e. Ubestpoullry house plans. TreAt- 
; on diseaseSihow to feed, breed, etc. Send !0c. forpostaee. 

R. Brabazoa. Jr. X Co., BoslOQiDeUTaa, Wia, 



Trees and Plants 

That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 

We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealine. 
- Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach- 
es6c.; Grafted .\pples5c.: Concord Grapes 2c., 
Russ. Mulburries 30c. per 10(1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
Black Locust 51.35 per KK10. English or German 
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. 

CARL SjNBEREGGER, Proprietor, Box 27, Beatrice, Neb. 

Canfield's White Rocks 

STILL AHEAD! In Jan. 1901-3 my birds 
made almost a clean sweep at K. C, and 
Kansas State Show. At Topeka, Kansas 
State Show. 1902, they won 10 out of a pos- 
sible 1() premiums in strong coniDetiton and 
at Nebraska State Show at Lincoln in a 
class of lie birds thev won 1. pen, 1, 2. :!, 
hen. 1. 3. 3. ckl, 3, 4. pullet.. 3. ck. Egss and 
stock in season. 

M L Canfield, Belleville, Kan 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Were Your Crops Injured 

by the drouirlit? Well, even so, you needn't starve to death. 
A good Hock of cliickens will pay your taxes, buy your 
■ groceries, and h'ave a surplus besides. The 

HsLwkeye Incubators 

will hatch them for you, with less hothcr and greater certainty than any 
other incubator sold today. Perfect regulation of temperature, ventilation 
and moisture. In actual results the Ilawkevi^ takes a back seat for nobody. 
Tliree sizes— (iO, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices tliat are right. We make 
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatched. Our 
motto is "The IIawkcyc;ineubators are Good Incubators,"anrt 
it means exact ly what it says. Better senil tor our catalogue. 
See our special ofTere anil guarantee. Book free, or send lOc 
andgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper. 

Hawkeye Irvcvibator Co., 



Department 108. 



Newton, Io^va.. 







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ITHIS IS THE WAY 

they come off for the man who uses 

THE NATURAL HEN 

INCUBATOR. 

Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
nothing if you follow our plan. We 
have an agents proposition that is the 
best money maker you ever heard of, 
Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg 
Formula free if you write to-day. 

NatHral Hen Incubator Co.. 

B>1 1, Columbus, Neb. ' 



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WE DIDN'T KNOW 

and it is reasonable to suppose that the average man who is 

interested in Poultry does not know and cannot know 

the many points brought out in this new book, 

The Poultry Book DeLux 

Filled from cover to cover with the rich, ripe wisdom of the 
hard years of disappointment and success of men who stand at 
the^top in the poultry business today, it is absolutely alone 
There is not a phase of the poultry business 
Experience that has cost thous- 

$1. 



Relia-ble lncMba.for a.t\d Brooder Co.. Box A 23 Quincy, Illinois. 



among publications of this kind. ^ .„ 

that IS not exhausted in tliis wonderful book. ^^p^..w..ww t^, 
ands of dollars, boiled down and put within the reach of all for 
l.'i.ooo copies alraidi/ sold. Write for full iifor 




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? V.?'"^r' "".''■"■ "">■ ■""•' "' •'"""'■ » 111! »ll a.lherinit meat and "itrlsllc. fas'tcr 
In better 8ha|>e than ai.y other l^po ot l.oiu> ruticr. if j i.n rtnn't Mk"it ^endlt lia.'k 
Fr«oaf.g.«p,..„«a... ',. w. MANN COMPANv" kor°''''rMMfor"drMaM 




For Sale.. 

Hif,'-h hlass faticy pigeons, as fol, 
lows: Fantails. Carriers, Magpies, 
Owl.s. Archangles, Barbs, Homers, 
Swallows, Dragoons. Nuns, Turbits- 
Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts, 
Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in- 
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White 
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, 
Rouen Ducks. Write for price list. 

D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 5Q0. 




HORT STORIES 

bring hlKl, prices. Tliousandsofgood 

"' H wlm-li niifrht Mtsily be mude 

-- - -i- make up the great mass of 

rejected mannscripts."OurSctiool 

v. f"'!"" 'J™- '" '■harge of sue. 

cessfiil autliors. criticiaes.corrects 

and revises, as well as teaches 

how IO write. Write lor booklet. 

MT'l (OlIRESPONDEXCE INSTITtTE 
ad Nufl llanb Bldg. Wanbloflon, D.C. 



GREAT CROPS OF 

STRAWBERRIES 

AND HOW TO CROW THEM 




Is the titleof a Book which bas worked 
a r volution in straw' erry growin?, 
and I'USKB TWO BKi BKRRIES TO GROW WBEItK 
0\E IITTIE OJiE grew before. The .-uthnr 
has grown the URilEST CROI'S OK BERRIE 
EVER PROIirCED on an acre. The book 

expiaitis how voii en 00 tde sajie. it 

wi I be sent to you EREE IF VOl' )IE.\Tlfl\ 
THE PAPER ■!« WDICH YOI> S.IW THIS \0TI(E. 

The only scientifically developed THOR- 
OKiHRRED STR.JWRERRV 'PH\TS to be bad 

for spring planting. One of them is 
W'-rth a dozen common scrub plants. 

R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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AT THE PANAMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON 

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR 




Time and time again the Cyphers 360-egg ma 
chine in the hands of our customers has hatched tjp- 

WARDS OF 300 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED EGGS. 

Allowing ten chicks to the hen, it woci.d take thirty 

HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS. 

THE EVIDENCE:- 

•My largest batch was 345 chicks out of 360 eggs,"— J. V. 
Raiiisey. Morlonville, P«. 

•I got Mo chicks out of 318 fertile eggs."— Edw. Sharpe, 



Ge 



N. Y. 



-Herman 



'•1 hatched 314 chicks out of my 360.egg Cypbe 
Filedl. Haskell. Ind. 

'•From 3G0egrgs we hatchPd 317 of the brightest, 'strongest 
chicks 1 ever saw."— Frank B. Taylor. Prompton, Pa. 

•Proni my No. 3 Cypfiers. holding 36n eggs, we batched 311 
chicks "— L. K. Ilobart. Lake Crystal, Minn. 

■ Uut of our largest size incubator 1 hatched 314 good, 
healthy chicks "— H. Murr, Grordonville. Pa, 

• My incubator holds 360 eirgs and from one loading I got 
.101 cliicKs."— .(as. O. Myers, Oakes, Pa 

■'One hatch 1 obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the 
3h0-egg Cyphers."— Sprague Bros., Florence, O. 

Think of' the work and the worry inlcarlng for the thirty 
bens It would require to hatch 300 chickens, ten to each hen I 
Five minutes, "morning and evening will take perfect care of 
the Cyphers 3ii0.egg incubator— THIS WE GUARANTEE: 
LITERALLY THOUSANDS of persons in evkky w*lk of i,ife ABE DOING AS WELL AS THE FEW aBOVK 
QITOTSD, and the smaller si es of Cyphers Incubators (60, 12u and 220 eggs) do precisely as good work as this largest 

s'lze. on tliis you can absolutely depend. ^ , ., . 

While you are about It, WHY NOT BUY THE BEST and know that YOU are bight? 
Illustrative descriptive 32 page circulars, English, Germa.i or Spanish. 1- RE&_ON REQUEST. 
1% pages. 8.\11 inches. 10 cents in stamps for posta! 

CYPHERS I:N^CUB^T0R COMP^lsrY 

CHICAGO.ILL., "' " ' " ■■ " "" 

335 Dearborn St. 



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Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 

Folds like a book. All In one piece. 
Nothing to 1 o astray. The neatest 
and strongest coop on the market. 

Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 



Special Bargain Saiel 

I am selling choice S. C. B. I^eghorns as follows: Cockerels, $i.oo, 
Trios, $2.50. This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize win- 
ners. Try GRANT'S PRACTICAL BROODER. Specifications 
telling how to make and operate sent upon receipt of $i.oo. 

D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS 



Buff Orpingtons 

The Coming Breed. 

W. H.^BUSHELL, Importer and Breeder. 

DAVID CITY, : : : NEBRASKA 



Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair 
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
els, 1-3 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
Every bird a prize veiuner. Also win- 
ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
Poultry Show four first premiums. 
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 



Barred Rocks . . 



That have made a National 
Reputation. Bred in all their 
purity. Grand in size and 
color. Eggs and stock from 
my yards will start you right. 
Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs 
$2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40. 

GEO. H WALLACE 



Box 101, 



Navau, Minn 



LIGHT BRAHMAS.. 



Prize-winning stock, first prize 
at the Great St. Eouis Fair. Of 
four entries at Kansas ( 
won 1 first, 2 seconds. 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 

STECKER BROS., 

4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis. Mo 



iCity, Mo., t 
s, 1 third. I 



</« Wm Eastes « . « > 

Huff Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
Barred & White Rocks, W. C. P. Ban- 
tamf, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In 
season. Agents wanted, t Thirty Prizes; 
silver cup last year. 

Galesburg, - • Illinois- 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




California ^edti^ood 

has been used for twenty-three years in the 
manufacture of 

'Peialuma 

Inctihator^ and 'Brooders 

because we have found it superior to all other 
kinds. Several other incubator makers are giv- 
ing their testimony to our good judgment by 
advertising to also use California Redwood. It 
is not only true that Petaluma Incubators and 
Brooders are made of the best lumber in the 
world, but every other article used in their con- 
struction is of the highest grade, and 
therefore these "Standard of the 
World" Incubators and Brooders oc- 
cupy the same relative position to all 
other Incubators and Brooders that 
the mighty California Redwoods 
do to other trees. 

Read "A Bit of Incubator History." in our new 
catalogue. We send it free. Address nearest 
office. 

"Petattima. Incubator Co., 

Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or 

Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind. 



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Hatch Chickens by Steam 

wiih the Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating 

NEW WOODEN HEN 



1 he most efflcli-nt ini'ubiilor <• 
lining poiilliy on » small sr:i 
viT InvenietJ. A perfect, luncli 
:iiitiiii.:itic. self-riKulailLix. iluj 
imlily ronstructeU. fully j;u:i 



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Three Sizes: 

50 Egg Capacity, only $ 6 8t 




GEO. H. STAHL, 

114-122 S. 6th St., QUINCY, ILL, 

oooooooooooootooooooooooooo 



•/. S. Markle, 

Breeder 01 

Imported and Domestic 
Fine Beigian Hares, 

wnu. for „.K.^. Box 511. Wahoo, Nebr. 

BEST FRUIT PAPER 

Westciri Frnit-Giowcr is t.ho best paper 
rreaiingiif all kinds of fruit, and nothing but 
fruit; monthly; Illustrated; 16to48pMges: 50 
CIS. a year. lOe; for three months' trial sub- 



THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. 



We will coiisiiler it a great favor if ynu will mention TuK PoVLTRy Inves- 
TlG.\TOK when writing to advertisers. 



CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 

Itreedrr of Light Brahmas E.ulu8irely. 

My birds are heavy welRlit lino markings, 
close feathered. Eggs. tl.tX) for 15; $;).50 for 30 
I Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
your wants. No circulars. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
1890 ROYAL BLOOD i90l 

SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE. 

Winners Big- I Show at Sioux City, la., 11!^; at Lemais, la,, 'W); at National 
Fancier j> Weci, Cedar ivapido, la., I'fOO, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln, 
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, vfhere we won 1st cock, score 92'2; 1st, 2d and 
Dd cockerel, score 94 '4, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets, score Ki'i; 2d hen in large class 
and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and 
never had our r irds scored except in the show room. We have a few breeding- 
pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will »oon be, at $12.50; trios $7 50. 
See cut of birds on page 14. We can't sell quite as goc d as these at that 
price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a 
specialty. We can please you. I. & N. M. CONNOR, Potica, Neb. 



IF PANDEMONIUM 



Reigns supreme in ynr br. cders and the chicks die wholesale 
vou Con posiiivelv cheLk the mortality by using : : : : 

P U R. I T A N CHICK FOOD, 

t a readily assimilated and scientiticaHy balanced ration. Use it 

A under positive guarantee. 

\ FRtt:--( )ur new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever 

f issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 

i largest plant 

i PURITAN POULTRY FARMS. 

> BOX 357 A. - - STAMFORD, CONN. 




Why Not Buy tSie Best? 

It costs no more than inferiorstyU-s. Wo cl.iim that 

Adam's Green Bone Cutter 

Is the best bf^cause It is the only Ba-U Bearing niachine 
on the market. It worksonthe shear liiiiKipIe, turns 
easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 
la better shapethan any ottier. Write atonce. 
Cataloeue No. 6 Is Free. 

W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL. 




OaAesi 




Stipplie^, 



tifill MaKe your 

Old Incubator J^ctu. 

Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur- 
rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp. 
Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70. 

New Aluminum Regulator gives perfect ( 
control of heat. 



WE 

MAKE 

THEM 



Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats— the standard reg- 
ulator. We manufacture incubator and brooder fi.xtures of all i 
kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and 
get our money-saving prices. 
L. R-. OAKES, Mfr., No. 12 6tK St.. Blooinii\g<on, Ind. 



mWaiiTftrfiletggsA. 



^^^^ h\it fertility cnimts for little if the^ 
^^i;^' cliick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out 
^^'^ ~ of the shell, and stand the trials of chick- 
^^^^^^ hood. Cut green bone promotes both j 
""^S^^^^:^ fertility and vitality. Grecu bone is 
N^$j5~^ easily and rapidly cut by the 



HUMPHeEY 

■ ■ CREEN BONE CtVi 
m m AND VEGETABLE \j\i\ 



CITTER. 



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naryliniier. You finish the job with a Humphrey befuro'you get 
tarted with other types of uiachines. Sold on a positive guar- 
iitee to cut more bone, in less time, with less labor than any other 
niachine made. Your money back if you are not wholly satisfied- 
It's a rapid ves^'table cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand- 
somest of the season./ and egg record book. 

HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL. 

Sales Agents— Sose^h Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson & 

Stokes, Philadelphia; Griffith & Turner Co., Baltim.ne; Sure Hatch 

Incubator Co., Clay Center. Neb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Orepon- 

tieattle, Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buffalo. N.Y. 



\ Poultry Investigator \ 

^i Is edited by a practical poul- 
.y^trymanof 30' years experi-]; 
faience and is full of plain, ( 
V^ ciiinmon sense articles by ; 
y^ those that breed poultry and. 
r^l work instead of theorizing. 

''3&V* ^* J"®*- "''i^* y°^ want. 
Vv\(. Send us the names and ad- 
r^l dresses of IS persons inter- 
^^ ested in breeding good poul- 
yvV try and we will send you the ^ 
r^ PoDLTRV Investigator one( 
«^ year for your trouble. Sub-? 
yV scription price 2oc. Address,; 

■^^ Poultry Investigator Co., 



•^X*i Clay Center, 



Nebraska r 



The New 

Standard of Perfection 

Revised Edition, 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

Ilie Standard of Perfection 

— AND— 

The Poultrf Investigator 

Dae Year, for $1 .00 

Address, 
POUIvTRY INVESTIGATOR, 



CLAY CBNTKR, 



NBBRARKA 



POILTRYMEN IZ. ItTeTi 



unless PDIMTPn "S^'^'v. I do it 
it is r Ain VIjV ^eii and use good 
cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



n^ wW ORPINGTONS 
D VlII LEGHORNS 

a-nd Brown Leghorns 

Young or old stock, first class birds cheap. 
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time. 
M.& F. HERMAN, 

Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 



BDFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTES. R. 
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred lo winners. Good stock, iit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
ludge. Port Huron. Michigan. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



^ou Get them Alt 



You sjet all the chicks that it is possible to get from 
a lot of cg<^s when you put them into the 



iRAIRIE STATE 

INCUBATOR. 




Pii 
I IXIC"" 1 /KAf^f^l^ Yon remember it. Ifs ilie one that 

AI^Ki./ V/ J^.i-m. A V^1V« i^a3 ^akeiv 342 First Premiums 

more than all other incubators conibined. Used exclusively by the Department of Agriculture 
at Washington. Used on the largest and most successful pouhry and duck farms in the world. 
Still doing business — more of it than ever — at the old stand. Largest ex- 
clusive Incubator Factory in the World. Our new catalogue is the most 
complete, comprehensive and artistic ever issued by any Incubator Com- 
pany. Over 700 original photographs, taken by our own artist; four 
original oil paintings (reproduced in colors) — nice for framing — and 50 
tinted plates. These cover every phase of the poultry industry. We 
mail a copy free if you request it. Write for Catalogue Ko. 120 , 
and address nearest office. 

Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City. Pat. 




New Vork, N. Y.,28 Vesey St. 
Philadelphia, Pa., 714 Chestnut St 
Columbus, O., 114 N. HiErh St. 
lndianapolis,lDd.l50 N.Delaware St. 
Chicago, Ul., 86 Randcilph St. 
Ciccinnati, O., 141 W. 6th St. 
Denver, Col., 1519 Wazee St. 
Boston, Mass., 47 N. Market St. 
Norfolk, Va.,38 Union St. 



Detroit, Mich., 544 MichiEran Ave. 
Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave. 
Louisville, Kv.,400 E. Main St. 
Toronto. Ont.,Can., 190 Yonge SL 
Baltimore, Md . 315 N. Paca St. 
Washington. D. C . 712-12th St..N.W. 
Seattle, Wash., Main & Jackson Sts. 
Smyrna. Ga., Belmont Farms. 
Buffalo, N. Y.. K) Ellicotl St. 



Minneapolis, Minn. ,32 Hennepin Av. Pittsburgh, Pa., 

London, N. Eng., Waltham Cross. 



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iSt. 



lY. Jm Cheney f } 

Breeder ..t ' 

Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry. i 

BOX 68-^*^ -^V-CUBA, MO V 



Eggs $1.00 Per Setting 



Varieties. 



Catalogues Free. 

I issue a verj- complete catalogue illustrating- f 
and describing leading varieties of thor- ^ 
ouglibred poultry, giving special prices on ' 
large orders of eggs and stock. f 



W. J. CHENEY. 

Crawford Co. 



B. P. Rocks. 
Light Brahmas 
Partridge Cochins 
White Wvaiidottes 

C. C. \V. Leghorns 
C. C. B. Leghorns 
R. C. B. Leghorns 
Black Minorcas 
Pekiii Ducks 



BOX 68.-^*/- 

P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, 
U stands for U sage, this stands the test. 
R stands for R ation, balanced and true, 
I stands for I ncome, doubled for you, 
T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past. 
A stands for A ctive smart chicks that will last. 
N stands for N ature whose laws are observed. 

C stands for C hickens their health is preserved. 
H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
I stands for I llness whicli plaj's them no tricks 
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue 
K stands for K eeping these losses from you. 

F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
O stands for O Id when some are not dead. 
O stands for O rders, in volume they grow, 
D stands for D rop us a line as below. 



Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 






The line should be dropped t( 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
i)irds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. Rickards, 

SOUTH . OGDEN ■ POULTRY - YARDS, 

Ogden, Utah. 



The PuntanPoultfv Farms, Ific,'' Pride of the West... 



Kor their superb and immense 
catalogue giving f'lll details of 
this remarkable food and illus- 
trating the 

World's Largest Poultry 
Plant 

In all its details, also showing 
whirh are tin' best Incubators 
and Broofier.* now in use It Is 
absoiutejj' free to everybody 
\\ rite today. 

Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. 

Box 357. Stamford. Conn. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show January, 
1901: 1st Cock; 1st and 3d Hen: 2d Cockerel; 1st 

and 2d Pullet and pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, 1901. 

1st Cock: one special. Eggs from best pens. S3. 00 per 13, S5.00 ])er 26. 

ROSS C. H. HAILOCX, 6313 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo 



Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
j Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger & 
! Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 

Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
CtARKSViLLK, : : : : MISSOURI. 



Our Barred and White Rocks- 

Are (rood layers and excellent market birds. 
Our White Letchorns are the hardy, viiror" 
ous, active kind that win in the -shows and 
pay a laree profit as layers. Ecrirs $2 iN» per 
15. Incubator eeirs $5.0i) per liil>. 

J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 
High class stock for sale! 

Barred and Bttff Plynioutli Rocks 
atid S. C. W. Legfhorns. Can furni-h 
' '^w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May I "SHOW YOU" 

Tiiat we raise as good Barred Rocks 
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
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equal for $5, or money back. If you 
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Sidney, Iowa. 

Prize Winning B. Roclcs. 

Cockerels and Pullets scoring- 90 to 
93 by Southard for S2.50 to $10.00 each. 
Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to 
SI., SO each- 

P. Hostetter, East Lyaae, Mo. 



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At 

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State 

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what my flock is built from. Win- 



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\lll t fllisr lii'illltles 



lint not so tine as 
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md Buff Coch- 
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SEL^UiNU FULLhiT. H()^T()^^ I'.KKi. Kil;.-.T 

HEN AND CUAMPION AT I'll II.- 

ADELPHIA. 1900. 



Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 



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ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eight 
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In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
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I will sell a LIMIT- 
ED NUMBER of 

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Unpedigreed market stock, 
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Smith's Mawimoth Pekia Duck s an d Wh i te Wyandottes Wia. 

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Vol.4 



CIslv Center, Nebratskak.. Matrch, 1902. 



No. 1 



Secoud 
Article 



Life in the Egg 



By L. E. Keyser 



The Embryonic 

Developmetit of the 

Chick 



Having considered the egg, its 
origin, forrnation and fertilization, we 
will follow its embryonic development 
through their various stages, for, in 
order to have a comprehensive under- 
standing of the phenomena of incuba- 
tion, we must have a general knowl- 
edge of the embryonic development of 
the chick. In our la^t article we noted 
the difference between a fertile and u;;- 
fertile blastoderm, and shall now deal 
with the fertile one as it develops under 
normal conditions. As we have shown 
the yolk of the egg is encased by the 
vitelline membrane and immediately 
under this at the top of the egg is the 
blastoderm holding the embryo, which, 
as incubataion progresses, is encircled 
by the germinal sac. 




Fig. 4. 



The blastoderm, which rests on the 
germ disc of the white yolk, spreads 
out like a thin circular sheet over the 
yolk immediately under the vitelline 
membrane and forms a sac termed the 
germinal membrane, steadily eexpand- 
ing until it reaches the opposite end, 
and completely envelops it, but not un- 
til quite a late period does the com- 
plete closing at the opposite pole take 
place, and the extension of the blasto- 
derm practically goes on during nearly 
the whole period of incubation. In 
only a few hours, however, the central 
pc-llucid spot will become oval, with a 
furrow down the center and blood ves- 
sels appear around it. This enlarge- 
ment is shown at Fig. 4. which rep- 
resents the egg with the shell partial- 
ly removed, lying flat, the spot which 
we see being on top of the egg, though 
in the illustration it might appear to be 
on the side. Now there begins to de- 
velop ai-ound it a double sac or mem- 
brane called the amnion, which later 
.entrr^l^ encloses it and the germinal 
sac, between the two folds of which is 
what is called the amniotic fluid. The 
embryo is thus surrounded by two 
membranes which form a wall all 
around it, the inner one being called 
the inner or true amnion, and the one 
lying near the shell the outer or false 
amnion. 

The allautois is an appendage of the 
alimentary canal, and starts from the 
naval of the embryo near the yolk sac, 
traversing the space between the true 
and false .amnion and extends over the 



yolk and albermen, separated from the 
shell membrane only by the thin false 
amnion, and in this position it gathers 
nutriment for the growing chick and 
performs the function of a respiratory 
organ or lungs. The developments 
here noted go on through the entire or 
variious periods of incubation and are 
here explained so all may know what 
organ is meant when we refer to it in 
tracing development, which we shall 
now do step by step. 

First Day— After three hours of in- 
cubation the embryo presents an ap- 




Fig. 5. 
pearance as shown in Fig. 4. After 
twelve hours the blastoderm is greatly 
enlarged and the central or pellucid 
spot becomes oval in outline and very 
distinct. During the latter part of the 
first day the head can be discerned 
slightly elevated above the level of the 
blastoderm and in front of it the first 
fold of the amnion. 

Second Day— At the beginning of the 
second day the head alone is seen pro- 
jecting above the surface of the blasto- 




Fig. r,. 

derm. Thr amnion advances in growth 
very rapidly and nearly covers the 
head. At an early hour of this day the 
tail makes its appearance and a little 
later the first nidiinents of the heat, 
which is of a tubular character, ex- 
t ending through nearly the entire 
length of he embryo, but no pulsations 
or motions are seen until the thirty- 
eighth or fortieth hour. .At first the 
heart contains only a colorless fluid. 
hut dark spots in the vascular area is 
perceived about the same time, but 
there is no connection between them 
and the heart, and it is not until a sub- 
sequent period that these cells coalesce 
and form veins carrying the blood to 
the heart. During the latter part of 
the day the heart separates into parts 
■ with a constriction around the middle. 
Fig. 5 is a top view taken about the 
forty-fifth hour and shows the heart 
'^till in a tubular form. 

Third Day— The tube of the heart 
now^ becomes bent together and it is 
confined to that portion of the embryo 
to which it belongs. The circulation of 
the blood becomes quite vigorous, and 
during the day a complete system of 
blood vessels is formed with a definite 
cirfulation. and pulsations of the heart 
carry the blood to all parts of the enie- 
bryo. Nutritive iiiatter is transmitted 
to the blood and quite a quantity of 
yolk is absorbed, which is in turn re- 
plenished by the white, and by the end 
of the day the decrease in the white is 
strongly marked. The blastoderm cov- 
ccrs about half of the yolk and theem- 
bryo is almost completely covered by 
the amnion, several folds of which 
meet along the line over the back, but 
their complete coalescence will not 
take place until the next day. .Another 
important change also takes place on 
this day. The embryo up to this time 
has been lying on the yolk with the 
part which \v\\\ be its face to lie on its 
left side and the whole embryo begins 



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to curve upon itself. 

Fourth Day— The growth of the em- 
bryo has been very rapid since the third 
day and the white of the egg is still 
further diminished, the embryo lying 
almost in contact with the shell mem- 
brane, separated from it only by the 
thin false amnion which has also in- 
creased in size to such an extent as to 
make a covering almost obsuring the 
view of the body of the chick beneath, 
and all traces of its folds where it came 
together along the line of the back are 
lost. There is yet very little fluid in 
the amniotic sac and the dry amnion 
lies close to the embryo, which is thus 
fully exposed to atmospheric influences. 
At this period in artificial incubation is 
overheating more disastrous than at 
my other. The tail is now quite con- 
spicuous, the limbs make their appear- 
ance and the curviture of the body is 
increased. The allantois is now dis- 
cernablc and begins to push out from 





the digestive canal, between the tv/o 
coats of the amnion and is at first a 
bag or sac protruding from the naval, 
independent of the yolk sac. During 
the first part of the day it is very small 
and its growth slow, but during the lat- 
ter half the growth is more rapid and 
at the same time its blood vessels be- 
come important. By reference to Fig. ti 
these changes can be plainly seen. 

Fifth Day— The process of develop- 
ment goes on very rapidly and many 
changes are noted on this day. The 
germinal membrane has spread over 
the entire yolk sac and completely en- 
closed it. The allantois has reached 
far over the right side of the embryo, 
between the true and false amnion an 1 
its network of blood vessels has ex- 
tended. The amnion has made a com- 
plete ilosure and its cavity begins to 
be filled wilh a fluid which raaises it 
some distance from the embryo. The 
development is nicely shown in Fig. 7, 
which was taken at the close of the fifth 



Fig. 8. 
day. 

Sixih and Seventh Days — While de- 
velopment is going rapidly on there are 
no marked changes on the sixth riiy, 
other than that each portion shows 
considerable growth, as will be seen by 
comparing Figs. 7 and 8, and the cavity 
between the true and false amnion be- 
comes larger and is filling rapidly with 
fluid, but on the seventh day obvious 
movements appear in the amnion and 
it begins to pulsate regularly, which 
rocks the embryo to and fro in the egg. 
The allantois forms a flattened sac cov- 
ering the right side of the embryo and 
spreads out in all directions between 
the folds of the amnions. The allantois 
is filled with fluid so its walls are sep- 
arated from each other in spite of its 
flattened form. The veins which 
Iriiught back the biood. to the heart 
h;i-i' disappeared a"'i the yolk is not 
S'l lluid. but continues to absorb the 
v'hile. which is dnninishing rapidly. 
The liquid absorbed by the yolk from 
the white forms the amniotic, allantoic 
and other fluids and is also used as 
nourishment for the embryo. The head 
does not lie so near the tail as on previ- 
ous day.< and the neck appears mor-.; 





Fig-. 10. 
(iistinctly, though the head is still largo 
111 proportiop to the body. A white 
Jiilijtance appears on the face, which 
■;iler develops into a beak. 

Eighth. Ninth and Tenth Days— Os- 
sification begins on the eighth or ninth 
day and the bones commence to form, 
but the skeleton is not complete until 
the thirteenth day. Signs of feathers 
lan be di;'i;iguished on the ninth du- 
along the middle line of the back, am! 
especially ihe sacs of the tail feathers. 
There are no important changes in the 
amnion during these days; its cavity 
still being filled with fluid, and on the 
eighth day its pulsations are at their 
heighth. The allantois has covered the 
greater part of the yolk sac and is now 
the chief ort^an of respiration. The 
change in the formation of the embryo 
can be seen at Fig. 8, which represents 
it at the colse of the ninth day. f-[erc 
it has the form of a chick, but the head 
and eyes appear to be the biggest parts. 
Eleventh Day— The body of the em- 
bryo is practically completed on this 
day, .but it is still connected with its 
< (her appendanges by a narrow tube 
or rmbilicus which can be plainly seen 
Ml Fig. 10, and the chick reta.ns its pj- 




Fig. 11. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

'iti(.ii the short way of the egg. The 
yolk has diminished rapidly and '.i;.' 
the yolk sac becomes flabby, forming a 
series of folds supplied with numerous 
blood vessels. The loops of intestines, 
whicli have been hanging down, are 
drawn up into the abdomen and the ab- 
dominal walls loosely formed. The al- 
lantois now surrounds the egg with the 
exception of the end opposite the em- 
bryo, where still remains a little of the 
wh'le ur allnimen, which has formed a 
sticky mass tightly pressed into the 
Olid of the egg. There is nothing now 
between the allantois and the shell ex- 
cept the thin membrane of the false 
amnion and the vitelline membrane to 
which it partially adheres. 

Twelfth Day— On this day the crea- 
tive forces complete their work and 
the chick, though small, is fully formed. 
The embryo, it will be seen (Fig. 11), 
has turned partially over in the egg so 
that its head is more toward the large 
end. The allantois now alone per- 
forms the function of geathtring nutri- 





Fig. 12. 

nient for the chick, which from now on 
has only to grow and develop, and to 
act as lungs. The carbon in the waste 
products of the blood is being burned 
out and the poisonous gases thus gen- 
erated are thrown off through pores of 
the shell and the amount of oxygen en- 
tering the egg is quite a considerable. 

Tliirteenth and Fourteenth Days — On 
the thirteenth day the skeleton is com- 
plete and the various muscles of the 
body can, on close examination, be dis- 
cerned. On the fourteenth day the 
embryo turns more completely over so 
that its head comes opposite the 
chorion and shell membrane which 
form the inner walls of the air cells. 
-As this change in position is not com- 
pileted until near J:he close of the four- 
teenth day we show it in the illustra- 
tion of the fifteenth day (Fig. 12). 

Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth 
Day.s — ^The embryo develops very rap- 



Fig. Hi. 
idly on these days and about the six- 
teenth day the allantois completely en- 
circles it, passing over the poll of the 
yolk opposite the embryo. 

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days — On 
the eighteenth day the head of the em- 
bryo is turned a little to one side, so 
as to be more in a position to break the 
shell. In the illustration at Fig. 1.3 it 
looks as if it might be turning its head 
toward the small end of the egg, but 
this is not the c^se, it being due to the 
position from which the egg is viewed. 
The fluid in the amniotic sac has en- 
tirely disappeared and the chick is 
breathing the air it contained. The 
pulmonary circulation increases and the 
circulation of blood in the allantois has 
greatly diminished. On the nineteenth 
day the yolk sac, which has become 
greatly reduced in size, is drawn into 
the abdominal cavity, greatly extending 
it, and nothing remain^ but the allan- 
tois and the dry amnion. 

Twentieth Day — During the early 
part of the day the blood in the alien 
toic vesicles is sluggish, and later as 
the chick succeeds in breaking its cov- 
ering the blood ceases to flow through 
the umbilical arteries into the allantois 
and it dies. When the chick breaks 




Fig. it. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
eti'JDAV 




Kig. 
tlie shell :t commences to breathe the 
(iiUer air through the lungs and no 
longer has need of the allantois. In 
from six to ten hours after breathing 
the outer air the chick throws off the 
shell and makes it entree into the 
worUl, as shown m Fig. 15. 



Buying Eggsfor Hatching 

Now is the proper time to decide 
what you want to buy and at what sea- 
son you want your eggs delivered. Egg 
orders are filled by the breeders in ro- 
tation, and if a breeder treats customers 
with fairness it won't do any good to 
get an order in Saturday of one week, 
to get your incubator filled the Mon- 
day following — that is, unless your 
breeder happens to have a supply of 
eggs on hand and no orders booked. 
• When you receive your eggs, if they 
arc broken or not properly packed, re- 
port the matter at once. If you wait 
too long the shipper will be suspicious 
that you wish to get your order dupli- 
cated free of charge. 

When you test your eggs, if you find 
few infertile ones it may be as well to 
wait til! the hatch is made before re- 
port is made, but if the reverse is the 
case, report at once. Be sure you prop- 
erly test the eggs and not before the 
tenth day. 

We have had some experience that 
teaches us that early reports as to re- 
sults arc proper. Last year we had but 
one complaint of turkey eggs, and in 
that case we replaced them, but had the 
complaint came in two or three weeks 
late we would have paid no heed to it. 
One year when all reports of our duck 
eggs were fine we received six weeks 
after shipping, a doleful tale about all 
those eggs being infertile. It was too 
long a delay in the face of our other 
good reports, and in view of the fact 
thit the receiver had tested the eggs 
during incubation. 

We never bought eggs of a breeder 
yet who would not endeavor to make 
matters right if we were prompt in 
stating our case. 



15. 

We never sold a setting of eggs that 
turned out badly that we did not dupli- 
cate the order very carefully if imme- 
diate report was made. 

We have waited until our patience 
well-nigh gave out when we neglected 
to order ahead. We have laid awake 
nights because of the impatience of 
some of our own customers who could 
only wait a day or two. 

As a matter of fact there are only a 
few fowls in a good breeder's pens, and 
if you order from a certain pen you 
must have patience if the breeder is 
honest. 

Perhaps you cannot tell when you 
will have a hen setting. If you have the 
settitig kind you can be reasonably cer 
tain by watching the time they begin 
to lav. ' HATTIE BYFIELD. 



the Buffs I bought a trio, and both of 
the hens had half of their tails white, 
the cockerel was very dark, but I 
thought I had it, so showed at our 
county fair, but did not get a piece of 
th'' money, but this only woke me up, 
so I read all the poultry papers I could 
get hold of, and found out where I 
could get some good stock. I sent 
away and got some birds which proved 
O. K., and this year I made a clean 
sweep at the county fair. Now a word 
for our Buff Leghorn club. Everyone 
who has, and is interested in this beau- 
tiful breed should be a member. It 
only costs $1 a year, and nothing put-; 
a breed to the front as (luick and as 
well as a lot of good men united and 
working. 

George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, 
Mich.. Secretary, is well known to all 
Buff Leghorn breeders as a hustler for 
the Buffs, and will give full information 
on application . 



The Buff Leghorn 

By N. K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. 

I have read man-y able discussions on 
this beautiful breed of fowls, and I 
think they lead all other Leghorns for 
beauty and- size. They lay as many 
large, white eggs as any, and then the 
shining metallic golden buff of the male 
and the soft, golden of the female leads 
me and many others to believe they 
are the leaders. 

I am comparatively a young breeder 
of this variety, though I have had 
chickens around me since I can remem- 
ber, and I get along nicely, feeding and 
caring for my buffs, and seldom losing 
any by disease. 

Mornings I feed a mash mixture of 
barley bran and corn meal, equal part>. 
a o.uart merely dampened for each 
twelve hens; at noon, yellow corn 
cracked very coarse; at night, wheat. 
The corn and wheat always thrown in 
litter about one foot deep on the floor 
of pens to keep them busy all day. 
Green bone twice a week, and green 
food always before ihem, in winter 
principally cabbage and sugar beets; in 
summer my birds full access to the 
fields. 

Three years aco when T started with 



The mating up of breeding stock is, 
I think, the most important work a 
breeder has to do, as upon the proper 
performance of this depends his future 
success. 

The Leghorn may be mated up in 
pens of from six to fifteen with good 
results. The male should be of good 
size and carriage, bright, active, full of 
live and vigor of good color and as well 
up in other standard requirements as 
possible. The females shoul also show 
that bright, active alertness which is 
one of the most charming characteris- 
tics of this variety. Let them also be 
well bodied birds, the breast bearing 
well forward, combs not only well ser- 
rogated and properly folded, but both 
comb and mottles should show size 
and color to indicate good laying qual- 
ities, without being coarse. 

R. R. FRENCH. 




g. P. Rock cockerel owned and bred 
by C. M Hulburt, Fairbury, Nebr., 
"Ringlet Strain," 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Poultry Chat 

By Mrs. Albert Ray 



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Ivlitur Investigator; 

It is not so much that we busy farm- 
ers' wives need enthusiasm upon the 
subject as v;e need help, both to Hghten 
the many and tiresome duties that over- 
come failure and lead to success. 

Poultry farming is in itself fascinat- 
ing and vAli enthuse its devotees to in- 
terest and action. , 

The many advantages attained by 
the successful poultry woman or poul- 
try man — it is not necessary to enumer- 
ate — but suffi'ce it to say that every 
thrifty farm home wishes to provide its 
members with an abundance of the best 
meat cleanly and carefully grown, as 
well as eggs — fresh eggs — the most 
wholesome and noiirshing food when 
properly and daintly served. 

While this much is being done for 
the home, much more can be done with 
comparatively little more expense and 
effort. 

There are so many things to defeat 
us that sometimes we are almost dis- 
couraged and say, "Well, I hav; so 
much 'bad luck' that I hardly feel like 
trying." Yet we never give up and re- 
new the effort each succeeding year 
with varying success. 

Of course, every one has chickens, 
mere or less, of some kind to begni 
with. Well, whatever kind, the step 
pmg stones to success are first a home 
for them that is comfortable — roomy, 
sunny and well ventilated; next is clean- 
liness, which in its fullest sense is free- 
dom from vermin. 

We learn each year more and more of 
the value of the early hatched aiid well 
cared for chicks. These are a real del- 
icacy for the home table as well as the 
market. This is indeed the "early bird 
that chtches the golden worm." Also 
the pullets of the early hatches m^ke 
the winter layers when eggs arc i g jjd 
price — this making twice that the early 
brood capture the highest prices for 
both broilers and eggs. 

As this subject is one of expansion, 
we will talk only of helps to secure re- 
sults referred to. We all know to have 
early chicks we must have early setters, 
and if onj cares to prepare for a smail 
brood it only requires a little more care 
and effort to raise more. It takes no 
longer time for many than few. And 
why not get them all early? 

It is needless to recount the woes of 
the housewife in caring for setting hens 
which often do not seem as much in- 
terested in the welfare of the eggs and 



cliickens as the poultry woiii.in licisilf. 

Fni.iing that it was a necessity ij 
liglitcn my work (as T have no house- 
hold help without hiring) we were 
ready to be convinced as to the best 
incubator and upon perusal of our 
poultry papers saw a contribution from 
a well known poultry woman who had 
had experience with incubators. She 
said among other things that as per- 
fectly as some of these machines are, 
no busy woman should be without the 
help of an incubator. 

I wrote her and asked her to kindly 
give me the benefit of her knowledge 
that we might make no mistake in the 
selection of an incubator, which favor 
she grante.i. We bought the one she 
recommended, she adding "you'll never 
regret the money spent." And we have 
not, but have been very pleasantly dis- 
appointed, and are so glad that there 
is anything so helpful. 

We sat ours March 1st. and every 
three weeks thereafttr, making four 
successful hatches. The first gave 96 
per cent, second 95 per cent, third 90 
per cent or a little more, and fourth 90 
per cent. The chicks were the liveliest, 
most perfect and healthy we ever had 
anything to do with — doing nothing but 
grow. We lost hardly any from the 
first two hatches as broilers at only 
fair prices, but brought more than the 
cost of the incubator, leaving the early 
pullets for winter layers. 

We have had excellent success rais- 



excepting accidents which would not 
have happened had we been wise 
enough to get a brooder, too. And my 
work of raising would have been easier 
by far. The hens concluded that as 
they had nothing better to do they 
would keep the egg basket and egg 
case filled, which they have done, while 
their neighbors took a long vacation 
from laying after hatching and brood- 
ing chickens, lice and mites. 



A Word About Ha.mburg9CIl 

So many inquiries reach my desk 
about this remarkably beautiful as well 
as useful family of chickens I have de- 
cided, Mr. Editor, to call on you for a 
little help. My song is always about 
the Silver Spangled variety. 

We will begin by saying that there is 
no family of chickens that will surpass 
them for laying qualities. The Leghorn 
people have advertised and boosted 
their Brownies, Whites and Buffs until 
many people believe they are the only 
egg machines in the world, but here we 
desire to remark that the Leghorn is 
not a winter laying breed. The Hahi- 
burg is. It is a very rare thing, indeed, 
to see a frozen comb among them. 
Their low, close fitting rose comb is 
an almost sure guarantee against frost. 
Every poultryman knows that a hen 
will not lay so long as she is suffering 
with a frozen comb. The Hamburgs 
are the equal of any as winter layers 
and are surpassed by none during the 
warmer months of the year. There are 
none that will resist the encroachments 
of disease any better than they. They 
are bright, active and industrious, and 
always manage to keep up a good di- 



gestion and circulation, and there is 
ing the chickens from the four hatches, ' not much chance for disease to attack 




l>t prize pen of Light Brahmas, scored 188 points by Rhodes at Superior, 
Nebr., owned by J. L. Smith, of Cadams, Nebr. Mr. Smith won the large part 
of the premiums at Superior and 1st and 3d hen, 4th pul, and 3th c'k'l at State 
Show at Lincoln, Nebr., 1902. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



them. Bcinpr very fnntl of the dust hox 
they keep ilienisclves remarkably clear 
of Hoc and other vermin. Their non- 
sitting propensities- saves them the loss 
of mnch valuable time. I never knew 
one to sit. In the past four years that 
1 Iiave handled them there has been 
just two hens tlial have been l)roody. 
Thty sat on tilt nest four or five hours 
a day for a couple of days and that 
ended their efforts to increase the hen 
pojiulation. 

The efigs are medium in size and are 
a pure pearl white in color. They 
hatch well, in fact they are the equal of 
any for hatching purpose?. The chicks 
are very active and strong and begin to 
feather out as soon as they are out of 
shell. By the time they are a week old 
the wing and tail feathers have made a 
g-ood growth. For this reason they 
need to be fed on such food as will fur- 
nish material for feather growing. The 
period of a female's productiveness is 
equal to the length of her life. Hens 4 
and 5 years old begin as prolific as 
pullets, A friend of the writer owned 
two' hens that were 8 years old and they 
were as active as at any time during 
their younger years. One should never 
coop the young of any of the smaller 
breeds v,ith those of the .Americans or 
Asiatic classes. Keep their separate or 
the larger ones will tramp and smother 
the little ones to death. The birds 
when full grown will weigh S'A to 5;4 
pounds each. They are inclined to be 
a little nervouis, but with kind treat- 
ment are as gentle as one could wish 
for. They are quick to notice strangers 
and for that reason strangers should 
net go inside of their yards. Every 
change that is made in their runs or 
houses is quickly noticed. 

Taken all in all. the Silver Spangled 
Hamburgs are among the very best 
breeds of today. 

KFA'. G. A. CIIAMBI.IN. 
Moran. Kan. 




The third prize White Wyandotte cockerel at Cfiicago, 111., and Topeka, Kas., 
owned by Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kas. This bird attracted more attention than 
any other one bird in Kansas state show. 



Premiums AwaLrded at the Glasco 
Poultry Show 



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A trio of Silver Spangled Hamburgs 
that won first at South Dakota state 
fair owned by H. P. Larson, Beresford, 
S. D. 



Single Comb Brown Leghorns — First 
pen, John Chase, $1; second, G. L. 
Smith, $1; third, John Chase, blue rib- 
bon. 

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — Blue 
ribbon on cockerel and pullet was 
awarded to B. F. McMillan. 

Single Comb Buff Leghorns — First 
premium, B. F. McMillan, $l'; third, R. 
G. Pilcher, on cockerel, blue ribbon. 

Partridge Cochins — First and second 
premiums were awarded to F. H. Sut- 
ton of Minneapolis. 

Buff Wyindottcs — First iircmium. J. 
E. Olmstead. 

Black Minorcas — First and second 
premiums were awarded to John Chase. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks — First and 
second premiums, F. L. Slater, also 
first on cockerel and first on pullet. 

White Wyandottes — First premium, 
George D. Smith; second, C. Lee 
.Archer. 

White Faced Black Spanish — I'irst 
and second, Captain Sjicrry of Minne- 
apolis. 

Buff Rocks— R. G. Pilcher received 
first and second premums. 

Buff Orpingtons — First and second 
premiums went to R. G. Pilcher. 

Belgian hares — Roy Ott. blue ribbon. 

White rabbits — Earl Woodward, blue 
ribbon. 

Game Bantams — Charlie Sutton first. 

Highest scoring bird in show — James 
Pratt received first and blue ribbon. 

George Chapman received blue rib- 



bon on his fine exhibit of pea fowls. 

Pit games — John Chase received first. 

Toulouse geese — John Chase first, al- 
so premium on White Holland turkeys. 

On account of frosted combs on 
fowls the exhibit only numbered 916 
birds: but great interest was taken by 
the public in the exhibition. 



AmericBtn Buff Leghorn Club 

Officers — President, Charles L. 
Thayer, Chicago, III.; Eastern vice 
president, Harry M. Lamon, Water- 
town, N. v.; Western vice president, 
Eugene N. Lacey. Kansas City, Mo. ; 
secretary an<l treasurer, George S. 
Barnes. Battle Breek, Mich. 

Honorary Vice Presidents — James 
Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can.; F. E. 
Olson, Galva, III.; C. A. Durling, 
Hopewell, N. J.: B. F. Hislop, Milford, 
III.: Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa.; 
George, F. Curtis. Fenton, Mich. 

Executive Committee — Augustus D. 
Arnold, Dillsburg. Pa.; Thomas Peer, 
Fiirfield, N. J.; James Dundas, Deer 
Park, Ont. 

MEMBERS. 

The breeders of Single Comb Buff 
Leghorns are recommended by the 
dub as breeders worthy of your atten- 
tion when you arc in need of stock . r 
eggs. The club will expell any member 
that does not deal fair and honest with 
his customers. It is with pleasure th<<t 
the club and its officers can recommend 
the following brother fanciers and 
members: 

Augustus D. .Arnold. Dillsburg. Pa. 
George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, Mich. 




Bill East aiui Bill H..lcimib of Clay 
Center, Neb., are both chicken cranks. 
Bill East raises Golden Wyandottes 
and Bill Holcoinb raises the Golden 
Seabrigfht Bantams. At the poultry 
show held here at Clay Center last 
winter the two Bills got up an argu- 
ment as to which was really the best 
chicken. Holcomb claimed that the 
Golden Seabright Bantams were on top 
every time. Of course, Mr. East dis- 
puted it. Mr. Holcomb caught Mr. 
East away from the show room one day 
"and got a photo taken showing his ban- 
tam on top. We think the evidence is 
entirely one sided. If the above half 
tone is any evidence, most certainly 
the Golden Seabright Bantams are on 
top, but it is not on lecord that Mr. 
East ever gave it up that the Golden 
Wyandottes were not the best chickens. 



Charles M. Clime, Terre Hill, Pa. 
Nate K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. 

Canada. 
George F. Curtis, Fenton, Mich. 
John I. Craig, 45fi Devon st,, Arlington 

N. J. 
C. A. Durling, Hopewell, N. J. 
James Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can. 
VV. C. Draper, Govan, Wash. 

B. W. Fellows, Big Rapids, Mich. 
W. H. Fowler, Green Bay, Wis. 

C. H. Fry. West Haven, Conn. 
Chester B. Gleason, Sherman, N. Y. 

A. W. Graham, Cortland, N. Y. 
Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa. 
Casper Hart, Venetia, Pa. 
William L. Howell, Geneseo, N. Y. 

B. F. Hislop, Milford, III. 
G. C. Howe, Aurora, III. 

Eugene D. Lacy, Kansas City, Mo., 

Palace Clothing Co. 
Harry M. Lamon, Watertown. N. Y. 
Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Arthur J. McClain, Delaware, N. J. 
G. W. Maurhoff, Saxonburg, Pa. 
Mrs. C. W. Harrington, Hartford Mills, 

N. Y. 
Gus Norton, Union City, Mich. 
Fred E. Olson, Galva, 111. 
Thomas Pe^r, Fairfield. N. J. 
M. L. Pressnall, Munden, Kas. 
P. H. Ross, Waterloo, Ont,, Can. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

D. R. Shaffer, Turtle Creek, Pa. 

W. W. Storms, Burlington. Wis. 

John J. Spillane, Lockport, 111. 

C. A. Stimson, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 

Sylvester Shirley, Port Clinton, O. 

Stuart D. Talbot, Edmendston. N. Y. 

Charles M. Thayer, Chicago, 111., 7036 

Union ave. 
F. G. Toepfer, Toledo, O.. 7-?X Tccum- 

seh St. 
William Vaude Mass. Midland Park. 

N. J. 
r. J. Walp. Quakertown, Pa. 
Kdwin Wardle, Venetia, Pa. 
George D. Williams. Toronto. Ont.. 

Can., 100 Argyle St. 
Dell Wolf. Battle Creek. Mich.. 13 San- 

der'ion st. 
Daniel Waener. Niles, 111. 



Mery Christmas has come and gone. 
The New Year has begun, with many 
resilutions for the future, as we have 
often done in the past but. alas, how 
few of them can we live up to as we 




the vocation what it may, and how 
many of my sister fanciers are situated 
as I am Never a word of encourage- 
nieul. Many persons want the best 
bird in the yard for fifty cents or a set- 
ting of eggs at store prices, or perhaps 
want to exchange and when told the 
prices, look aghast and think me a fiftf 
subject for a house in Lincoln — well, 
called the insane asylum. Others will 
coinida n of express charges and "birds 
ought to be sold cheaper when ship- 
ped a long distance on account of ex- 
press charges." Permit me here to ex- 
press my thanks to Cora A. Richards 
for the valuable article on "shipping 
coops," but another drawback: What 
are we to do when all the thin lumber 
that can be got must be from boxes 
purchased of the merchants? Some- 
times a half dozen must be bought to 
make one coop. Are we to be consid- 
ered dishonest to our customers for ex- 
cessive express charges? Some may 
say, "but I do the best I can by making 
to coops as light as I can with the ma- 
terial I get.". 

As the days and years pass on I am 
determined to make the best of my sit- 
uation, whatever it may be. Adversity 
and sorrow is often the means of mak- 
in gour character the better. With the 
new year I will wish you all success, 
jiear the losses and disappointments 
bravely. IDA E. BARD. 

Imperiol, Neb. 



First prize Buff Cochin cockerel at 
Nebraska t-tate show at Lincoln, owned 
by C. K. Davis, Columbus, Neb. 



fully expected to do. for some cause or 
another. I spent the first of tlie New 
Year in the show room renewing old 
acquaintances and making new ones — a 
pleasure indeed. And as the ribbons 
were put on my favorites' coop (the 
Buff Cochins) I resolved to raise more 
and if possible better birds this year; 
lor the awards showed we I have not 
toiled in vain to get better ones each 
year, although I never expect to reach 
the top round of the ladder of chicken- 
fame. I will strive to overcome the 
snany drawbacks that surround me by 
doing the very best I can. 

When reading the many journals that 
find a way to my desk I often think 
what perseverance and determination 
it takes to overcome the difficulties bt 



Fayette, Mo., Jan. ].5. 1902. 
'Ihe fourth annual exhibit of the 
Central Missouri Poultry and Pet Stock 
Association will be held in Fayette. 
Mo., Dec. f»th to lith. 19n2. Mr. Frank 
W. Hitchcock of Denver, Colo., will 
judge the show. In our report of the 
winnings at the third annual show, we 
made an error in the winnings of Mrs. 
W. N. Marshall. Lisbon, Mo., on Buff 
Orpingtons. She won as follows: 1st 
and 2nd cork: 1st and 2nd hen; 1st and 
2nd cockerel: 2nd and 3rd pullet; 1st 
and 2nd pen. In justice to Mrs. Mar- 
shall we pu!)lish the corrected winnings. 
H. P. MASON, Sec'y. 




Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 
Center, Iowa, 



Clark, Dallas 






This is the daughter of J. S. Markel- 
of Wahoo, Nebr., holding one of his 
famous Belgian Hares. Look up his 
ad. 



The Poultry Show^ 



Notwithstanding the Side Play of Old 
Boreas and the Tightened Purse- 
strings of Our Citizens, the 
Show Was a Decided 
Success. 



The Appleton City Poultry and Pet 
Stock Association held their first an- 
nual exhibition Dec. 17th to 20th. in- 
clusive, and despite the extreme cold 
weather a most satisfactory display of 
fine fowls was on exhibition, and those 
who were the promoters of this organ- 
ization have just cause to feel proud 
over the display. True the cold weath- 
er caught several of our breeders of 
choice fowls napping, and, as a result 
a number of chickens that were to 
have been on exhibition were unfit for 
the show room, and parties from a dis- 
tance who had intended to compete for 
prizes did not put in their appearance. 
1 he number of chickens, turkeys, geese 
and ducks in the show room numbered 
a little over 150 and in this number 
was to be seen as fine scoring stock 
as can be exhibited at any average 
show of the same nature. 

The only feature that did not come 
up to the expectation of the managers 
was the very light patronage by our 
city people, who, is was hoped, would 
give the show encouragement by their 
presence and financial support. Below 
we give a list of those who won prizes 
and their fowls: 

D. Gillson — Barred Plymouth Rocks 
— 1st on cock, 2nd on cockerel, 1st on 
hen, 1st on pen. Black Minorcas — 
1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st and 2nd 
on hen, 1st and 2nd on pullet, 1st on 
pen. White Rocks— 1st on pen. First 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

on White Holland and Narragansett 
Turkeys and first on Pekin ducks. 

W. C. Gates — While Wyandottes — 
1st on cockerel and 1st on pullet. 

Elmer Brooks — Buff Cochins — 1st on 
pen, 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd on pul- 
lets. Rhode Island Reds — 1st on 
cockerel and 1st on pullet. Barred 
Plymouth Rocks — 2nd on pullet. White 
Rocks — ■3r(l on cockerel. 

Mis. Luther Williams — Silver Laced 
Wyandottes — 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd 
on cockerels, 1st on hen and 1st and 
2nd on pullets. 

Mrs. Staples — Golden Laced Wyan- 
dottes — 1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 
2nd. and 3rd on pullets. 

Branch & Son — Barred Plymouth 
Rocks — 1st and 3rd on cockerels, 1st on 
pullet. White Rocks — 1st on pullet, 2d 
pullet, Ibt and 2d on cockerel. 

S. H. Cotton — Black Langshans — 
1st and 2nd on pens, 1st on cock, 1st 
and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
on pullets. Pen score 18SJ4. 

F. Whaley— Buff Rocks— Isl and 2nd 
on pens, 1st on cock, 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
on cockerels, 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hens, 
1st, 2d and 3rd on pullets. 

Mrs. A. F. Wyckoff— Blue Andalusi- 
ans — 1st and 2nd on hen, 1st and 2nd 
on pullets. 

P. C. Mendenhall— Black Cochins— 
1st and 2nd on pullets. White Coch- 
ins — 1st on hen, 1st and 2nd on pullet. 
Buff Bantams — 1st on cockerel, 1st on 
hen and 1st on pullet. Black C. Ban- 
tams — 1st on hen. 

H. R. Howard — Buff Cochins— 1st on 
cockerel, 3rd on pullet. 

A. T. Lowry — R. C. B. Leghorns — 
1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 
3rd on pullets. 

J. M. Brown won 1st on pair of Buff 
turkeys. 

T. Cumins 1st on trio G. C. Ban- 
tams. 

R. N. Burns 1st on pair Hoodans. 

J. R. Waggoner and family will eat 
Christmas dinner with his son, Wel- 
don, at Fort Scott. 



'Poultry Show Winuings 



List of Prize Winners at the First 

Annual Exhibition of the Areena 

Poultry Association at Sterling, 

111.— Show Closed Jan. 1, 1902. 

The first annual show the Arena 
Poultry show closed Wednesday even- 
ing. In spite of the severe cold weather 
just preceding the show, which kept 
many intending exhibits away, the at- 
tendance was good and the quality of 
birds shown was exceptionally fine. 
Premiums have been paid in full, the 
enthusiasm of old fanciers has been 
raised to fever heat and new members 



have been added to the association. The 
members of the association to whom 
this kind of work is new, have every 
reason to be satisfied with their.: first 
effort. The outlook is auspicious for a 
grand exhibition next winter. Dates 
hive not yet been claimed for the sec- 
ond annual show, but they will be made 
known later. 

The following is a list of the exl^b- 
itors and awards at the Arena pbuUry 
show, closing January 2, 1902: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks: Cock birds 
—First, J. R. Delp, Sterling, 111.;; sec- 
ond, Fred Boehm, Sterling, 111.; third, 
Earl Gilbert, Sterling, 111. Hen— FPrst, 
Earl Gilbert; second, J. B. Delp; third, 
S. H. Gearhart, Sterling. Cock^l — 
First, J. C. Troop, Sterling; second, J. 
e. Delp; tlvrd, J. C. Troop. Pullet- 
First and second, J. B. Delp; third, J. 
C. Troop. First pen. J. B. Delp; sec- 
ond pen. Earl Gilbert. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks: Cock — First, 
R. L. Leitch, Rock Falls; second, Cecil 
Wheelock, Tampico; third. Hunter 
Wood, Sterling. Hen — First and third, 
R. L. Leitch; second, Cecil Wheelock. 
Cockerel — First and second, Cecil 
Wheelock; third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet 
— First and second, Franz Weimken, 
Dana, 111.; third, Sam Lowry, Rock 
Fails. First pen, Cecil Wheelock; sec- 
ond pen, R. L. Leitch; third pen, Sam 
Lowry. 

White Plymouth Rocks: Cock — First, 
Giddings, Sterling; second, R. B. Mc- 
Neil, Rock Falls. Hen — First and sec- 
ond, Giddings; second, R. B. M<:Neil. 
Cockerel — First and second, Giddings; 
third, R. B. McNeil. Pullet— First and 
second, Giddings; third, Mrs. John 
Beales, Rock Falls. First pen, Gid- 
dings: second pen, R. B. McNeil. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes: Cock — 
First, A. B. Kreider, Sterling. Hen — 
First, A. B. Kreider. Cockerel — First, 
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third, A. B. Kreider. Pullet— First, 
second and third, Calvin Ott. First 
pen, Calvin Ott; second pen, A. B. 
Kreider. 

Golden Wyandottes: Cock — Second, 
A. J. McNeil, Rock Falls. Hen— First 
and second, A. J. McNeil. Cockerel — 
Second and third, A. J. McNeil. Pul- 
let— First, A. J. McNeil. 

White Wyandottes: Cock— First, E. 
R. Hopkins, Rock Falls. Hen — First 
and second, E. R. Hopkins. Cockerel 
— First, second and third, E. R. Hop- 
kins. Pullet — First, second and third, 
E. R. Hopkins. First pen, E. R. Hop- 
kins. 

Buff Wyandottes — E. J. Pierce, Rock 
Falls, won first cock, first and second 
hen, first cockerel; first, second and 
third pullet, and first and second pen. 

Black Wyandottes — E. R. Hopkins 
won first cock, first and second hen 

Light Brahmas — Dexter Woodard of 
Prophetstown won first and second 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ver cup special to L. A. Kline from 
American Langshan club for the ten 
highest scoring Langshans. 

Black Minorcas — E. C. Winters, Rock 
Falls, won first cock; first, second and 
third hen; first and second cockerel; 
first, second and third pullet; first and 
second pen. 

White Minorcas — C. E. Goodrich, 
Rock Falls, won first, second and third 
hep. 

Blue Andalusians — A. J. McNeil won 
third cock, third hen, second cockerel; 
first, second and third pullet; second 
pen. 

White Crested Black Polish— F. E. 
Brown, Rock Falls, won first pullet. 

Silver Spangled Hambugs — Prof. B. 
F. Hendricks, Rock Falls, won first 
cock, first and second pullet. 

Cornish Indian Game — C. W. Brown, 
Rock Falls, won first cock; first, sec- 
ond and third hen. 

Buff Cochin Bantams: Cock — First, 



Toulouse Geese — First pair, Charles 
Pippert, Rock Falls. 

Why I Breed Buff Leghorns 

By Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind. 

For beauty they have no superior, 
and few equals. Did you ever see a 
flock of those proud and haughty birds, 
with their rich, even, golden buff color 
challenging the world as to beauty and 
utility? There may be some objection!; 
as to size, but by having small bone we 
have more meat in proportion ro 
weight than in most of the largf-r 
breeds. 

They are one of the most desirable 
of table fowls, having a deep breast, 
fine grain meat. It is a well known 
fact that they are considered the best 
of summer layers. I find by fair treat- 
ment they are good winter layers, and 
have so proven themselves to me. They 
hare confinement nice, are hardy, good 
foragers. anJ easily raised. They ma- 
tare early, have had pullets commence 



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Date, Feb'y 15th. 1902. 
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cockerel; first, second and third pullet, 
and first pen. 

Buff Cochin: Cockerel — First, R. L. 
Leitch; second and third, Carl Nelson, 
Morrison. Hen— First, second and 
third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet— First, 
Carl Nelson; second and third, R. L. 
Leitch. First pen, R. L. Leitch; sec- 
on.1 pen. Carl Nelson; third pen, Rob- 
ert Collins, Morrison. 

Partridge Cochins: Cock — First, W. 
C. Acox of Flbtara; 111. - Co'b'ckerel — 
Second, W. C. Acox; third, Hunter 
Wood. Pullet — First, second and third, 
W. C. Acox. First pen, W. C. Acox. 

Black Langshans: Cockerel — First, 
Franz Wimken; second, L. A. Kline, 
Rock Falls; third. Dr. John Kole, Wil- 
liamsfield, 111. Hen— First — L. A. 
Kline; second and third. Dr. John 
Kole. Pullet — First and second, L. A. 
Kline; third, Dr. John Kole. First pen, 
L. A. Kline; second pen. Dr. John 
Kole'; third pen, Franz Wimken. Sil- 



R. E. Cushman, Sterling; second, A. J. 
!\IcNeil. Hen — First and second, A. J. 
McNeil; third, R. E. Cushman. Cock- 
erel — First, A. J. McNeil; second, R. E. 
Cushman. Pullet— First, R. E. Cush- 
man. 

Black Breasted Red Game Bantams 
— R. E. Cushman won first and second 
cork, first and second hen. 

Rose Comb Black African Bantams 
— R. E. Cushman won first cock and 
first hen. 

Golden Seabright Bantams— R. E. 
Cushman won first cock and first hen. 

Bronze Turkeys — Mrs. G. W. Myers. 
Ashton. won first cockerel and first 
pullet 

Pekin Ducks: Old male— First, 
Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; 
old female, first, Franz Wimken; sec- 
ond. Hunter Wood. Young male — First, 
Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; 
young female, first, Franz Wimken; 
second. Hunter Wood. 



to lav at foi'r and four and a half 
months. 

The difference in the number of eg^-s 
layed, and small cost of keeping will 
convince -ny reasonable person that 
they are vl profitable, to both tt e 
fancier and fan 

I have had Americans an Asiatic*, 
but have discarded them for e monrv 
Buff Leghorn getters. You 'nay Sfcv 
they are rather wild, but it dt ends ('T 
whose hands they are in. I f 1 len 
to be very easily handled hr _,rop'r 
management. 

We hope that every per' i interested 
in this popular breed /ill join the 
American Buff Leghorn club, as ti only 
costs $1. and the benefits are worth five 
times the cost to the members and the 
breed. 



I- & N. M. CONNOR OF PoNCA . Neb.. says.— 
We are more than pleased with the Ini-estierator. 
It has brought ns Erood sales, the last two beintr 
to the amount of *"S- Of the five papers we'use, 
none equals the Investigator to advertise in. 



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First prize S. L. Wvamlolte cockerel 
at Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
Cause, Emporia, Kas. 



Awatrds a-t the State Show 

Following is a complete list of the 
awards on pigeons at the state show 
in Lincoln, January 21-25: 

YELLOW POUTERS— D. L. Bru- 
en, Oldcnbush, Neb., first cock and 
first hen; David Larson, Wahoo, Neb., 
second cock and second hen. 

WHITE POUTERS— Bruen, first 
cock; Larson, first hen and second 
cock. 

CARRIERS, and color— Bruen, all 
premiums. 

BARBS. Black. Red and Dun— Bru- 
en all premiums. 

BARBS, any other color — Bruen, 
first cock and second hen; Larson, first 
hen and second cock. 

PARLOR TUMBLERS — Bruen, 
first cock and first hen. 

BLACK JACOBINS— Bruen. first 
cock. 

RED JACOBINS— Bruen, first hen. 

YELLOW JACOBINS— Bruen, sec- 
ond hen; Larson, first cock and first 
hen. 

ENGLISH OWLS— Bruen. first and 
second hen. 

AFRICAN OWLS— Bruen, first 
cock and first hen. 

BLUE TURBITS— Larson. first 
cock and first hen. 

RED TURBITS— Bruen, first cock. 

TURBITS. any other color— Bruen, 
first an dsecond hen. 

WHITE FANTAILS — Paul E. 
Cook, Lincoln, Neb., first and second 
cock and first and second hen. 

YELLOW FANTAILS — Bruen, 
first cock and first hen. 

RED FANTAILS— Bruen, first hen. 

BLACK FANTAILS— Bruen. first 
cock and first hen. 

BLUE FANTAILS— Larson, first 
cock and first hen. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

BLACK TRUMPETERS — Bruen, 
first hen. 

TRUMPETERS, and other color— 
Bruen, first cock. 

BLACK MAGPIES— Larson, first 
cock and first hen. 

RED MAGPIES— Bruen, first cock 
and second hen; Larson, second cock 
and first hen. 

YELLOW MAGPIES— Bruen, first 
cock and first hen. 

RED SWALLOWS— Larson, first 
cock and first hen. 

YELLOW SWALLOWS— Bruen. 
first cock and first hen. 

SWALLOWS, and other color— Bru. 
cii, first cock and first hen. 

BLACK NUNS— Bruen, first cock. 

.\'UNS, any other color — Bruen, first 
cock and first hen. 

ARCHANGELS, light— Larson, first 
cock and first hen. 

RED DRAGOONS — Bruen, first 
cock. 

WHITE DRAGOONS— Bruen. first 
cock and first hen. 

BLUE FLYING HOMERS— Lar- 
son, first cock and first hen. 

FLYING HOMERS, any other col- 
or--Bruen, first and second cock and 
first and second hen. 

MOOREHEADS — Larson, first 
cock and first hen. 

SILVER STARLINGS — Bruen, 
first cock and first hen. 



Poultry Show Premiums 

List of winners at the second annua! 
exhibition of Bates County Poultry and 
Pet Stock Association, held at Butler, 
Mo.. Dec. .31st, 1901 to January 3rd, 
1902; Thomas W. Southard, Judge of 
poultry. Reed Storms of Belgian hares: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks— W. H. 
Buckley, 1 cock, 5 hen. 4 cockerel, 4 
pen; J. W. Farris, 2 cock. 1, 3, hen, 1 
and 2 pullet, 2 pen; Oak Form, 3. 5 
cock, 4 pullet; J. W. Ginn, 4 cock, 4 
hen. 2 cockerel, 3 pen; Mrs. R. V. Wil- 
liams, 2 hen, 5 pullet, P. Hostetter, 1 
cockerel, 1 pen: R. A. Atkinson. 3 
cockerel. .5 pen. H. A. Harrison, 3 pul- 
let. 

White Plymouth Rocks— Oak Park 
Farm. 1. 2 cock. 3 hen; A. B. Ludwick, 
1. 2, 4 hen, 1. 2 cockerel. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks— J. E. Bras- 
field, 1 cockerel. 1, 3, 4 pullet, Ora Mc- 
Cann. 2 cockerel. 2 pullet. 

White Wyandottes— C. S. Douglas, 1 
cock, 1 hen; Oak Park Farm. 2 cock, 
5 hen; W. W. Graves, 2. 3, 4 hen. 1, 3 
cockerel, 1, 2, 4 pullet. 1, 2 pen; M. R. 
Lyie. 2, 5 cockerel. .5 pullet. D. L. 
Frazee, 4 cockerel. 3 pen. 

S. L. Wyandottes — .Ml to Louis A. 
Osborne. 

Golden Wyandottes— S. B. McGow- 
an, 1 cockerel, 2, 3, 4. .5 pullet, 1 p«n; 



E. Gordinier, 1 pullet, 2 cockerel. 

Light Brahmas— W. D. Yates, 1 
cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, .5 hen pen; Mrs. Y. E. 
Winn, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 3, 4 pullet, 

2 pen, Mrs. J. J. March, 2, 3 cockerel; 
T. F. Weaver, 4 cockerel, 1 6, pullet, 

3 pen; M. R. Lyle, 5 cockerel, 2 pul- 
let, 4 pen. 

Buff Cochins — D. L. Frazee 1 cock- 
eral, 1, 2, 3, 5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. W. P. 
Duvall, 4 pullet. 

Black Langshans — H. H. Borgmann, 

1. 4; cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen. 1, 3 cocker- 
el, 1, 3, 4 pullet, 1, 2 pen; Arthur Bur- 
ton. 2 cock; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3 
cock, 2 cockerel, 5 pullet, 3 pen; J. B. 
Castor, 5 cock; Percy Speer, 4, 5 cock- 
erel, 3 pullet, 4 pen. 

White Langshans — W. H. Buckley, 
1 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton. 2 cockerel. 
1 cock, 1 hen, 1 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 pullet, 
4, 5 pullets. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — Clyde Pat- 
terson. 1 hen, 1, 2 cockerel, 1. 2, 3, 4. 
•5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. R. V. Williams, 

2, 3 hen. 

S. S. Hamburgs— All to W, W. 
Graves. 

S. C. Rhode Island Reds— All to W. 
D. Yates. 

C. I. Games — Hartwell Bros. 1 cock; 
W. W. Graves, 1. 2, 3, 4, 3 hen. 1 cock- 
erel, 1, 2, ,3, 4, 5 pullet, 1 pen. 

Pit Games — Hartwell Bros., all ex- 
cept 2 stag; Ora McCann. 2 stag. 

Bantams — W. W. Graves, 1 pair; 
Miss Lizzie Burkleo, 2 pair; Mrs. Geo. 
O. Thompson, 3 pair; Oak Park Farm, 

4 pair; George S. Templeton, 5 pair. 
Pekin Ducks — All to Bruce Steele. 
M. B. Turkeys— All to I. H. Blood. 
Pigeons — Louis A. Osborne, 1 pair 

and best display; Oak Park Farm, 2 
pair. 

Cats— All to W. O. Atkeson. 




Buff Rock hen owned by W. J. Ker- 
senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of 
second at Nebraska state show at 
Lincoln. 




First prize cockerel owned by M. L,. 
Canfield, Belleville, Kan., won at To- 
peka, Kan., at state show. 



POULTRY CLASS SWEEPSTAKES 

American Class — W. W. Graves, 1 
pen; A. D. Ludwick, 2 pen; P. Hostel- 
ler, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J. W. 
Ginn, 5 pen. 

Asiatic Class— H. H. Borgmann, 1, 
2 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3 pen; W. 
H. Buckley, 4 pen; W. D. Yates, 5 pen. 

Medeterranean Class — Clyde Patter- 
son, 1 pen. 

General Class, including standard 
breeds not in above, e.xcept bantams — 
W. W. Graves, 1, 2 pen. 

Non-Standard Class — Hartwell Bros. 

1, 2 pen; W. D. Yates, 3 pen. 

POULTRY GRAND SWEEP- 
STAKES. 

Parti-Colored Fowls — W. D. Yates, 
1 pen; P. Hosteller, 2 pen; W. W. 
Graves, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J. 
W. Ginn, 5 pen. 

Solid Colored Fowls — H. H. Borg- 
mann, 1, 4 pen; W. W. Graves, 2 pen; 
A. B. Ludwick, 3 pen; Mrs. H. G. Wal- 
ton, 5 pen. 

Highest Scoring Parti-colored bird — 
W. D. Yates, 1, 5; W. W. Graves 2, 
4; J. W. Ferris. 3. 

Highest Scoring and Solid Colored 
Bord— H. H. Borgmann, 1, 3, 5; A. B. 
Ludwick, 2, 4. 

Highest Scoring B. P. Rock. J. W. 
Farris. 

BELGIAN HARES. 

Imported doe, Mamie Hartwell, 1st; 
Domestic mature buck, J. P. Young, 1, 

2, 3; domestic mature doe, J. R. Young, 
1. 2; domestic buck, 6 lb. class, Mamie 
Hartwell, 1; J. R. Young, 2, 3: domes- 
tic buck, 5 lb. class, A. O. Yeomans; 
1. 3; J. R. Young, 2; domestic doe, 5 
lb. class, J. R. Young, 1, 3; A. O, You- 
mans, 2; domestic doe and litter, J. R. 
Young. 1 : best five Belgians in show. 
J. R. Young, 1, 2. 

At the annual meeting of the Asso- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ciation held during the show, the fol- 
lowing officers were elected for the 
next year: W. W. Graves, president; 
J. W. Ginn, vice president; C. A. Al- 
len, secretary; W. D. Yates, assistant 
secretary; C. A. Emerson, treasurer. 
The date for the next show was fi.Ked 
for December 30, 1902 to January 2, 
lf03. Thomas W. Southard, who has 
judged for the past two years, was 
unanimously selected as judge of the 
next show. The association is increas- 
ing in numbers and is more than able 
to meet every demand, notwithstanding 
the very liberal cash premiums paid. 
W. W. GATES, Pres. 
C. A. ALLE. ., Sec'y. 



Poultry 



Standard Varieties with Comparative 
Values. 



Forty years ago the "twenty quart" 
cow was to be a product of the future. 
Today she excites no surprise. Such 
an animal as a pedigreed hog would 
have been exhibited as a curiosity. To- 
day almost every Ohio farm is stocked 
with the finest that scientific breed- 
ing can produce. Horses in those days 
were beasts of burden only. Today 
they are aristocrats commanding the 
admiration that one gives to a work of 
art. Sheep forty years ago were poor 
things at best. Today silken fleece is 
a living testimonial to the scientific 
study that the farmer has given to that 
thorough breeding that has so materi- 
ally increased his profits as to enable 
him to erect homes that for their ap- 
pointments are elegant enough for the 
occupancy of kings. Why this change? 
The farmer has found out that mongrel 
stock eats as much, requires as much 
care and brings less profit than finely 
bred stock. It is simply a matter of 
dollars and cents. 

But how about the old Biddie? Very 
much has been done toward making 
her fit company for the aristocracy nf 
the thoroughbreds, but distressing as it 
is to say it. it is none the less true, 
that what has been done is very little 
indeed, comparatively. The flock of 
chickens today is very much like the 
flock of forty years ago. A lot of 
mongrel hens who do not know that 
they ever had a grandmother. Their 
pedigree could not be traced further 
back than the spring before and even 
then it would be a question, for like 
as not the same old hen stole her nest 
away and was not missed until she 
came out one day with half a dozen 
colored chicks, born into the world of 
woe. Their roost a tree, their feed 
whatever they could find, their finish 
the huckster, finally ending their days 



II 

as an offering to the hungry man, even 
then despised, for their toughness 
yielded not even' though all the arts 
of the kitchen were brought to bear in 
a vain effort to make them toothsome. 
These chickens are the representatives 
that lead the farmer to say that "poul- 
try don't pay." 

But poultry does pay. Do you know 
that if all the eggs laid annually in 
the LTnited States were laid in a contin- 
uous chain that they would weigh 900,- 
000 tons and encircle the earth more 
than twenty times. The value of the 
eggs and poultry-meat sold this year 
will aggregate $300,000,000, a sum 
greater by nearly $100,000,000 than the 
value of all the mineral product of the 
United States in the last year, and this 
estimate includes iron, gold and silver. 
The average cow weighs 1.30 times as 
much as the hen, yet the hen's year's 
earnings would buy all the cows in 
the country and the entire tobacco crop 
as well. Our cotton crop is a big one, 
but Biddie's product would buy every 
pound of it besides paying for every 
pound of tea imported. She can buy 
the entire wheat crop or the entire 
sheep clip and have enough left to give 
to every man, woman and child in the 
United States $3.44 apiece. She can 
buy the entire oat crop and have 
enough left to buy all the mules be- 
sides. She can in any one year buy at 
their assessed valuation New Wexico, 
Arizona, North Dakita, Montana, Ida- 
ho, and Wyoming and if given but half 
a chance, can pay off every mortgage 
in this glorious country of ours. Every 
word of this is true, the facts coming 
from the Secretary of Agriculture. If 
the farmer will now turn his attention 
to the improving of his poultry he will 
be enabled to buy more land, have a 




First prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel 
at Topeka, Kan., state show, owned by 
W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Kan. 



12 




One of the poultrv buildings used by 
J. C. Baker, Kichtield, 111.; shows also 
his White Holland turkeys. 



fat bank account and provide his fam- 
ily with many luxuries that arc now im- 
possible. 

The editor of this paper has ar- 
ranged with mc to furnish one article 
a month for the coming three months, 
upon subjects of practical interest to 
every person who owns a chicken. This 
series will embrace a study of those 
things that you must know if you are 
to make success crown your efforts. 
Over fifteen years constant study in the 
poultry yard, during which time many 
hard knocks have followed many mis- 
takes, has given to me that experience 
that enables me to write those things 
that will save the reader time and mon- 
ey. T will show how to get out of the 
hen all the money possible for her to 
earn, and the easiest way to reach this 
much desired goal. I have made poul- 
try pay and I will tell you how to do 
it. Theories and experiments will find 
no place here. On paper it looks easy 
to make a hen do so and s(i, but m 
practice she won't do it. A hen is a 
■'stubl)oruer" creature than a nuile. 

While 1 have had at my command all 
of the best literature written upon the 
subject, and while it has been of much 
value to me, I have learned that the 
every day study in the poultry yard is 
the only way in which one can gain 
that experience necessary to great suc- 
cess. I will tell you my methods but 
you must put them into practice in the 
yard, 

Kirst ol all this statement must be 
accepted as true: If we are to have 
perfect success with poultry the chick- 
en, the goose, the duck or the tur- 
key must be a well bred bird or we will 
fail to get the legitimate profits that 
the business should pay. I can prove 
that the thoroughbred hen is as much 
superior to the old time 'dunghill."' as 
the Berkshire is superior to the "ra- 
7or-back," It is unnecessary to take 
the space to prove it. Taking it for 
granted that you accept iny statement 
as true, we will at once begin the study 
of our this month's subject: "Stan- 
dard Varieties." 

That T may be of greatest benefit to 
the reader of this paper I will answer 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

any and all C|uestions that are asked 
me. A stamp enclosed will bring a 
personal answer, while questions of 
general interest I will answer in this 
column. .Address all communications 
to Dr. F. B. VanNuys, 

STANDARD VARIETIES. 
Your flock now, probably consists of 
a lot of mongrel chickens of all kinds 
of breeds, but none of which are purely 
bred. You must improve your stock 
and there are several ways to do it. 
The best way is to buy from some re- 
lia'ole dealer a breeding pen of, say six 
pullets and a cock. By keeping them 
separated from your stock they will in 
the course of one year populate your 
farm with as many finely bred fowls as 
you can care for. This plan may in- 
volve the expenditure of more money 
than you care to invest and if so, the 
ne.'ct best way is to buy a setting or 
more of eggs from a reliable breeder, 
making your old mongrel hen do some 
good work for once in her life by 
hatching these eggs. But you must 
lie sure that she is free from lice be- 
fmc you give her the fine eggs. Or 



variety has been honored by your 
choice. ' 

F. B. VAN NUYS, M. D. 
Tiffany, Ohio. 



Lake Charles, La.. Dec. 31, 1901. 
Editor Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen- 
ter, Neb. 
Dear Sir: Three copies of your pa- 
per I have read and enjoyed very much. 
I have no poultry at present, but I 
love to raise chickens and hope to have 
some again when we have a permanent 
home. Would someone who has had 
experience with raising chickens in the 
South tell us all about it? Most peo- 
ple here tell me this is a poor coun- 
try for chickens. Hoping to hear some- 
thing about it through your columns. 
I am. Very respectfully, 

MRS. VAN DEN BOSCH. 
(A Subscriber.) 




(Sunshine). Jake Kapser, Clay Cen 
ter, Neb,, breeds Golden Laced Wyan- 
dottes that will win for yon sure. 



OLD, BUT GROWING. 

One of the oldest and most thriving 
institutions on the Pacific coast is the 
Petaluma Incubator Company of Peta- 
lunia, Cal. An evidence of the growth 
of their business is the opening of an 
Eastern branch at Indianapolis, Ind., 
where they carry a complete stock of 
their machines. This, coupled with the 
advantage their factory enjoys adjacent 
to the alifornia Redwood forests, en- 
ables them to maintain the high stand- 
ard of excellence adopted for their ma- 
chaines years ago, without increased 
cost to the consumer. 

We know our readers will be inter- 
ested in a few facts regarding this con- 
cern. In the territory west of the 
Rocky mountains they sell more incu- 
bators and brooders than all other 
makes combined. The largest poultry 
and ostrich farmers in that section arc 



you can buy a thoroughbred male or 
two and by allowing them to run with 
y(Uir flock you will in the course of 
time have a fairly good stock at a very 
iK^niinal cost. Or, if yon have no 
chickens at all, and want to begin, you 
can follow the plan of the Yankee made 
famous by Fannie Fern. He borrowed 
an old broody hen from one neighbor, 
a netting of eggs from another and by 
putting the two together got a fine lot 
of chicks. But the eggs had to he re- 
turned, so she kept the hen until she 
laid enough eggs to pay the debt, when 
she discharged the obligation and was 
well launched in the business. 

Next month we will study in detail 
the standard varieties in each class, and 
be ready to consider the best methods 
of making them pay, no matter which 




A *I2'^ 1 Jarred Plymouth Rock cock- 
erel bred by C, M, Hulburt, Fairbury, 
Neb., who won first on cockerel at the 
Nebraska .state show at Lincoln, and 
exhibited 116 birds. 




The PetaLlvimaL IrvcubaLtor 



using the Petaluma exclusively. The 
success of this machine in ostrich incu- 
bation is iinequaled and they give the 
best satisfaction in every clrmate and 
altitude. Their foreign trade is prob- 
ably the largest of any incubator com- 
pany in the country. Large shipments 
have been made this past season to 
Australia, China, Japan, Philippines and 
Sandwich Islands, also to various 
South and Central American countries. 
It is interesting to know also that a 
number of their machines are in con- 
stant operation in Alaska and they are 
now negotiating for representation in 
Great Britain. 

A word about the machine itself. It 
is the pioneer incubator among tliose 
advertised and sold today. It was the 
first machine made of California red- 
wood selection. All the heaters are 
copper, the walls are double cased, 
lined throughout with heavy jute board 
asbestos sheeting, deadening felt, and 
the space between the cases is packed 
with wool. The machine is self venti- 
lating and self regulating and has a 
special feature in a self diffusion of 
heat. Another feature is that the top 
of the machine is clear of all regulat- 
ing mecan^sm. the lever '. ,;ing located 
l)oncath the machine. 

'1 he Petaluma Company prepay 
freight to all points in the United 
States, and no one need hesitate order- 
ing through any uncertainty on this 
point. They issue a large and com- 
plete catalogue which they mail free 
to all who write them. One feature of 
the catalogue is an article entitled '\\ 
B't of Incubator History," that will in- 
terest every one. We urge our readers 
t.j write the nearest office for a cata- 
h'.yue, which will be sent by return 
iiKiil. 

Address Petaluma Incubator Co., Box 
• Petaluma, Cal., or Box , In- 
dianapolis, Ind.. and mention this pa- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Mr. Crowell breeds Bufl Orpingtons 
and has been very successful this win. 
ter in the show room, winning first and 
second cockerel, first and second hen, 
first, second, third and fourth pullet 
and first pen. Mr. Crowell's birds are 
extra large sized and fine in color. 



F. W. Crowell of Granger, Minn, 
has been one of our advertisers since 
the Investigator was first issued. 



g Advertise Where it Best Pays * 

m John Nauman of Red Lake ^ 

(J) Falls, Minn., wrote us on Feb. 8: ^ 

ffi| "Please take my advertisement (A 

^ out of the Investig.aT(jk as I (g 

® have already sold all the Games S) 

w I can spare and am getting more (j) 

^ inquiries than I like to answer ® 

SJ from all over the south and west. ® 

S The Investigatok is a fine ad- ^ 

V vertising medium." T. 

^ C. E. Dunlap of Liberal, Kas., fttj 

® writes under date Feb. 24: "lam ffi 

W thoroughly convinced there is IJ) 

not a better advertising medium (S 

than the Poultry Investig.\ tor. vP 

It brings better results than the S; 

of Chicago or any other ^ 

paper. It has brought me in- (x\ 

quiries from everj' section, even ^ 

as far east as Massachusetts." M 

W. L. Palmer, editor of The (S 

Sun, published at Clay Center, ^ 

Neb., says in the Feb. 28 issue: S 

"It affords us pleasure to an- -jj 

nounce that the Poultry Inve.s- S 

TIGATOR of this city is booming x< 

both in circulation and as an ad- ^ 

vertising medium. -t,Ol)0 were (J) 

added to its circulation in the l£ 

month of February." (j) 

A Mort Crawford, Pool, Ky., S 

« says: "I think the Poultky In- * 

% vestigator best and cleanest M 

® up-to-date poultry paper that flt) 

® comes to my desk. I received (j) 

W the worth of my money out of the ® 



fir.st Cupy y< 



sent me " 



e®«'®®®®®®Q^® ®®®® e ®© 



The winnings of J. T: Rein It at the 
Mitchell show recently held \^eie as 
a^ follows: Frst and second cnck, first, 
second i.nd third hen, first, second and 
third pullet, first, second and th rdpen, 
scoring about 95 points, and five spe- 
cials on R. C W. Legh'irns. Mr, R in 
elt has some coo erels tut no pullets 
for sale. He is vice president of the 
association at Mitchell and is a very 
prominent breeder. 



L st month A. B. Evan , plr c d his 
ad with us for the first time with the 
understanding that if he received g'ood 
results from the same he would come 
back with us again, and we are glad to 
note that he has continued his ad in 



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the March number. Mr. Evans breeds 
Barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively, 
and they have been winners at McCook, 
Kearney, Friend, and Lincoln. Mr. 
Evans is a very successful breeder and 
any of our patrons will not miss it if 
they place their orders with him. He 
is located at Heartwell, Neb. 




The Noxall Incubator i^: Brooder Co., 
Ouincy, Ills., have space in this issue 
and request us to say that they have 
thousands of sworn testimonials from 
people using the Maxwell. 

Absolutely self-regulating; when the 
heat raises above 103 it is taken direct 
ly away from the egg chomber. They 
also manufacture the Eclipse Bantam 
Incubator and Brooder Combined, man- 
ufactured in three sizes, 50 100 and 200 
egg size; they are very convenient be- 
cause incubator and brooder run and 
yard are all combined; they are ex- 
tremely low in price. Send for their 
large catalogue, which will be sent 
free if you mention this paper. It 
gives a remedy for every Pnown poul- 
try disease. Don't forget the name - 
Noxall Incubator & Brooder Co., Quin- 
cy. 111. 




Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, Nebr. 
Importer and breeder of Buff Orping- 
tons. If you want something good, 
write her. 



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I TOULOUSE GEESE . . \ 

I . . By Ruth Lynoh 



These geese are much more profit- 
able than the common ones, being the 
largest of the goose tribe. The mature 
pure bred birds sometimes weigh fifty 
pounds per pair. They have dark slate 
colored necks and heads, while the 
breast is a light gray and the under 
part of the body white. 

This branch of the poultry business 
is somewhat neglected in most parts of 
this country and offers good returns. 

Geese should have a pasture of their 
own and a fence three and one-half 
feet high will confine the Toulouse. A 
piece of swamp or marsh land that is 
worthless for anything else is an ideal 
place for them, but an old worn out 
field or pasture on the upland will do 
very well if plenty of wAter and some 
shade is provided for them. They are 
great foragers and must have plenty of 
green stuff and prefer bulky food to 
grain. After they are grown they do 
well the entire summer on just grass 
and water. During winter feed some 
grain and plenty of chopped vegeta- 
bles, cabbage, clover, hay, etc. In buy- 
ing geese it is well to get well mated 
old ones, and although they naturally 
pair, three geese may be kept with 
one male. As the old geese are bet- 
ter mothers, their eggs produce stron- 
ger goslings and the young are always 
in demand in the market, it pays to 
keep the old birds for breeding for 
many years, as long as they are active 
and vigorous. 

In February or March the old goose 
will be seen carrying bits of straw 




Secoud prize White Kock cockerel at 
Lincoln Jan. 20 to 2i, in a class of 115 
birds owned bv.J. D. Hall. David City, 
Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

around in her bill with which to make 
a nest. If she is shut in a large box 
or roomy coop until she lays, she will 
usually return to deposit the rest of her 
eggs. It seldom pays to give the eggs 
to hens as they do not seem to suc- 
ceed as well in raising goslings as the 
old geese themselves. 

Goslings should be fed regularly on 
a mixture of ground oats, corn meal 
and wheat bran, moistened with milk 
or water, also some cooked and 
mashed turnips and potatoes, with 
some scraps of mean occasionally. Af- 
ter grass comes they will require very 
little other food. In cold weather, 
warm the drinking water for the little 
ones to prevent cramps, and do not al- 
low them water to swim in until they 
become feathered out, as they are eas- 
ily chilled. Provide a warm, dry place 
for them at night. Young geese should 
be penned up to fatten about two 
weeks before selling. Feed three times 
a day on bran, corn meal and ground 
oats, scalded. Also feed chopped clov- 
er once a dav. RUTH LYNCH. 



How I Think We Should Ha^ndle 

Our Breeding Stock to 

Obtain the Best 

R.esults 



By MRS. Jacob Hughes. Jk. 

Don't make captives of your fowls 
but allow them full liberty of the place. 
Don't keep but one variety on the 
same farm or lot. Don't let this awful 
"hobby" of line-breeding scare you so 
that you come to the conclusion that 
you can't raise prize winners unless 
you line-breed. By experimenting you 
will find out that you can. Don't think 
that you can make money out of your 
poultry unless you spend money for 
good poultry. Call your stock and cull 
it very closely. Some people in look- 
ins; over their stock never can see any 
cii!I«. Rut there is none so blind as 
those that don't want to see. 

Don't advertise your eggs and stock 
as first class and keep stock enough to 
supply eggs for the fancier and the 
market too. for you can't do both and 
do it successfully. I tried keeping 
some of my best stock penned last 
spring and allowed some the range of 
the farm and the result was I raised 
better birds from those that had their 
liberty than I did from those I kept 
penned, and from comparatively poor 
stock. I resolved right then that I 
would cull down my stock this spring 
until I only kept a dozen hens, if it was 
necessary, and allow them their free- 
dom. 




First prize hen at Topeka, Kan., 
owned by M. L. Can field, Belleville, 
Kan., the man who has won more 
prizes on White Plymouth Rocks this 
winter than any breeder in the west. 



Eggs from stock kept penned are to 
a great degree infertile and the chicks 
hatched are little, frail weakly things 
and subject to disease and death. If 
you keep your stock penned you are 
always having to re-fill egg orders at 
half price or some thing to that effect. 
I have not come any ways near making 
back the money I have spent on im- 
proving my White Langshans and I 
can see where I can still improve. The 
rest of you are all probably in the same 
boat if yon will only speak the truth. 
Beware of those advertisers who al- 
ways have perfection and can not make 
any improvement on their stock. I 
have bought stock from just such 
breeders and paid blue-ribbon prices 
for them and before I seen them I just 
"thot," "Well when those fine birds get 
here I expect they will make my birds 
run off and hide. But when they were 
sent to ihe show room the hiding went 
the other '^vay. My birds got 1st pre- 
mium and their stock 3rd and one pul- 
let was disqualified. So you can see 
from this one incident that it is not al- 
ways the perfection breeders that al- 
ways have the best. I did not keep the 
stock and the party returned my mon- 
ey. The main thing is for us to be- 
come acquainted with the breed or 
breeds we are handling and then we 
will he better prepared to know wheth- 
er we really have good stock and and 
in buying to know whether we get our 
money's worth. I try to never write 
anything for the Investigator readers 
to read only those things that I have 
fornd to be true by experience. Keep 
good breeding stock and give them 
range and good results is sure to fol- 
low. 




What a bright, beautiful morning 
was that of January 8th, with just the 
faintest breath of winter in the air; the 
glad sunshine was conducive to light 
spirits and happy minds, then, we were 
glad, too, because of anticipations en- 
tertained of an exceedingly good time 
"today and tomorrow," for were we 
not on our way to take the train to the 
city where the poultry show was be- 
ing held? We enjoyed the five mile 
drive so much that we almost wished 
we had planned to drive the entire 
distance — twenty-six miles — instead of 
going in the train. Reaching our des- 
tination, after satisfying the cravings 
of appetite we inquired the way to the 
show room, and bent our steps thither- 
ward without the loss of any time. Our 
birds had preceded us and after pre- 
senting the "sentinel" at the door with 
our card, we were at liberty to enjoy 
the pleasure of the show. We did not 
have time to feel embarrassed or 
strange, for, scarcely had we entered 
when acquaintances and show-room 
friends of ether years began to crowd 
around us, and as we listened to the 
kindly words of greeting we felt very 
much at home. 

The hall was large and well lighted, 
and although we were told that over 
five hundred birds were on exhibition 
they were not in the least crowded. On 
either side of the broad aisles were 
rows of exhibition coops containing the 
very cream of many breeders' and fan- 
ciers' yards. Slowly we made our way 
around the room looking for our 
"white beauties," and when we found 
them they were thrown in the straw in 




First prize Buff Cochin hen at Ne- 
braska state ; show owned by C. K. 
Davis, Columbus, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

their coops, and did not seem to fret 
or worry because of imprisonment in 
such confined quarters. Perhaps they 
had been exchanging greetings and 
bits of personal history with the "lord- 
ly" Langshans iust opposite them, 
across the aisle. The inmates of every 
coop in the hall were worth look- 
ing at and we admired and praised 
thr-m all; but coops containing fowls 
of like breeds as ours found us most 
often before them. What a din there 
was: one could scarcely hear their own 
voice! But the crowing of the males, 
the singing and cackling of the Biddies, 
and the voices of the poultry enthusi- 
asts all intermingled was music to our 
ears, because of interest in. and love 
for the fowls. 

Cards were exchanged and new ac- 
quaintances made — in the show rooni 
breeders do not wait for formal intro- 
ductions — and soon strangers of a few 
moments before are deep in the most 
friendly converse, the general subject 
of which is poultry. Experiences with 
fowls, their care and management, are 
related and experiments that have been 
made along different lines of the work, 
and their results, are talked over. Sug- 
gestions made, helpful ideas are re- 
ceived and stored away in some one of 
memory's "pigeon-holes" for future 
use, and breeders of the same breed or 
varieties compare and discuss the qual- 
ities and characteristics of each others' 
birds. Seldom is a breeder met with 
in the exhibition hall that is blind to 
the good points in other breeders' 
fowls, or seeing them is averse to 
speaking of them. As a rule the breed- 
ers we meet in the show room are gen- 
erous, unselfish and kindly. The breed- 
er likes to win the ribbons — that is the 
motive that impelled to the effort to 
prepare and place his (or her) birds 
side by side with others that are there 
because of some fond hope entertained, 
but failing to win, defeat is borne 
pleasantly and cheerfully. Near a win- 
dow we see the judge, arrayed in linen 
duster, silently and rapidly deciding the 
fate of bird after bird. For a little 
while we stand and watch him, as he 
examines and marks the different sec- 
tions, often wondering the "why" of 
some cut made but not wishing to in- 
terrupt or disturb the judge we just try 
to learn all we can by observation with- 
out attempting conversation with him. 
One is not allowed to tack cards on 
his or her exhibition coops if so de- 
siring, because judges are counted hon- 
est and impartial, and so even knowing 
whose fowls they are scoring does not 
influence the markings in the least. Of- 
ten I have watched the judge at work, 
and I do not think any one I have ever 
seen scoring birds ever noticed the 



15 




First prize White Rock cock at To- 
peka, Kan., state show, owned bv M. 
L. Caufield, Belleville, Kan. 



names on the coops as they were 
brought to him, or showed the least 
partiality, and we breeders, in most in- 
stances, accept his judgment as right, 
enjoying triumph if successful, or 
meeting defeat cheerfully, congratu- 
lating our more fortunate rival. Win- 
ning should not puff up neither should 
defeat discourage or dishearten. The 
show room "lightning does not always 
strike in the same place;" the defeated 
of this year may be the winner of next 
year. We have learned that success in 
the exhibition hall is not an accidnt, 
but the rsult of constant and ardous 
work of hands and brain; and that in 
no place is so much useful information 
acquired as in the show room. Once in 
a while some breeder says: "I don't 
believe in showing my poultry; don't 
think it does any good. Now I do be- 
lieve it does a breeder great good to 
exhibit his or her birds. If the fowls 
are excellent in quality ribbons may be 
won, and the crowds surging through 
the showroom see the coops so 
adorned and pause to see the name up- 
on them ,Tid can you call this anything 
but an advertisement of the breeder's 
stock? It is a fe od advertisement and 
may "bear much fruit" in tl.e way of 
future sales. I think it pays to exhib- 
it even if no honors' are won, for if the 
breeder's stock is inferior, is it not to 
that breeder's advantage to I:no-v it, 
so that better quality birds may be ob- 
tained to replace those that are not 
worthy a place in the show room? Our 
two days were spent very pleasantly 
and profitably and the memory of them 
will encourage to greater effort toward 
improving our flock, and will make the 
work of the coming season easier be- 
cause of the expectation, if all is well, 
of a repetition of our good times an- 
other year. 

MATTIE WEBS'FER. 



i6 




First prize Buff Orpington pullet at 
Topeka, Kan., and second prize at Lin- 
coln, Neb., bred and owned by Mrs. 
Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 



h\M Ml and Good Results \ 

By Mrs. J. B. Jones I 



Now is the time to get your yards 
made up ready for this year's work, 
and as this is a very particular part of 
the work if we wish to be successful. 
Now only the best can go in this 
company. If one has had experience 
and can rely on our own judgment we 
can take the Standard of Perfection 
and mate our own yards. If not it is 
best to get someone who does under- 
stand mating for best results. Select 
the best females and then if no male 
bird seems good enough buy one of 
some reliable breeder. Write him a 
plain letter, describing your females; 
take time and paper, no difference if it 
takes five pages; then he can select one 
to suit your hens so much better than 
if you merely say you wish to buy and 
want one of the best, for the best 
means a pretty good price and some- 
times you cannot afford so much and 
perhaps you could do with a cheaper 
bird after asking this question and re- 
ceiving a reply with prices out of your 
reach you will more than likely say 
"They want too much; I won't buy of 
them." where, if your letter had con- 
tained a description you would have 
gotten several prices and could have 
selected the birds suiting the price you 
wished to pay. One can sometimes 
get good stock for little money. It is 
the exception not the rule, where one 
has been years building a strain of 
fowls that can win in good company, 
will reproduce themselves each year, 
so you can form a fair idea of the com- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ing year's stock. This confidence is 
only attained by close study and much 
labor. Some disappointments bravely 
met, for this stock is in good demand, 
and prices are not very low, especially 
for the best. 

When one gets stock or eggs from 
these parties, don't think we are only 
getting a few chickens. We get a part 
of their reputation. Our buyers ask 
where did you get your stock, and if 
from some prominent breeder all the 
better for you. It pays to buy the 
best for our yards. One can raise a 
good number of chickens from six 
hens and a cockerel, can spare a few 
settings of eggs and have so much 
pleasure from them that it does not 
pay anyone to bother with scriib hens. 
The returns are so much greater. Last 
year from one yard of eight pullets 
mated with a two-year-old bird I sold 
ten settings of eggs, fifteen eggs to the 
setting; set a number of settings my- 
self for this was one of my best yards; 
had no complaints from customers: 
some letters of praise; all hatched well. 
One can readily see this pays for one's 
time and care and yarded birds must 
have extra care and regular feed if they 
do their best. Keep an eye on the egg 
basket and see it keeps well filled. 
Only by selecting our best layers can 
we do this. My experience has been 
the best breed and most symmetrical 
and those nearest standard require- 
ments are the best layers and bring 
the best prices. MRS. J. B. JONES. 

Abilene, Kan. 



Egg Ma-rkets 



We read and we write. We talk and 
listen to all kinds of talk about egg 
markets. Oh! how we do growl about 
cheap eggs in the summer. It is not 




First prize Bufif Wyandotte cock 
owned by C. E. Day, North Bend, Neb. 
First at Lincoln, Neb., state show. 




A "chalk white" White Wyandotte 
owned by G. B. Clary, Fairburv, Neb., 
at the head of his best breeding pen. 
Score 9.5;4 . 



the market that makes the prices but 
the eggs that sets the price a whirling. 
In the first place little eggs bring as 
much as big ones; we hear the store 
keepers say, "an egg is an egg." So 
it goes. Then comes the dirty eggs 
^they go to — right in with the clean 
ones. Who on earth wants to buy eggs 
that are filthy to behold? they would 
seem like filth to hold. Here is where 
the careless poultry keeper helps to 
hurt the markets of good, nice eggs. 
Well, that is not all; here comes the 
rotten eggs, the half incubated ones; 
in they go with the good ones and the 
purchaser aims to make enough off of 
the good ones to make up for the poor 
ones. Thus you see how the good 
products are crowded out of value and 
position on the market. There are 
thousands of people in the cities who 
would gladly give 12 to 15 cents per 
dozen all summer for good, fresh, clean 
eggs right from your yards. Rotten 
eggs act on the egg market like oleo. 
does on the butter market. The one 
who sells rotten eggs is like the good 
sister that used to drop shirt buttons 
in the church collection basket. Rot- 
ten eggs are only counterfeit eggs and 
should be treated accordingly. Well, 
let the good and bad together mix, 
but for my part I would rather keep the 
eggs separated anyway. "Well," you 
say, "how can we?" It can be done, 
but how soon I cannot say. 

In the first place, sell your eggs to 
customers upon the merits of the eggs 
and not on the merits of the markets. 
Have your eggs branded from whose 
yards they come and the date. And 
see to it that the eggs are the best. 
If you can't sell direct to the users, let 
your grocer make up a case every little 
while of "Select Hen Fruit." Let each 
person have a little rubber stamp and 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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stamp the name and date upon each 
egg that is sold, and if there is a fauky 
one found in the case it can be easily 
told from whom it came. Or labels 
about the size of postage stamps could 
be got and put on very rapidly. To be 
sure, where the ranch afforded a whole 
case of eggs every few days, it would 
be unnecessary to mark each egg. Sim- 
ply mark the case and nail it up your- 
self. Years ago, bee keepers adopted 
the label method in order to protect 
themselvees. Butter makers do so, and 
in fact almost all first-class articles 
bear the name of the producer. Why 
can't the eggs do likewise? Then there 
is another phase of the subject: In sum- 
mer we have too many eggs; why 
could they not be canned in form of 
lunch merchandise, canned boiled eggs, 
alreay seasoned, etc.? Or fried ham and 
eggs just the same as pork and beans, 
and so many such things that are now 
upon the market. It seems to me 
here is a chance for a great Western 
industry. I am pleased to read the 
articles of professional fanciers, but as 
I can't reach the realm of that kind of 
authorship, I shall have to content my- 
self chinking in a few off-hand remarks 
now and then to change the tune. 
Fancy poultry is good, profitable and 
a pleasure, but old farm biddy and her 
common, every day egg is everybody's 
friend. JAMES PEARSON, 

Germantown, Neb. 



Poultry ChaLts 

By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard. 
Pullets that are Intended for breed- 
ing, wheth »< pure bred or common 
stock, sbuuld be selected with care. 
To begin -with they should be hatch- 
ed as early as possible. The usual 
custom among those having common 
stock, when a "fry" is wanted, is to 
kill the largest one in the flock. Thus 





E. B. Day's, North Bend, Neb., second prize Buff Wyandotte hen at Nebraska 
state show at Lincoln Jan. 20-25, 1902. 



First prize S. L,. Wyandotte pullet at 
Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
Gause, Emporia, Kas. 



all the very best early cockerels are 
eaten, and often the pullets from the 
early hatches find their way to the 
frying pan. 

Those very early, thrifty birds art 
the ones that should be kept for 
breeding purposes. By the time they 
are needed they have become full 
grown and have acquiesced bone and 
muscle, while the weather is warm 
and favorable. 

During the fall and winter months 
those early hatched pullets will lay 
their first eggs, and by the time breed- 
ing season comes will be at their very 
best to furnish eggs for hatching. This 
is something that every poultry raiser 
needs to think of. Our earliest, best 
matured pullets will give us the most 
satisfaction as breeders. The chicks 
from mature birds are stronger and 
more easily raised than are those frora 
stunted, half-sized stock. 

Now, I don't want anyone to imaf;- 
ine for a moment that I favor the use 
of sickly birds for our tables. All 
such should be cared for until they 
are well and healthy or killed and 
thrown off some place away from all 
the others. Sometimes chicks become 
stunted and will probably never make 
nice, full-sized birds, but are all right 
to eat. You would never know the 
difference when they are cooked, and 
one might better kill two such birds 
than one of the thrifty ones. The 
same rule will apply to the cockerels, 
the most thrifty, large, active birds 
should be kept for breeding purposes. 

Again, we should never kill our 
thrifty hens that work and sing all ' 



day. Their combs are red and their 
eyes are bright and their feathers are 
well groomed. They would make a 
good meal, but the idle, fat one, that 
sits around all day, too shiftless to 
hunt, will make a better dinner, and 
the flock will be much more profitable 
without her. 

Those fast growing chicks usually 
come from thrifty hens, and if care is 
taken along those lines, our flocks of 
farm poultry would be much improv- 
ed, and our well fllled egg basket go 
much more oftener to market. 

Farmers in general do not realize 
what the hens or egg money really 
amounts to. They can open their 
eyes very wide at the amount of 
money it takes to keep the house run- 
ning at a time when there are no eggs 
to turn off. Don't imagine I see all 
this at home; I can see lots of things 
in the homes of others, and know 
many a wife who supplies most of the 
groceries, besides many of the little 
luxuries for herself and daughters 
that would probably be denied if the 
husband were asked for money to pur- 
chase them. 

I have wandered away from the sub- 
ject I started on, but that don't mat- 
ter, I can take it up at another time, 
if I find something worth writing 
about. 

It would make me very tired to be 
obliged to ask a man for all the money 
I needed to use, and I know there are 
many more like me. With poultry, 
any farm wife who has a little get- 
up and rustle about her can have some 



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ineome of her own. 

A short time ago we had one of 
our poultry journal friends from near 
Denver come to make us a call. Among 
the things he told us was this: that 
a year or two ago he had told his wife 
"those hens Just ate their heads off." 
When the first of January came, she 
asked for grain to be weighed out ID 
her, and during the year kept a strict 
account of everything the hens ato, 
also of everything sold. When Jan- 
uary again rolled around she knew 
just what those seven dozen hens had 
done for her. The balance on the 
credit side of her account was $75. 
Our caller said he was fully convinced 
that the htcs had not eaten their 
heads off, and is now willing to help 
plan and build yards and houses; even 
willing when he was away from home 
to hunt around among poultry breed- 
ers to see if something better than 
they had at home could not be found. 
They found in dressing poultry for the 
city market the marks left from dark 
pin feathers were not liked by pros- 
pective buyers, therefore he was hunt- 
ing white birds to replace the colored 
ones. By so doing they would have 
something that would sell more read- 
ily, and a little higher price could be 
asked for. It pays to supply our mar- 
ket with the best and not the poorer 
grades of poultry. 



Why Did I Sta.rt in the Poultry 
Business 

This is a hard question for me to an- 
swer. I can never remember the day 
I did not love the downy little balls 
that grew into nice chicken, that is, if 
I did not love chickie to death. 

In 1881 mother raised twelve Brown 
Leghorn pullets that would not go to 
the (shed I would call it now) hen 




Buff Rock cock owned by W. J. Ker 
senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of 
second prize at Nebraska state show at 
Lincoln, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

house, but Etaid under the wood shed. 
That fall mother was so sick and frail 
her sister in California sent for us to 
visit her and stay a year, which mother 
and I did. Father banked the house. 
In one corner they made a nest. Ev- 
ery day all winter there were twelve 
eggs in that nest. Eggs was a good 
price that winter and this was some- 
thing new. Father got interested in 
poultry for the first time, raised a nice 
ot of chicks himself that summer. 

A brother of my mother owned a 
1500 acre ranch. His wife was a poul- 
try crank, her neighbors said. I staid 
with uncle six months then. I had nev- 
er filled an egg case, as 15 to 20 dozen 
was the most eggs mother had ever 
sold at one time. You can't imagine 
how big I felt the first time Auntie 
asked me to fill an egg case on her 
cool porch all alone. They were sent 
to Sacraments, 20 miles away, the next 
day she got a check. My! it was a lot 
of money, and just think, I put every 
egg in the three egg cases. Chickens 
and turkeys all went the same way, the 
money was all Auntie's, such a lot! 

Mother and I talked and planned 
and when we came home we worked 
and planned. In two years we had sold 
all old hens and cockerels. With this 
money we bought lumber and nails, 
four window sash 8x10. Father and 
brother built a new hen house 12x20, 
5 feet high, with a double roof, the 
roof was corn stalks and straw. The 
next year it was shingled. (It is a 
good building now.) All this time we 
were getting eggs the year around, 
paying for all our groceries and most 
of our clothes, after mother gave up 
on account of her health I did the best 
I could raising chickens. Two years 
I raised ducks. Hot weather caused a 
great loss of 150 little ducks. I raised 
90 nice ones, but gave them up. Tur- 
keys the first year were enough for me. 

Father has always made coops and 
feeding racks just as I wanted them. 
Mother so often said if I had only had 
coops like yours 20 years ago, but no 
cine ever thought of making anything 
nice for just hens. 

Mrs. Webster, I agree with you; I 
do like to be independent; I don't have 
to raise chickens. It is a pleasure to 
do the work. My chickens like to be 
with me. When I talk to them they 
will answer in chicken language. Two 
years ago I got a $20.00 bookcase af- 
ter the poultry was sold in the fall; 
in the spring I got a $16.00 dresser 
with egg money. Both are golden oak. 
I have got lots of things I show my 
friends with pride. Last year I got an 
incubator. It is just fine; at least, I 
think so: I hatched 755 chicks out of 
804 fertile eggs. How is that for a 



new hand with an incubator? Only 
two cripples for the whole season. 

In a few weeks I am in hopes to own 
a bone cutter paid for with egg money. 
I sent a 30-dozen case to Chicago to- 
day. MISS BELLE UTLEY. 

New Hampton, la. 



MRS. J. W. CAUSE'S WINNINGS. 

First Silver Wyandotte pullet at To- 
peka, 1902, score 93. 

First Silver Wyandotte hen at state 
show, Topeka, 1901, score 94 by 
Rhodes. First at Topeka, 1902, score 
93. Bred and owned by Mrs. J. W. 
Cause, Emporia, Kan. 

First cock at state show, Topeka, 
score 91, cut lA for frosted wattles and 
J--2 for rough on legs. He won first at 
state show, Topeka. as cockerel, score 
93'4- This cock will head my first prize 
per. Mrs. J. W. Cause, Emporia, Kan. 

First Silver Wyandotte pullet at 
state show, Topeka, 1902, score 93, bred 
and owned by Mrs. J. W. Cause, Em- 
poria, Kan. 



A WORD IN TIME. 



We have jusc received a copy of Rip- 
ley's 1902 Breeders' Supply and Spray- 
er Catalog, which is a very complete 
book, no breeder or farmer should be 
without it, as it contains dozens of ar- 
ticles that will save labor and increase 
the profits to the breeder, if they are 
used. One machine in particular that 
is needed by every poultry breeder is 
Rippley's Whitewashing, Painting and 
Spraying Machine, a cut of which we 
insert, as we think that it is to the in- 
terest of our readers to know that 
there has at last been a machine placed 
on the market at a reasonable price 
that will whitewash buildings to perfec- 
tion, and do it far better and save 
three-fourths the time and labor over 
the old way of applying with a brush. 
It is also a fine machine for spraying 
trees, plants, gardens, etc, and will 
doubly pay for itself in a short time. 
We note that it is used and endorsed 
by such noted breeders as A. G. Dus- 
ton, U. R. Fishel, Sid Conger and 
many others. In order to get this ma- 
chine introduced, please not the special 
offer in their advertisement on another 
page of this issue. 

We are pleased to recommend the 
Rippley Hardware Company, Box 7, 
Grafton, 111., to the readers of our pa- 
per, as we know them to be a very re- 
liable firm, and any orders entrusted 
to them will be promptly filled. Mail 
five cents in stamps and get copy of 
their 1902 Bredders' Supply and Spray- 
er Catalog. 



From Solomon Valley, Kas. 

Poultry Investigator: Perhaps a few 
words from the Solomon Valley of 
Kansas would not be amiss in your 
valuable columns. In the first place, 
let me say, while you are not listening 
that many of us think the Investiga- 
tor is one of our very best poultry 
papers, especially for the great West. 
Well, in regard to poultry matters in 
this part of Kansas, in one of the best 
portions of our state, allow me to say 
that there has been a general awaken- 
ing to the business. The talk now is: 
"Where can I get pure stock?" In- 
stead of being content with "scrub," 
"mixed," and common-bred fowls, the 
demand is more for "line-bred" pure 
stock. A great many are learning the 
meaning of such terms as "line-bred," 
"double-mating and single-mating.' 
There is not much use in trying to win 
at shows unless the exhibitor follows 
the business of breeding exhibition 
birds in a scientific way. The old farm 
way was comparatively good enough to 
raise a vigorous lot of birds, but there 
was very little uniformity in color of 
plumage, shape and other points in the 
flocks. One man would have a flock 
of Plymouth Rocks — so called — and he 
thought them fine; but when we ob- 
served them in regard to scoring they 
were more like an old-fashioned 
"Dominick" lot than like the Plym- 
outh Rocks. Another would have the 
same kind as he would call them, but 
there were the leg and toe feathers, 
showing that while the plumage was 
tolerably fair, the Brahma or Cochin 
admixture was also there. Of course 
the fowls were large and good as there 
were. So we found them in the past, 
and so we find them at present among 




A White Rock hen owned by J. D. 
Hall, David City, Neb.; score 95 >^. 
Hall breeds nothing but the best. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

the best of breeders for market, only. 
But now the inquiry is for not only 
pure breeds, but for the line-bred fowl 
of whatever variety the fancier may se- 
lect. We have learned that score cards 
are as necessary to the business of 
raising and selling stock to the best ad- 
vantage as it is to advertise in poultry 
or farm papers the stock for sale. It 
stock offered for sale as pure stock 
scores only 80-90, the owner might as 
well sell to poultry dealers, and be 
done with it. While of course such 
scores are better than no scores at all. 
it is far better to breed from the high- 
er scoring ones, as then the progeny 
will more likely be superior stock, and 
fit for exhibition birds. That mysteri- 
ous law of "breeding back," as it is 
called, is hard to be understood. We 
see it manifested in all nature by care- 
ful, common sense methods, and this is 
what may be termed "line breeding," 
"double mating," and "single mating." 
It is virtually the selection of the fit- 
test in color, markings and shape. As 
I understand it, it does not mean to 
breed to the same exact color or 
shape; it may be breeding a certain 
type of color and other necessary 
points, to a lighter, darker or medium 
condition, to obtain the best results. 
There is something more than clean, 
yellow legs and barred plumage re- 
quired in a Plymouth Rock. The feath- 
ers must be barred to the skin, the 
comb must be serregated just right, 
and not be too large, and the lightest 
fuzz of feather or black spots on legs 
and toes lessens the scores, even if they 
do not disqualify. Now some reader 
may say, that man has high scoring 
Plymouth Rocks for sale and he has 
put his "ad" into the Investigator. 
But I have not a pure Rock of any kind 
whatever; nor do I expect to raise 
theni. They are grand fowls, and the 
best known of all pure breeds, and I 
have simply used them as an illustra- 
tion of what is required in high scor- 
ing. In other words, "The Standard' 
requires certain points, and these must 
be met by the breeder of pure stock, or 
else he might as well give his "shingle" 
to the winds, and cut his "ad" on a 
tree in his back lot, for the poultry to 
look at. Now I say that in view of 
these facts we are all waking up and 
getting out of the ruts, and we mean 
to renew the whole business. The in- 
terest in pure stock had comewhat les- 
sened in the Solomon Valley from what 
it had been five to eight years ago; but 
many have expressed themselves favor- 
able to building up again. 

At our Glasco Poultry and Pet Stock 
exhibition, which came off Jan. 1 to 4, 
we had a fair showing. The severe 
cold and the scarcity of corn discour- 



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Second prize lieu at state show at 
Lincoln, Neb., in a class of 116 B. P. 
Rocks, owned by F. C. Hinraan, Friend, 
Neb. 



aged many who had expected to bring 

their stock. Such a lot of frosted 
combs as there was at the time, hin- 
dered also. We were somewhat disap- 
pointed in not having Judge Harris 
with us to do the scoring, but we had 
an excellent substitute in Mr. David 
Larson of Wahoo, Neb. He under- 
stands his business and was fair in his 
scores. Besides he is courteous and is 
willing to explain as he goes along in 
his work. We wish him success in his 
profession. The receipts of all kinds 
paid all the premiums and all expenses, 
with a little left over to sprout in the 
treasurer's hands, and grow for anoth- 
er show next winter. I secured a few 
subscribers for the Investigator, and 
could have secured more, if my duties 
as secretary had not hindered me. 
.Success to the Investigator. 
BENJ. F. McMillan, Secy, 

Glasco Poultry Asso. 



POSITIVE PROOF IS WHAT 
COUNTS. 
Quincy, 111., May 22, 1899. 
Noxall Incubator and Brooder Co. 

Your incubator has proved very sat- 
isfactory. It is simple and self-regu- 
lating. I hatched 195 chicks out of 200 
eggs. I am sure it will hatch every 
fertile egg if operated according to in- 
structions, which are very simple. I 
recommend the Noxall, and prefer it to 
all others — and I have seen all the lead- 
ing incubators that are manufacturer at 
the present time. 

J. W. MORTZOLF. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me 
this 22d day of May, 1899. 

JOHN A. ALLEN, J. P. 

Mr. Mortzolf made this hatch when 
he was living at Cherryvale, Kan., and 
when he was in Quincy, 111., he made 
affidavit to the same. 



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In another column of this paper you 
will find the advertisement of A. L. 
Pedrick of Ottumwa, la. Mr. Pedrick 
has been breeding thoroughbred poul- 
try for several years and has bred sev- 
eral varieties, is one of the best in- 
formed men in southern Iowa as to 
quality and stock. Mr. Pedrick is 
doing quite a good deal of judging 
this season and he is open for dates 
for the season to come. He breeds 
the Blue Prince strain of Barred 
Plymouth Rocks and wins largely in 
all the shows where he exhibits. .Xnv 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

parties wanting something fine in the 
Barred Rock class would do well to 
correspond with him. 



W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Iowa, 
won at Kansas state shows for the past 
four years the majority of the best pre- 
miums, against hot competition in full 
classes. 1889, 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 
third; 1900, 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third; 
1901, 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third, 2 spe- 
cials; 1902, 5 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 third, 
3 specials. 



At Lincoln, Neb., at the state show 
our attention was called to the stock of 
J. L,. Smith of Cadams, Neb., who 
showed Light Brahraas and won first 
and third hen, fourth pullet and fifth 
cockerel. At Superior he won first and 
second cock, first, second, and third 
hen, first, second and third pullet, first 
second, and third cockerel, first and 
second pen. First pen scoring 188 
points, second pen 187 by Rhodes. He 
also won grand sweepstake for the 
best 15 birds in the room. Anybody 
wanting first class Light Brahmas will 
do well to write Mr. Smith. 



We are proud to have with us as an 
advertiser F. C. Hiuman of Friend, 
Neb., who has been breeding Barred 
Plymouth Rocks for 20 years and has 
won a great many premiums in the 
largest shows in the west. At the state 
show at Lincoln in January this season, 
Mr. Hinman won on Barred Plymouth 
Rocks as follows: Second pen, first, 
second and third hen. fifth cockerel, 
second and fifth pullet. Mr. Hinman 
is reliable and any orders placed with 
him will receive his prompt attention 
and his patrons will get all that they 
bargain for. Mr. Hinman keeps the 
very best stock that can be foutid any- 
where. 



Elsewhere in this paper will be found 
the advertisement of D. L. Buren, one 
of the most extensive pigeon raisers in 
Nebraska. Mr. Buren won nearly all 
of the prizes at Lincoln and his sales 
amounted to quite a large sum of 
money. Mr. Buren is an enthusiastic 
breeder and his stock is up to date. 
Look up his ad. 



E. B. Oinohondru of Bowling Green, 
Mo., writes that he made a good win- 
ning at the Northwestern Missouri 
poultry show which was held in Decem- 
ber. He writes the following: "My 
success has been better this year than 
ever before. I showed -'0 birds in a 
class of 70 as good as can be found any- 
where, and 17 of my birds scored by 
Heimlick from 9<3-"3 to 95 points." He 
won first and third cockerel, first cock. 



second pullet, first on pen, and the W. 
R. breeders special, $10, best prize for 
best cock, cockerel, two hens, and two 
pullets in the Barred Rock class. 



F. G. Partington, Northboro, Mass. 
This gentleman is trying a new 
scheme worked by some fanciers last 
season, and he is selling chickens in- 
stead of eggs. He ships chickens any 
distance up to 1500 miles, and guaran- 
tees safe arrival. This is a very good 
plan as you do not have to take chances 
on eggs hatching, but j'ou have the 
chickens already hatched and doing 
well. 



From a late letter of A. L. Houston, 
recently from Keota, la., now located 
at Red t)ak, Iowa., we utiderstand that 
he has located permanently at the last 
named place and will devote the larger 
part of his time to the breeding of Buff 
Orpingtons, and anybody wanting 
stock of this kind will do well to cor- 
respond with him. 



Mrs. Henry Shrader of Berlin, Neb., 
this month changes her ad from breed- 
ers' c^rd to the display column, and 
finds that the Investigator pays as an 
advertising medium Mrs. Shrader 
won first on Orpington pullet at the 
Kansas state show and second pullet at 
Nebraska state show. In Black Lang- 
shans she won third cockerel at Ne- 
braska state show, and third cockerel 
and second pen at Kansas state show. 



One of the new exhibitors at the re- 
cent Nebraska state show was W. J. 
Kersenbrock of Columbus, Neb. He 
won second cock and second pen in Buff 
Rocks, which was one of the best 
classes in the show room. He also won 
first cockerel and third pullet in Cor- 
nish Indian Games, fourth cock in Buff 
Rocks. 



Perfect Chick Feed. 

Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 14, 1902. 
W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 

Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check 
for SI 1.40, vrhich kindly credit. I have 
given the poultry men an object lesson 
in your chick feed at our poultry show 
here four weeks ago. I brought 48 
chicks out of the incubator and am 
keeping them in the window of the 
store and have fed them nothing but 
"Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed." 
I have never seen chicks grow so fast 
and I have not lost a chick. Just 
weighed one and it weighed 7 ounces. 
The boys say they will feed them noth- 
ing else. The chicks and feed attracted 
a great deal of attention. 

Yours truly, 
L. F. Jones Seed Co. 



We had with us last month also L-D. 
Metcalf of Wakefield, Nebr. , a promi- 
nent breeder of Barred Plj-mouth 
Rocks, White and Golden Wyandottes. 
Mr. Metcalf is a very extensive breed- 
er and has good stock. We are glad to 
have him with us. 



We are glad to welcome in our col- 
umns the name of M. L. Canfield of 
Bellvue, Kas., one of the best breeders 
of White Plymouth Rocks in the West. 
There is no man that ever exhibited in 
the West that has had better success 
in winning premiums than Mr. Can- 
field. Some four or five j-ears ago, the 
editor met this man at Bellvue with a 
fine string of birds that took nearly 
everything m their class, and since at 
Kansas City this season he won nearly 
all of the first premiums; also at Tope- 
ka and Lincoln. His birds are pure 
white throughout; thej' are of excel- 
lent shape and have good combs. We 
produce in the Investigator this 
month several half tones of his prize 
winning birds, and we would recom- 
mend Mr. Canfield to any and all par- 
ties wanting strictly first class Ply- 
mouth Rocks. 



One of the most extensive exhibitors 
of poultry at Lincoln was that of the 
Highland Poultry Farm made by J. D. 
W. Hall, manager. These people ex- 
hibited White Wyandottes and Barred 
P. Rocks, and their stock was strictly 
first class. Winnings in the Barred 
rock class were as follows: First pen, 
second cock, second cockerel, first pul- 
let. In the White Wyandottes, they 
won first pen, second and third cock, 
third hen, second coc'erel and second 
pullet. 



I 



While at Topeka, Kas., attending 
the state show, my attention was called 
to a White Wyandotte cockerel owned 
by (tco. Getty of Syracuse, Kas., which 
was one of the most typical White Wy- 
andottes, and the whitest bird the writer 
has ever seen. Had he not been a little 
bit under size he would have won first 
premium easil}'. This bird was the 
next week shown in Chicago, where he 
won third prize from a large class. 
Please notice the half tone of this won- 
derful bird in this issue of the InvES- 
TIGATOK. Mr. Getty has first class 
stock in every respect and is a reliable 
breeder. 



C. M. Hurlburt of Fairbury, Neb., 
comes back this month with four inches 
of space, advertising his -uperior strain 
of Barred Plymouth Rocks and Mam- 
moth Bronze Turkeys. Mr. Hurlburt 
made his first exhibit at the Nebraska 
state show in January and won first 



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cockerel in a large class of 116 of the 
best Plymouth Rocks produced in the 
west. He also won third tom and 
fourth hen on bronze turkeys. Mr. 
Hurlburt has given considerable atten- 
tion to the breeding of Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks and breeds nothing but 
the Ringlet strain. 



Another new advertiser this month 
is C. J. Beedle of Holdrege, Neb., who 
breeds Partridge Cochins. Mr. Beedle 
has some very fine birds and will be 
glad to fill orders for eggs from his su- 
perior mating^. 



We recently purchased of Mrs. Ella 
Patrick of Clay Center, Nebr., her en- 
tire stock of Buff Plymouth Rod-s and 
she has put in a fine flock of fifty Black 
Minorcas, and is ready to fill all orders 
for eggs that may be placed with her. 
She has bought the best and has noth- 
ing else. The Minorca is one of the 
best of the Mediterranean varieties. 



One of the most noted breeders in 
the state of Nebraska is Frank Patton 
of Surprise, Neb. Mr. Patton has 
made a wonderful record this winter. 
He showed at the Topeka state show 
and at Lincoln state show, and also at 
the great show at Chicago, where he 
won three prizes At Lincoln the 
same week he won first pen, third 
cockerel, first and third hen, first and 
second cockerel, first, second and fourth 
pullet; and the week previous at the 
Kansas 'City show he won second on 
cock, second and third cockerel, first, 
second, third and fourth hen, first; 
fourth and fifth pullet, second and third 
pen. In these shows Mr. Patton did not 
show the same bird twice, which proves 
that his stock of Buff Plymouth Rocks 
are superior to any bred in the west. 
We are glad to note that he is an ad- 
vertiserof the Poultky Inve.stigatok. 



Another one of the most prominent 
breeders in Nebraska is T L. Norval 
of Seward, Neb., who breeds White 
Plymouth Rocks and White Wyan- 
dottes. Mr. Norval this season showed 
in Chicago, and also in Lincoln the 
same week, winning several prizes in 
both exhibits. 



Some of the most prominent breeders 
of poultry in the west are W. H. & M. 
E. Bushell of David City, Neb. In re- 
cent years they bred Buff Leghorns 
and made a success of them, winning 
in such shows as Lincoln, Omaha, 
Kansas City, and Chicago, and since 
the Buff Orpingtons have come into 
prominence they disposed of their Leg- 
horns and took up the breeding of Buff 
Orpingtons, immigrating nearly all of 



dl 

their first breeding stock from Eng 
latid They have been very successful. 
Last .season they exhibited at Chicago 
and made some winnings and again 
this winter, winning first cock, said to 
be one of the finest cocks in America. 
They showed the same week at Lincoln, 
winning several premiums. They won 
four out of five of the first premiums, 
and several of the second at the state 
show at Lincoln recently held. They 
are very nicely situated for raising 
their Orpingtons and have one of the 
finest brick pen houses and incubator 
houses that I ever was into. They also 
have a brooder house filled inside with 
brick and heat by steam. They spare 
no money in making their poultry pay 
and breed the best that can be procured. 
We would recommend them to all peo- 
ple who wish to buy Orpingtons of the 
highest grade. 



Last month we showed a half tone of 
a White Lanshan pullet of Mrs. J. 
Hughes of Rockport, Mo., and in a de- 
scription of the same we wrote Mrs. 
Thos Hughes instead of Mrs. J. 
Hughes. Mrs. J. Hughes is a very en- 
thusiastic breeder of White Langshans 
and her stock has won many premiums 
in the west. Her winnings at Bowling 
Green were first on hen, and third on 
cockerel. The competition was very 
strong and the half tone that was 
shown in our paper was that of her 
first prize hen. 



Among our new advertisers this 
month appears the name of Mrs. Eva 
Gingrich of Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Ging- 
rich has been a prominent breeder of 
Barred Plymouth Rocks for several 
years and has won a good majority of 
premiums in such shows as Aurora, 
Neb., and Clay Center, Neb. She has 
a very fine flock of females from which, 
she is selling eggs at a very reasonable 
price for the quality of .stock she keeps. 
Parties wanting eggs from strictly first 
class birds will do well to write her. 



C. F. Austin of Bearing, Kas., won 
first and third pen, second and third 
cockerel, first, secortd and third pullet 
at Coft'eyville, and at Chanute he won 
first and third pen, first and second 
cockerel, firat, second and third hen, 
second and third pullet. Mr. Austin is 
a White Rock specialist and also has 
strawberry plants for sale. 



We call attention of our readers to 
the advertisement of the Oletangy 
Poultry Yards of Delaware, Ohio. 
These people are well known through- 
out the country and are reliable people. 
Look up their ad if you are in want of 
anything in their class. 



The Mating of Breeding 
Pens 



lilt fanciers ami breeders who have 
long since learned to perfection a, b, 
c of poultrydom and forgotten they 
had it to learn, to insure snccc<;^. need 
Uiii read this article, but it will do no 
luirni tor a beginner and possibly be a 
help in selecting the breeders for the 
season if they have not already done 
so. The object of all matings should 
be to constantly eliminate the greatest 
fault by selection of individuals of the 
highest merit. Each variety of fowls 
are mated differently to olia'.n certam 
results. Here is where the sco.ed 
birds come in to a great advantage. 
Color of plumage in all sections and 
shape of the variety are scored by a 
competent judge, who has devoted 
years, perhaps to obtain the knowl- 
edge of what an ideal bird should be 
of the different breeds. Some has re- 
marked '-Why I never try to sell 
birds in the show room and I always 
exhibit." First, because I hav far 
to ship birds to be scored, which is 
expensive to ship large numbers. Sec- 
ond, under no circumstances, not even 
money would I sell my best birds, for 
if they are good enough for another's 
breeding pens for better birds they 
are for mine. The best I have is none 
too good for my breeding pens and 
when scored by a competent judge 
then I can truthfully guarantee eggs 
from high scoring birds, where, if I 
were to sell the scored ones I could 
not. I always have more than a pen 
of females scored and extra cockerels, 
more than I wish to keep. My first 
experience of selecting my breedmg 
and exhibition birds was as follows: I 
first got a Standard of Perfection, 
caught the best specimens to my ideas. 
Standard in hand 1 looked each one 
■ over carefully for disqualifications, 
then the plumage as I understood the 
colors should be by reading, color of 
cyp, beak, legs and toes, last, shape. 
This was for the Buff Cochins and R. 
C. B. L., a pen of one. a trio of the 
other. I then went with them to the 
show at McCook, Neb. Theo, Hews 
was Judge. From the birds I select- 
ed they scored from 90 to 93,'4 points, 
not a bad score for the first, I don't 
think. I yet have the score cards, as 
I keep those birds for breeders. Some 
were good in wing colors, othrs breast, 
etc. I plucked a feather from each of 
the best color; then when I selected 
more birds for breeders I compared 
the colors, getting all my birds as near 
one color as possible. In the same way 
I used scored birds comparing combs, 
eyes, legs and toes, also shape. I then 
put in the pen the highest scoring male 



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bird. This finished the selections for 
I the breeders. Far better breed from 
one or two extra choice hens or pullets 
than a dozen of all shapes, color and 
sizes. Don't wait until you have sold 
the best birds before selecting the 
breeders, belter select the breeders 
first, then if you have more than need- 
ed for your wants, sell them, also the 
cockerels. As wc learn by experience 
then we may branch out for pullet mat- 
ings or cockerel matings. Another 
good way is to have a judge mate up 
the yards. There are no doubt many 
improved methods other than the one 
I described and as this is the season 
for the mating up of yards let us hear 
from some of our experienced broth- 
ers and sisters. I should like to hear 
from some one who breeds Buff Wyan- 
dottes, as I am a lover of the buff 
varieties. 

IDA E. BARD. 




Iowa Poultry Co. Winnings 



W. A. K.'i-lies, North T.-i.c-kii, Kan., 
first prize White Wyaiidotle cockerel 
at Kansas state show at Topeka. 



trated Catalogue and look up their ad 
on page . 



DES MOINES FANCIERS' SHOW. 
DEC. 23-28, 1901. 
W. Wyandottes— 110 birds in class; 
1, 2, 3, 4, pullets; 1, 2, 3, 5, hens; 1, 3, 
cock; 5, cockerel; 1, 3, breeding pens. 
Grand sweepstakes best and largest 
display. White Wyandottes. Gold spe- 
cial. $15.00, best 10 birds in class; $5 
gold special, highest scoring pair W. 
Wyandottes; $5 gold special, highest 
scoring W. Wyandotte cockerel, shape 
and color. 

B. P. Rocks— 1, cockerel; 2. cock; 2, 
4, hen; 2 pen. 

Part Wyandottes— 1. 2, 4, hen; 3, 
pullet; 1, cockerel; 1. pen, $5 gold spe- 
cial highest pen P. Wyandittes. 

R. I. Reds— 1, cock; 1, 2, 3, 4, pullet; 
1, pen. 

White Cochins— 1, 2, 3, 4, hen; 3 
cock; 1 pen; 7 specials prizes won m 
competition with 250 birds. 

NEBRASKA ST.ATE SHOW. 
W. Wyandottes— 1, pen; 2, pullet; 
3, hen; 2, cockerel; 2, cock; 3, cock. 

B. P. Rocks— 1, cockerel; 2. cocker- 
el; 2, cock; 1 pullet; 1, pen. 

The ten prizes were the most cov- 
eted prizes. We took two firsts in en- 
tries of 17 pens B. P. R. and Wwandot- 
tes. prizes won in competition with 
247 birds. 

We wish to call the attention of our 
readers to the ad of the Iowa Poultry 
Co., of Des Moines, la. This plant is 
fully equipped for handhng all varie- 
ties of land and water fowls. They 
have them all farmed out at separate 
farms which insures greater fertility 
and vigor. Their birds are find and 
buyers will get good value for their 
money. Will give bank and personal 
references if desired. Send for illus- 



'The Open Door to Success With 
Poultry" is the title of the attractive 
new catalogue of the Natural Hen In- 
cubator company of Columbus, Neb. 
It describes the very ingenious and 
successful method of hatching chicks 
by the Natural Hen Incubator, which 
is used in 100,000 poultry yards. .\ 
number of pages in the new catalogue 
contain some of the strongest testi- 
monials ever written by poultrymen, 
relating the remarkable success by the 
use of this invention. This device was 
patented in October, 1901, and another 
patent is now pending. Improvements 
have been made from year to year un- 
til it has reached a point where the 
manufacturer and those who have used 
it regard it as nearly perfect. The ex- 
pense is merely nominal and everyone 
engaged in the poultry business should 
post themselves on this method of in- 
cubation, as it's a winner and a money 
saver. 

Send a postal card for this free cata- 
logue. Address Natural Hen Incuba- 
tor Co., Columbus, Neb., and mention 
this paper. 



We have with us Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 
Clark of Dallas Center, la., breeders of 
White Turkevs, Emden Geese, White 
Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandotes 
and White Guineas. The Clarks are 
very enthusiastic poultry breeders and 
have good stock. 



Among our new advertisers this 
month appears the name of L. A. Day, 
Bruning, Neb. , a very extensive breeder 
of Barred Plymouth Rocks. He is 
never contented unless he has the best. 



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G. D. McClaskey, Papillion, Nebr. 



Introduction 

It gives me great pleasure to an- 
nounce myself as editor of the pigeon 
department of the Poultry Investigator. 
This department will be a regular fea- 
ture of the paper hereafter and I trust 
it will improve from month to month. 
There certainly is plenty of room for 
more pigeon literature in the West. 
There are many farmers and breeders 
of good pigeons who are seldom heard 
of and I hope, with the assistance of 
the officers of our new association to 
bring the fanciers closer together, and 
in doing this the department will be of 
great help. I earnestly request all 
fanciers to send me what items of in- 
terest they can from month to month 
and help make this department inter- 
esting to all. I trust it will be better 
next month than it is this. 

G. D. McCLASKEY, 



NebraLsksL State Pigeon Fa.i\ciers 
AssociaLtion 



The first annual show of the Neb- 
raska Pigeon Fanciers' Association 
was held in connection with the State 
Poultry Show at Lincoln, Neb., Janu- 
ary 21-24, inclusive. Prior to the show 
the association was not permanently 
organized and only a few fanciers were 
aware of what was being done, conse- 
quently the exhibit was small, only 
about 100 birds being shown. The 
principal exhibitors were D. L. Bruen, 
of Odenbush, Neb.; David Larson, of 
Wahoo, Neb., and P. E. Cook, of Lin- 
coln. 

White Fantails were the largest 
class and several good birds were 
shown. Mr. Cook entered three cocks 



^ PIGEON DEPARTMENT ^ 

This month the PoULTKV Invkstig.\to.< i,omiiie:ices a pigeon department 
and will devote one page, and as much more as the pigeon fanciers wish, to 
these beautiful pets. G. D. McClasky will concuct the department and I hope 
the pigeon fanciers will give him their undivided support. Mr. McClasky is 
an old breeder and judge and we hope to hear often from his pen as well as 
others; 



and three hens and surprised the boys 
by winning first, second and third on 
both cock and hen. These birds are 
pure Gilbert strain, direct from the 
Gilbert lofts. 

Undoubtedly the bird that attracted 
the most attention in the entire show 
was D. C. Brune's little Yellow Par- 
lor Tumbler hen. This little bird amus- 
ed the visitors very much by tumbling 
and turning somersaults on the floor. 
By the close of the show it was pretty 
well tired out. 

The different varieties of Pouters, 
Jacobins, Carriers, Stormers, Barbs, 
Swallows, Turbits, Owls, Trumpeters, 
Nuns, Mooreheads, Tumblers, Fan- 
tails, Archangels and Magnies made 
up a very interesting display, and at- 
tracted as much attention as any de- 
partment in the show room. 

John Haman, the well known judge 
and fancier of Topeka, Kan., placed the 
awards and gave entire satisfaction. 

The last day of the show a perma- 
nent organization of the Nebraska 
Pigeon Fanciers' Association was ef- 
fected, and the following officers were 
elected for the ensuing yar: 

President — D. C. Bruen of Olden- 
bush, Neb. 

Vice-President — W. F. Holcomb of 
Clay Center, Neb. 

Secretary and Treasurer — G. D. Mc- 
Claskey of Papillion, Neb. 

Board of Directors — D. C. Bruen, 
W. F. Holcomb, G. D. McClaskey, 
David Larson and P. E. Cook. 

It was decided to hold the next show 
in connection with the state poultry 
show. The entry fee was reduced from 
25 cents per bird to 25 cents a pair, 
and we invite all pigeon fanciers of 
the country to show with us next year. 
The premium list, including valuable 
specials, will be arranged later. We 
also invite all fanciers to join our asso- 
ciation and help to make it the best 
organization of its kind in the west. 
Membership fee is only $L The ad- 
vantage to western fanciers by being 
members of this association are too 
numerous to mention here. Don't wait 
until next month to join, but join now 
and help work up a grand, big show 



for next January. It is expected that 
the fanciers will be out in force with 
their birds at the Nebraska State Fair 
next fall. 

Anything fanciers desire to know in 
regard to the new organization will be 
cheerfully furnished upon application 
to the undersigned. 

G. D. McCLASKEY, 

Papillion, Neb. Secy.-Treas. 



Notes For Pigeon Fa.nciers 



This year at the National Fanciers' 
great show in Chicago, 1,398 pigeons 
were exhibited. It was the grandest 
lot of birds ever brought together in 
Illinois. 

At the big Philadelphia show this 
year 979 grand birds were shown. 

Dispose of your surplus stock by ad- 
vertising in the Investigator. 

Don't keep poor birds. The best are 
none too good. 

The banner pigeon show in the 
United States this year was at Boston, 
where 2,478 of the best birds the coun- 
try affords were brought together. It 
was a grand show. Of Pigmy Pouters, 
a breed rarely met with in the West, 
over 200 were shown. Their were 
nearly as many Fantails and about 400 
Jacobins. There were Tumblers by the 
hundred. Ten judges were employed 
and it took them two long days to 
place the awards on the grand collec- 
tion of pigeons of superior quality. Let 
us hope that the charter members of 
the Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Asso- 
ciation will live to see a pigeon display 
at Lincoln as wonderful as the recent 
show at Boston. 

As the breeding season is almost 
here, see that your birds are properly 
mated, that is, mated with some defi- 
nite object in view. Haphazard breed- 
ing don't pay. 

In or near any city is the proper 
place for the man who desires to raise 
squabs for the market. He could find 
a ready sale for all the squabs he could 
produce. 

David Larson of Wahoo, Neb., will 
make a specialty of Magpies. 

p. L. Bruen has about 600 birds of 
thirty varieties in his lofts at his place 
near Oldenbush, Neb. 

There will be no more shows to at- 
tend this season. The next exhibit 
will probably be at the state fair. Let 
us make the pigeon display the best 
ever seen in the state. 

Now is the time to join the Nebras- 
ka Pigeon Fanciers' Association. 



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First prize Silver Laced Wyandotte 
cock at Topeka, Kan., owned by Mrs. 
J. W. Gause, Emporia, Kan. 



A Short Incubator and 
Chicken Talk 



Written for the Investigator. 
I wonder how many of our incubator 
friends are getting ready to set their 
wooden hens? I for one am thinking 
very strong about getting my wooden 
hen in setting order for the first of the 
new year 1902. What I mean by get- 
ting her in setting order is this: dust 
and clean all parts well; clean lamp as 
nice as new (yes, and keep it that way), 
see the wick is good and clean and a 
five gallon can of the best grade of oil 
ready for use; have the egg trays full 
ol the choicest eggs and be sure they 
have never been chilled. But don't 
put the eggs in till you get the heat up 
to 103; now let the incubator doors be 
closed with the thermometer in plain 
sight for twelve hours; by that time 
you will know if every thing is in good 
running order. Now put your eggs in, 
o( course, the heat will run down now 
very fast, but by no means change the 
flame or the regulator for you have 
had the doors open and also put in 
cold trays and eggs; now be patient and 
you will soon see the thermometer 
gaining, but slow, and in a short time 
it will be 103. Now give perfect at- 
tt ition to the lamp every day and turn 
tie eggs twice a day regular. Now if 
y> u follow these directions close you 
will be well pleased on the evening of 
the 22d day. I always have better suc- 
cess with the early hatches, never any 
bowel trouble in the little flock and not 
hj)( the trouble to raise as a summer 
flock; no mites or lice to wrestle with 
in the early hatch. I never give water 
to incubator chicks till four or five 
weeks old, but plenty of scalded new 



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milk, with corn bread, choped onions, 
oal meal, bread crumbs, but no raw 
meal, for grit. I use sand and fine 
broken glass. T keep it mi.xed and 
where they can get it at all times. I 
feed five times a day till feathered and 
once a day sprinkle millet seed and 
wheat in their scratch pen. Be sure 
and always have fresh earth and straw 
or dry litter of some kind for them 
to scratch in for they enjoy it as well 
a the old birds. If you try this way of 
handling incubator chicks you can see 
them grow from day to day. Once in 
a while I give them a piece of raw meat 
to eat. It is quite exciting to watch 
them scramble and fight for it, enough 
so that yon will not forget to give them 
another piece. The first time I used 
this method of feeding I put 108 little 
chicks in the brooder and when the 
brooder got too crowded I put them 
in a cool brooder but had it good and 
warm. They were well feathered by 
this time (they were Leghorns) and 
still 108 and as hardy as quails and 
ready to run at large always ready for 
fe»d and water. With these few re- 
marks I will close. 

MRS. W. E. TIBBETTS. 



Chickens and St^a^vbe^^ies 

Here is a great combination. The 
chickens to furnish manure, eat up the 
bugs and insects, and to provide spend- 
ing money while the berries are being 
grown. 

Bone meal and meat are the great 
fertilizers for strawberries. Add a lit- 
tle potash and it is superior to the best 
Peruvian quano 

It must be ground fine and there is 
no machine on earth that can grind it 
as tine as the gizzard of achicken. 
Bones and scrap meat can be had dirt 
cheap at all the meat markets. Feed 
it liberally and the chickens will shell 
out the eggs lively as well as the fer- 
tilizer. 

A good flock of chickens is far bet- 
ter than a cow stable. 

Compost the droppings with about 
four times their bulk of any loamy soil 
as fast as you clean out the roosts. 
The compost should be put under cover 
and kept dry. Mix well and sow broad- 
cast and harrow in thoroughly before 
setting the plants. 

Never mix ashes or lime with the ma- 
nure before putting it in the soil. This 
absorbes the amonia and holds it until 
it is in the soil. 

The manure is so strong when not 
diluted with soil that if any quantity 
comes next to the roots it would burn 
and thus injure the plants. 

The above is an extract from R. M. 
Kellogg's book, "Great Crops of 



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Poultry Supphes 

Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 7Sc. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 

Conkey's Roup Cure '50c and 1.00 a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure .50c and SI a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices. 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, $12. 

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
per 100 pounds $1.20 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O' 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1,00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 



5yB§S_Bo^wJof|^ 

B. P. R. 2 matinfrs, score from OO^to 

!»3'/2. Eggs S3, per 15, S5 per 100. 

Buff Orpingtons, •! yards; 2 yards 
solid buff wing and and tail, eggs 
S5 per 15, SS per 30 Buff Orping: 
tons, 1 yard, eggs S3 per 15, $5 
per 30. Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
eggs, S2 per 15, $5 per 40. 

r Winners wherever shown. 
Won more first and seconds than 
any other man. Guarantee good 
hatches, true to name and fresh. 

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 



Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.73 
Pure Bred Red Belgians . - - ji.oo 
Pure White Kock Cockls - . . - JI.OO 
Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
All above from prize-winning stock and line 
bred. Catalogue sent. 

J. C. BAKER. Proprietor, 

White Plume Farm, RlchHeld, 111. 



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Strawberries and How to Grow Them." 
Mr. Kellogg is president of the 
Michigan State Horticultural Society 
and the most famous strawberry grow- 
er in the country, and this book tells 
how he grows his remarkable crops. 
We have arranged to have it sent to all 
our readers who are sufficiently inter- 
ested to request it. Send a postal 
card direct to him, the only condition 
is that you must mention this paper. 
Vou will find his advertisement in this 
number. 



Wichita Poultry Show 

The Wichita Poultry Association has 
finished judging the exhibits and at 
their annual meeting last night at the 
show room on North Main street elect- 
ed the following officers: President, A. 
J. Waddell; first vice president. Dr. 
F. W. Petrie; second vice president, 
Mrs. J. R. Kenworthy; third vice pres- 
ident, Dr. Bartlett, fourth vice presi- 
rent, H. L. Smizer; fifth vice president, 
M. S. Kohl; secretary, H. W. Shopf; 
assistant secretary, Asa Butler; treas- 
urer, H. B. Allen; superintendent, O. 
Martinson; assistant superintendent, E. 
W. Groves. 

The winners of the exhibit were 
passed upon last night in every de- 
partment but that of the pet stock. 
The members of the association are 
more pleased with the showing this 
year than the financial success of the 
exhibit. Tomorrow has been set apart 
as children'.": day so the school children 
may enjoy the exhibition of birds. The 
admission will be half price to children. 
The poultry winners are as follows: 

Barred Plymouth Rocks— M. S. Kohl, 
first pullet; L. L. Cross, first and sec- 




F. C. Hinman's first prize Barred 
P. Rock hen at Nebraska state show at 
Lincoln, Jan. 21 to 25. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

ond cockerel, first pen; Otto Weiss, 
third cock, third pullet, second and 
third pen, tie on first and second hen 
with C. L. Nelson; Mrs. Sternberg, 
tliird hen; C. L. Nelson, second pul- 
let, tie on first and second hen with 
Otto Weiss; Mrs. J. T. Woodward, 
second cook. 

Buff Plymouth Rocks— A. J. Wadl- 
dell, first, second and third pullet, first, 
second and third cockerel, first, second 
and third hen, first and second cock, 
first and second pen. 

Buff Arpingtons — Otto Weiss, first 
and second cockerel, first and second 
pullets, first and second pens. 

White Plymouth Rocks— E. H. In- 
man, first and second cockerel, first pul- 
let, first pen; J. T. Welch, first hen, 
second and third pullets, second pen; 
W. E. Bartless, third cockerel, second 
third hen. 

T^hite Wyandottes— Frank H. Miller, 
second cock, third hen; Mrs. K. E. Cur- 
tis, first cockerel, first hen, first and 
second pullets, first pen; L. L. Con- 
stant, third cockrel; A. G. Burr, first 
cock, second hen, second cockerel, 
third pullet, second pen. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes— H. B. Al- 
len, second cock, second and third pul- 
lets, second and third hens, second and 
third cock, first second and third pul- 
lets, second and third hens, second and 
third cockerel, third pen. 

Light Brahmas— Mrs. A. C. Wright, 
first and third cock, first, second and 
third pullets, second pen; H. L. Smyz- 
er, second cock, third hen; J. R. Ken- 
worthy, third cock, first and second 
hen, first and second cockerel, first and 
third pen. 

Buff Cochins— Mrs. M. E. Sayles, 
first hen, second cockerel, first, second 
and third pullets, second pen; Dr. F. 
W. Petrie, first cockerel, second cock, 
second and third hen, first and third 
pen. 

Partridge Cochins — Otto Weiss, first 
cockerel, first second and third hens, 
first, second and third pullets, first pen. 

Black Langshans — W. M. Tipton, 
first cockerel, first, second and third 
pullets, first pen. 

Anconas — D. C. Smoke, first and sec- 
ond pullets, first, second and third 
cockerels. 

Single Comb Brown Leghorns — H. 
P. Swerdfeger, first, second and third 
cockerel, first and second pullets, first, 
second and third hens, first and second 
pens; F. L. Noble, third pullet, third 
pen. 

Buff Laghorns — J. W. Snyder, sec- 
ond cockerel, first second and third 
pullets. 

Rose Comb White Leghorns — L. C. 
Wiedman, first cockerel and first pul- 



25 

EGG FOOD.. -WS 
Make It Yourself. 

Eggs are high at this time'of year. 
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
cipe for making- the best egg food 
known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice, 
15c box; Essex Cholera and Condition 
Powder, best on earth, COc box. The 
3.by mail for $1.25. 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen St. Newark, N.J. 



CAPITOL r!/EEllRY,Augusta,Me, 

I' am closing out my whole stock of Bel- 
glans.'over^one hundred, 24 prize-winners 
Included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold 
Medal Winners, 1 choice Doe of the State 
Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for highest 
scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes 
with her. 

Now is the time to gather in prize win- 
ners for winter shows. These prices 
are reasonable and animals way up. Will 
send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 

H. F. AOAms, 

Axigusta. - - Maine. 




Rules of the Cock Pit 



Uexloo, Oaba, Eoglaad, Belglam aad PraDC«. Also hu eom- 
prebeDsiTe ohaplers oa Heela, HsndllDg, Nursing and mroj* 
tMng rel&tlve to the royal sport of oocking. 

B7 Db. H. p. CLAass. ladlaDapolli, Ind. 

The Recognized Authority. 

PBICE. 36 CENTS. 
Address tha FublUher of tbls Pspaiw 

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
Investigator one year 

For 25 Gentsm 

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



Give ^ """ 

Your Breed- RablCUfe 
ing Does ^ 



Duriufi gestation and while nursing 
iheir young it will enrich the blood 
improve the appetite, increase the 
flow of milk, thereby making the 
young strong and healthy. 
Give RABICURE a trial and you 

will never be without it, SOc a box 

postpaid. 

Vermont Belgian Hare Co. 

Lyndonville, Vt- 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




lir>t pn,:c S. I,. Wyaudutte heu at 
Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
Gause, Emporia, Kas. 



let. 

Indian Games— J. W. Snyder, first, 
second and third pullets. 

B. B. R. Games— J. M. Smitz, second 
cocl<erel, second and third pullets. 

The following additional awards 
were made at the poultry show this af- 
ternoon: 

M. B. Turkeys— C. W. Peckham, 
first, pullet; M. S. Kohl, first, adult 
torn; first, yearling torn; first, pair. 
Mrs. J. T. Woodford, second, pair. 

Pekin Ducks— O. E. Martinson, first, 
pair; Otto Weiss, second, pair. 

Pekin Ducks— O. E. Martinson, first, 
pair; cockerel; Wm. Berkshire, second, 
cockerel. 

Belgian Hares— Wichita Belgian 
Hare Co., first second and third, ma- 
ture doe; first, second and third, im- 
mature buck; best hare in show. 

Cavies or Guinea Pigs — Peruvian 
male cavies: first, Wichita Belgian 
Hare Co.; second, Shuman. Female 
Peruvian cavies: First, Wichita Bel- 
gian Hare Co., second, Shuman; third. 
Heller Ferrel, English male: First and 
third. Ward; second, Mrs. Wright. 
English female: First, Mrs. Wright; 
second and third. Ward. Best cavie in 
the show, Mrs. Wright. Broken: first 
and third. Ward; second, Wichita Bel- 
gian Hare Co. 

Ferrets— Best display: first, Ward; 
second, Wichita eBlgian Hare Co. 

Tumblers— First black muff hen, 
Ward; first red clean leg cock. Ward; 
best pigeon in the show, Ward. 

Homers — First blue cock. Ward; sec- 
ond, Shuman; third, Lane. 

Blue Check— First cock, Shuman; 
second. Sellers; third. Lane; first hen. 
Lane; second. Sellers; third, Shuman. 

Red Check — First cock. Lane; sec- 
ond, Shuman; third, SoUers; First hen, 
Sellers; second and third, Lane. ,. ;, 

Turbits— First and second cock. 
Wiedman; first and second hen, Wied- 



man. 

Rabbits — First and second, Ward; 
third, McGee. Female — First and sec- 
ond, Ward; third, McGee. 



I. & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb., 
writes that they will make a reduction 
on trios of Silver Laced Wyandottes, 
for the next thirty days, from $7.50 to 
$0.00; pens, $12.50 to $10.00, to make 
room for breeding pens, and will take 
orders for future delivery at $'_'.50 per 
fifteen. Mr. Conners won largely at 
the late state show at Lincoln, Neb. 



L, E. MEYER OF BOWLING 
GREEN, MO. 
The Langshan specialist, won at 
Kansas State show, January 6 to 11, 
1902, in a hot class, first and second 
cocks, first and fourth hens; first, sec- 
ond and fourth cockerels; first, second 
and third pullets; first pen, 189K. He 
had six scores tied and won every one 
on weight. He breeds the big kind. 
His first hen weighed lOj^ pounds. 
Rhodes, judge. At Northeast Missouri 
show held at Bowling Green, in a class 
of 82, all good ones, he tied first cock, 
won second and third, tied first hen, 
won second and third, second cockerel, 
second pen, tied third pullet. See his 
ad on last cover. 



A. L. PEDRICK, OTTUMWA, lA. 
Breeder of Blue Prince strain Black 
Plymouth Rocks, Buff Cochin and 
Buff Cochin Bantam. Breeding twelve 
years, has exhibited in the leading 
shows of Iowa. Has bred twenty odd 
different breeds of poultry. Has been 
judging the past five years. Has a 
few dates open for engagements. 



THE "PERFECT" HATCHER. 
The Poultry Investigator is always 
pleased to note the success of its incu- 
bator advertisers who have won fame 
and fortune by the excellence of 
their hatcher. Prompt and careful at- 
tention to orders and courteous treat- 
ment of customers. The best exam- 
ple we can cite our readers is the pro- 
gress made by the firm of J. A. Chel- 
ton, of Fairmount, Md. After an in- 
vestigation we find that the "Perfect 
Hatcher," manufactured by this firm is 
the equal of any hatcher, and superior 
to many now on the market, while it 
IS the lowest priced hatcher made. The 
200-egg size being only $H;. We ad- 
vise our readers who are interested in 
purchasing a good hatcher at a low 
price, to write Mr. J. A. hclton direct, 
enclosing a two-cent stamp as he will 
take pleasure in answering all such in- 
quries. He is a gentleman of the high- 
est standard in the commercial world 
and enterprise, as well as integrity. 




Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
isfaction assured. 

G.B. CLARY Falrbury, Nebr 



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Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing from 90 
to 95 points, 
$1.50 per IS; 
S2.7S per 30; 
this season 
only. Some 

good Ckls. for sale with score 
cards by Ben S. Myers. 

All Stock Farm Raised. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
Rook Poft, MImaoufI 



White . . 
L angshans 
Exclusively 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




The MaLrilla. Incvibator 



We believe our readers will be inter- 
ested at this time in a few facts regard- 
ing this splendid machine. We present 
herewith an illustration showing the 
new factory of the above company, lo- 
cated at Rose HoU, N. Y., in combina- 
tion with one of their 200-egg machines 
and the ornamental label which decor- 
ates and designates each incubator 
shipped out by them. Their factory is 
one of the most completely equipped of 
any in the country for the manufacture 
of incubators and no machine is more 
highly regarded than the Marilla by 
those who have tried it. It is the re- 
sult of nearly twenty years' experience 
in practical incubation, on the part ot 
its inventor, Mr. H. H. Blackman. His 
little work "Artificial Incubation and 
Brooding," has been most favorably 
received. Mr. Blackman first engaged 
in manufacturing his machine at Maril- 
la, N. Y., but two or three years ago 
removed to Rose Hill, and incorporat- 
ed the strong Company, with which he 
is now connected. Some of the special 
merits of the Marilla Incubator are 
these: 

First, the great care taken in its con- 
struction. It is built of Georgia pine 
and highly finished in the beautiful nat- 
ural color of the wood. The makers 
claim that it is the handsomest of all 
incubators. They say it is just as easy 
to make it attractive as otherwise, when 
you know how. The labor entering in- 
to its construction is all skilled and of 
high order. Another important feature, 
is the system of heating and ventilat- 
ing, which is as perfect as can be de- 
vised. Mr. Blackman calls the regula- 
tor a "thermometer regulator" mer- 
cury being the active element, and as it 
is much more sensitive to variations of 
temperature the control of the incuba- 



tor is much more positive and iustan- 
, taneous. There are many other ad- 
! vantages for whicli substantial claims 
I are made and these are fully described 
in the catalogue which every reader 
ought to have. The machine is abso- 
lutely guaranteed in every respect, and 
is sold on an unconditional thirty days' 
free trial. A most remarkable list of 
testimonials is presented from those 
who have used it. Last season a grand 
prize of $100 was awarded to the pur- 
chaser of a Marilla, who obtained the 
largest percentage of hatch in three 
successive trials. This was awarded to 
Mrs. Miles Van Alstine, of Lansing, 
Mich., who from her three trials aver- 
aged 99 per cent. Many others had 
records almost as high. A number of 
sworn statements regarding these are 
given in the catalogue, of which 100.- 
000 copies have been printed and so 
far as we know, this is the largest edi- 
tion yet issued by any mcubator com- 
pany. It is most attractively gotten up 
and will both interest and instruct. It 
is sent to all for four cents to cover 
postage. Write for one before they 
are all gone. 

Address Marilla Incubator Company, 
Rose Hill. N. Y. 



GREEN BONE PRIZE ARIICLE. 



This contribution to the Farmer's 
Voice by W. F. Adams. Yoakum, Tex, 
awarded the Grand Prize— $100— as the 
best of 27 submitted. 

Judges — F. L. Kimmey, president 
American Poultry Association, Miller 
Purvis, Editor Commercial Poultry; F. 
H. Shellabarger, Poultry Judr^e and 
Fancier. 



My experience with cut bone as a 



27 

Whiter Wonders! 

The Farnidrs and Poultryman's mon- 
ey makers. The best combination 
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, 12 IKJ 
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co. 



White Rocks Exclusively! 

Two pens mated fur this year's 
breeding, scoring from 90'4 to 94 '4. 
At Tabor Poultry bhow won l»t, 2d, 
ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev- 
ery premium entered for; Russel, 
Judge. Eggs, per l."«, $2.0<). .'iO for 
S!..iO, .SO for $.').00. 

W. H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, Iowa 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 

(Exclusively.) 
Farm Range. . - . Qood Stock 

Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
11.00 per 1,=^. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 

BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively. 

Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for S6.00. 

Mrs. Eva J. Eingrich, Aurora, Neb. 

I Black Mitiorcas. ffi 

X No. 1 stock, tip to weight and S^ 
w the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
(z) 13. No stock for sale W 

^ Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb X 



EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per l.S. 
Address 

L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa. 



Taylor's Otoe '"'''♦° mm 

I Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 

! coin Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
5, 10 and IS cents each. Write 

I for particulars. 

C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb. 
Black Langshans- 



I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and 
M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
$$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock- $2, per 15. 

J' E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 



28 

food for fowls extends over two years 
only with a flock of 100 hens. Prior 
to that time I had not used cut bone 
and my article is based on the percen- 
tage of gain growth, health and eggs 
of fowls over two years previous, 
when I did not use bone; all other con- 
ditions for the four years being about 
the same. 

My attention being called to the val- 
ue of fresh cut green bone as a food 
for poultry, I determined to experi- 
ment. I crushed some hog bones as 
best I could and fed it to layers. The 
result was so satisfactory I bought a 
small bone cutter and began to feed 
green cut bone to my poultry regular- 
ly twice a week. I tried all sorts of 
bones and have found the hog and the 
beef bones the best, being eas'ier ob- 
tained and containing more of the nu- 
tritive value. 

1 get a soup bone of the butcher, 
shave off the meat (a little meat want 
hurt if you intend feeding as soon as 
cut) and J feed the same day. 

Some people make the mistake of us- 
ing bones that have been boiled or 
lain out and sunbleached. Some of 
the most essential feeding value of the 
bone has thus been lost, especially as 
feed for growing chicks. The animal, 
as well as the mineral qualities of the 
bone, is what makes it valuable. I ex- 
perimented with cut chicken bone a 
little and fancied I saw an improve- 
ment over the other bone, but I am not 
sure ,and even though there be, it is 
not convenient to get green chicken 
bone. Be sure that the bones used 
are not those of animals that have died 
of disease, old age or starvation. The 
former two are dangerous to the health 
of fowls, the latter worthless. Bones 
of young animals are best 

For growing chickens, after two 
weeks old, I mix the bone meal with 
corn chops, dampened with curd milk 
(water will do), so that each bird gets 
from a half to one teaspoonful of the 
bone meal, according to age. 

It is an excellent bone food for the 
fowl and general invigorator and 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

growth forcer. 

Extra large and quick growth bone 
in fowls means more meat, and more 
meat means 7 to 10 cents a pound. 

For laying hens I feed mixed as 
above, only that each hen gets one 
tahlespoonful twice or three times a 
week, according as I think they may 
need an extra allowance. They need 
more when they are laying regularly or 
moulting. 

The results of the bone as a feed is 
seen in a very few days in the renewed 
vigor health and appitite, and last, but 
not least, egg product. 

Taking every advantage gained by 
feeding bone — i. e., general health of 
flock, quick growth of broilers, in- 
crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the 
two years bone was not fed, I figure 
it — and I keep close accounts — that the 
profit derived is 15 per cent over the 
two preceding years. This lo 
per cent is attributed to the bone feed 
and other increase in profits was cred- 
ited to the source from which they 
came. 

Now don't feed an overdose at first, 
or at any time for that matter; feed 
regularly. 

Don't expect the hens to lay two 
eggs daily and the young chicks to 
spring up in one night like mushrooms, 
when they are fed bone. Mix well 
with the other food so that each bird 
gets its proportionate share. 

Don't expect to feed bone only. The 
bone is only an additional feed, a sort 
of tonic. 

Now I am not going to go into de- 
tail to explain how the bone assists — 
couldn't if I wanted to — only to say 
that the component parts of all meat 
bones are the same, and the mineral 
part of bone may be found in egg 
shells. Bone and shells must be sup- 
plied from what the fowl eats, hence 
we feed it to them, directly in the shape 
of cut bone, instead of indirectly, in the 
shape of corn, oats, etc., etc. 

If you once,give fresh green cut bone 
a trial as a food for fowls you will 
never discontinue it. W. F. Adams. 
Yoakum, Texas. 



The^trongest Chicks 

rom thestroMt-est ei;t;s. Such egt'sin largest 
ies result from proper feediny of the hens. 

EGGE 




Prli'co, eihs. )i.0O; ioiis.51.60: 



-.luently ••EGGE' 



AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., 

9 Front Street, Quincy, IMInols 



BUSINESS CATCHER^ 



FOKSAI.E! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff 
Uock Ckls.. the best of stock for J1.25 each, 
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson, 
Colon. Nebr. 

BDKF ROCKS. Breeding and e.xhlbillon 
stock for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
F. Whaley. Appleton Ulty, Mo. 

O. E. DUNLAP. breeder and buyer of thor- 
oughbred chickens. Can All your order for 
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E. 
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans. 

FOR EXCnANGE. A 60-ege gore Hatch In- 
cubator, for E.xhlbltlon B. B. K. Games, 
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
Clay Center. Nebr. 

BDFP PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
prices. Albert B. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
KIgln. 111. 

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty. 

40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
cheap if taken soon. 

C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr. 

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and 
Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
cular. C. I), i-mith. Fort Plain", N. Y. 

FREE, GAMES. Eggs $100 per 13. Circular, 
Heatbwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays. 
Tornadoes. Irish Blks. Reds. Cornish In- 
dians. $200. Fowls all times. C. U, Smith. 
Fort Plain, N. Y. 

BIG MAIL for poultrymen. Insert your 
name in our poultry director and receive 
poultry papers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev- 
ery day. Only teu centi silver. Poultry 
Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind, 

DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand- 
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and esr^s 
l.SO per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
Nebraska. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stock for 
sale. Eggs $.i.00 per 100. 11.00 per 13. My 
stock is first class and have won in show 
room. J. P. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb. 

ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Buff 
and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks. White 
Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
kota state fair. KggS for hatching. 11.00 
and up. Circulars free. 11. P Larson, 
Beresford.S. D. 

LIGHT BRAHMaS. I have a few good hens 
and pullets for sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Alien. 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs. 
Write wants. ,Iohn H. Rownd. Downs. Kas. 

ROSE COMB White and Rose CJonib Brown 
Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs In season. 
15. fl; 39. *2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. .1. W. 
Cook. Poneto. Ina. 

100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
at prices to suit the season. Stock In good 
condition f;ishionably bred and artistically 
marked. Rev. G. A. Ohamblln. Moran, 
Kansas. 

.MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
Ducks. Light Bruhma and B. Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels at .^l each. Toulouse Gand- 
ers, and M. Bronze Tom.s. at $3 each. Pol- 
and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
.1. I). Grimes. Chamber , Neb. 

WHITE PLYMODTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
cocki'rels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
and up to 9.514. Write for prices. Geo, N. 
Wood, Weldon, la. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



BUFF OKPINGl'ONS, -Cook's Strains." pggs 
15 (or $:i 00; hatch guaranteed $5.00 from 
birds butr to the skin and progeny of ini- 
poited -slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
Green, Joiiet, 111. 

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
prize winnin>; Black Laugsbans. score 92*2 
to USSj. Buff Orpingtons and Kose (Jomb 
Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
M. U. WilliaujsHeld, III. 

EGGS from my Beauty Strain of of high sour- 
ing Liglir. Hrahmas ana prize winning 
Black Sumatras, 15 tor $1 00, They are up- 
to-date. Uhas. M. Palmers, Nettau. N. Y. 

BUFF COUHIN chickens. Toulouse geese, 
Uuroc -Tersey swine, Cockerels for sale 
wiHi srore cards, Chii-ken eggs $:J.nO for 15. 
Geese eggs i')C each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten- 
nessee, 111. 

BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred tofine 
bucks scoritiff 94 ,'2 at $3.00 each, or 2 does and 
a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. 
Markel, Wahoo, Neb. 

WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. 
Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ring-let 
Strain; S. S Wyaudottes, S. C. Brown Lee- 
horn. Birds for sale. Eeres in season. Mrs, 
Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo. 

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown 
Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and 
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfield. East Peoria, 
111, manae'er. 

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 
heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eg-gs$1.50 
per 15. Pen headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state 
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed. H. E. 
Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr. 

Silver s^pangled hamburgs. Most 

beautiful fowl and great layers. Cockerels 
for sale. Eggs $1-25 for 15; $2-25 for ,10; $3.00 
for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, IVlonroeCo. 111. 

BLACK LANGSHAXS, Partridge Cochins, 
.Silver I.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb 
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock 
If you want something good write at once. 
C. P. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have tine 
English Bei-kshire hogs, 

EGGS. Barred Plymouth Rock birds scoring 
90to92H. Eggs $1.50 per 15; 2 50 per 30; 
Birds scoring St* to 92. $1.00 per 15: 1 50 per 30, 
4.00 per 100. .1. F. Loun s Son, North Eng- 
lish, Iowa. K. F. D. 2. 

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
They are state winners. Live and let live 
is our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting, 
other settings 1.00. Circulars free. o. Mul- 
lin, Beauford. Minn. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES, Line bred for fan- 
cy utility, heavy laying strain. Uest shaoe 
winning 1st ck, 1st hen, at Ohio State show, 
also at Poultry Show at Akron. Egirs 2 00 
Incubator eggs a specially. 6 00 per 100. 
Cockerels for sale. C. D. McVicker.-, Pleas- 
ant Home, Ohio. 

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE*. 
Eggs 1.00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker- 
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio. 
Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs. H. W. Clark, 
Seward, Nebraslva. 

EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 2 50 
peris. Bull Rocks. Buff Leghorns, Light 
Bra h mas, eggs 125 per 15. Stock for si»le. 
Write your wants. C. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKi. Farm raised. 
Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 
cents per 100. Loudan Red Raspberry 
plants, 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydla Beebe. 
Ooryville. Pa. 

EGGS. Barred Ro''ks (Thompson strain) 
White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandot le 
(Dustou) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) 
Light Brahma (Felch) 13 for 1 25 Also a few 
fine cockerels. L M. Whltlaker. 385 east 
Robie. St. Paul. Minn. 

THE INTERNATIONAL POOLTRY' EX 
change wants every person who has good, 
mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale 
to send description and prices, with 10c, to 
answer intjuiries; also anyone wishes to buy 
any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send 
for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
your home. O. E. Dunlap, Supt. Liberal, 
Kansas; U. S. A. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

HATTIE BYFIELD. McCooli. Nebr, EggS 
for hatchiTig from prize winning Liglil Bralr, 
mas and White Wvandotte chicken. While 
H,)lland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks, 
15 hen i-ggs $2.00. Iturkev eggs $1.50. U duck 
$1.00. Duck eggs $o.a) per 100. A few nice 
drakes lo sell. 

SUPERIOR BLACK L\NGSPANS. Eggs U 
for 1.00 . I am a member of the American 
Langshan club and breed them exclusive- 
ly Buy stock and esrss of me. S, II. Cot- 
ton. Appleton City, Mo, 

POULTRY PAPERS at cost, valualde cir- 
culars free. Eggs 1.00 per 15. 4,0n per 100. 
Buff Rocks Buff wyandottes. Big birds, 
fertile eggs. A. B. Camier, Macedou. N. Y. 

FOR SALE. Two 2iXl egg size Sure Hatch in- 
cubators. In first class condition, will sell 
very cheap. White Rock Farm. Wap llo, 
Iowa. 

CUMB-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Lesthorns 
Regular egg machines. Stock direct from 
best eastern breede's. Eggs for sale 1.00 
for 15. W. E. Combs. J ullan. Neb. 

BUFF and BARRi<;D ROUKS. Buff Legliorns 
Black Breasted Red Gaines. Pekin ducks; 
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs froni fine stock. Get 
^»rica list at once Satisfaction guaranteed 
The Iltz Poultry Farm, Esthervilie, la. 

LIGHT BRAHM.\S. From Boston winners. 
Eggs 2.00 per setting, delivered. Yards 
headed by prize winners. Females as good 
asthebest. G. W. Hard n. Ulysses. Neb. 

CHEAP to close out. As -fine a lot of birds 
as you evers.uv- Golden wvandottes. Bar- 
red Plymouth Rocks and Buff Cochin Ban- 
tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb,, 

BUFF COCHINS and White Holland Tur- 
keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy 
stock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
Chicken eirgs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1..50. Mat- 
tie Stu lit, Lawrence, Kan. 

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st' 
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3 
grand matiags. eggs 200 per IS. Robt. Lar- 
mer. Ravenwood.'INlo. Bo<l 7. .•*. V, Pres. Buff 
Rock Club. 

EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang" 
Shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From 
pen No. 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen 
No. 2, White Wyandotte, 1 SO per 15 M M. 
Browning. Appleton City, Mo. 

ONE DOLLAR buys 15 eggs from extra fine 
stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
White Wyaneottes and Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns. C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb. 

EGGS. Buff turkeys, 3.O0. Barred P. Rocks. 
1.25 per 13 Black Langshans 100 iier 13. 
Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111. 

Silver laced wyandottes exclusively, 
strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best 
egg production. They are winners, eggs that 
will hatch, 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, Stroms- 
burg. Neb. 

Barred PLY'MOUTH rocks, winners 
from NorvaTs strain. No stock, all sold, on" 
ly eggs for hatching. Mated for prize win- 
ners. Have 4 pens. Best. 2.SI: 21. 2 00: 3d, 
1.50: 4th. lOOimly, per setting of IS. (For 3 
settings, twice the single i>rice) Place your 
vour orders early. Mr.s. -M. E. Bittner, Osce- 
ola, Neb. 

NORTH STAR POULTRY YARDS. A few 
choice Barred Rock and White Wyandotte 
cockerels left. Northwestern buyers save ex- 
orbitant express rates and order early. J. C. 
Tjaden. Lennox, South Dakota. 



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BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
liiised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
sattfaclion and good results. Eggs that 
hatch. $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as 
reasonable. If convenient please enclose 
stamp when writing for particulars. 
Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 



Sixteen EG(;S. 2.00. From my 
City and Omaha prize winning White Wyan- 
dotles (Duston Strain) stock. Scores 90js to 
94, Incubator eggs cheam Mention Investi- 
gator. Mrs, Maud Rolfe, Wetmore, Kansas. 

BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at 

l.SO per 15. Will replace all infertile eggs 
free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip- 
tion. We can please you, F. Whaley. Apple" 
ton Cily. Mo, 

NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
Clark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr. 

FOR SALE. 2 trios extra chsice Silver Sebright 
Bantams one year old- The price is J5.00 per 
trio. Address Box 227, Clay Center, Nebras- 
ka, care Investigator. 

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
Show, l.st ck, 1st, 2d, 3d hen. 1st. 2d, 3d ckl,. 1st, 
2d, 3d, 4th-pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My- 
ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin, 111, 

R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
Eggs 1.00 per is. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
andottes. Eggs I'OO per IS. C. H. Courier, 
Ashley, Ohio. 

FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens, 
first money takes them. Place order at once. 
Address Poultry Investigator. Clay Cen- 
ter, Nebr. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS, "Cook's Strains." 
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3,(X) 
per 15. R.C.Brown and S. l^ White Leg" 
horn eggs SI. 50 per 15. Louis Mogensen, Ra- 
cine.Wis. 

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
ing, feeding, caring tor. 5 cents. 1.000 pig- 
eons for sale. Prices ftee. Wm, A. Bart- 
lett & Co. Box 27. Jacksonville, 111. 

White PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
Eggs 1 00 peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 peril- 
Try us. P. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb. 



For Sale. 

Black Laiig-shan Cockerels, SOc 
aud pullets 75c each, Pekin drakes 
Sl.OU each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
and S3r All stocli pure blood, 
Mrs. Albert Ray $So«i, Wilsey, Ka«. 




SMOO 



FREE! 



POULTRY 
CATALOGUE- 

. Giveslowtst i.ricesof fowls and eegH. 
t-r oubreeiis Turkeys, Gees«, Duilisaud ChickeDS. Hon- 
:ds of ^ilat^sfromlife. ISbestpoultrr bouse plans. Treat- 
ou dtseases,liow to feed, breed, etcSend lOc. for postage. 

R. Brabazoo. Jr. & Co., BoxlOo,Oelavao, Wb, 



SURE SEE THE lOO* 




Noxal! Incubator 



perfect, 1 , 

,„„. ^^ to get one FREE- Our catalogue 

glvesa remedy Tor every known poultry diseafle, 4c. (or pes- 
UgQ Circular and price list free. 

Noxall litcabator Co., ^aincy. 111. 



HELLO! WHOSE ARE THESE? 

Why, Hall's Famous Prize Winning 

White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 1.50 reg-tilar 
and special prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All our 
first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. R males and females score 
90 to 9;i><— White Wyandottes 93 to 9(i. We always win, so can you 
if vou buy of us. Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C, 
R,"I, Red's, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, T. Geese, and Pekin Ducks 
are all winners. Illustrated, catalog-ue tells you all. Stock aud 
and eg-g-s f«r sale. 



J. D.W.HALL. 



Des Moines, la. 



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Printing for 

Poultrymen 

We are prepared to do all kinds of 
printing for poultrymen. We have the 
hierhest srrade machinery and new ma- 
terial; all work (guaranteed first-class. 
Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
patrons. Write us your wants and ifet 
our prices on your work . Address. 

Poultry Investigator 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 

Eggs to Hatch. 

S DOT FES: Very choice pen, J3 per 15 
Over 3f,0 hens on dilTereut farms. Good 
pure stoclf. Eags $1 per 13, ti per 100. 

BARKED KOCKS: Slrlctly standard sys- 
tem. 60 lln- hens and pullets. 4 extra 
lurfje. stately croweis. tcorUiKtroni 90 to 94 
by .Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eges 

tper 1.5, $.1 ."iO per 30. M. Brahmas. S. O. 
.Leghorns and C. 1. Games. Good pure 
stock on separate farms. Eggs $1 per 15, $4 
per 100. 
ROUP <^UKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
Circulars free. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK OX 176, 



i/> Wm Easies .... 

Kutr Orpingtons. R. O. W. Leghorns 
Burred & White Rocks, W. (J. P. Ban- 
tams, Belgian's Hares, Fggs. Stock in 
season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes; 
sliver cup last year. 



Calesburg, 



imois- 



Scott's Cure 
I r Chicken Cholera 



Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
or money refunded. Testimonials on 
application. Reference: Rising City 
Bank. 

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 



Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
Felch; Black Lang-shans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is o 
sure cuf-e. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
CI<ARKSVII,I,8, MIS80DKI. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Notice 

Tlie German Nurseries, Beatrice, 
Neb., are advertising with us this sea- 
son, as they have done in former 
years. This nursery is owned by Carl 
Sonderegger and was formerly located 
at Fairbury, Neb., but a year or two 
ago removed to Beatrice, where it is 
possible to have better shipping facili- 
ties, which advantage our readers will 
fully appreciate. Mr. Sonderegger has 
equipped his nurseries with very com- 
plete buildings for housing and pre- 
paring his stock for shipment, so that 
:\nyone ordering from him can feel rea- 
sonably sure of getting their stock in 
the best possible condition. Mr. Con- 
deregger's catalogue is printed in both 
English and German and anyone con- 
templating the purchase of nursery 
stock will find it to their advantage to 
write tor this catalogue before placing 
their order. Catalogue is sent free on 
request. In writing kindly mention 
having seen his ad and this notice in 
our paper. 



Puritan Irvcubators and Chick 
Food 

We beg to call the special attention 
of our readers to the advertisement of 
the Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc., in this 
issue. 

They manufacture and have for sale 
the "Puritan Incubator and Brooders" 
and are likewise the proprietors of the 
now world renowned Puritan Chick 
Food. All other hatching machines 
have been discarded on the Puritan 
Farms for the "Puritan Incubator." 
which is certainly the very best recom- 
mendation possible. The "Puritan" is 
a strictly up-to-date and excellent ma- 
chine, being built of the very best pos- 
sible materials, no expense being 
spared in its construction. It is novel 
in a great many points and differs to 
quite an extent from most of other 
makes now on the market. 

The new catalogue of the Puritan 
Poultry Farms is a veritable work of 
art and contains page upon page of or- 
iginal matter, in fact is a fine poultry 
treatise in itself and tells you all about 
Puritan Chick Food and all Puritan 
products. It will be sent absolutely 
free to all our readers who mention 
where they saw their advertisement. 

This book should be in the hands of 
every lover and breeder of poultry and 
we advise you to send for it today. 



You will notice among our advertis- 
ers this month the name of E. A.Teas- 
dal of Slater, la. Mr. Teasdal is a 
prominent breeder of S. C. W. Leg- 
horns and breeds as good stock as can 
be found any where in the United 
States. 



LEGHORlJiS. 

(Exclusively) 

Birds of chuiix- bitudiiig. Scoring troui 92 to 
94!/, are in my p,!ns fer 11102. Eggs from 
these pens $3.00 per dozen, A satisfactory 
h.itch guaranteed 

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 

(Route I, Sr.\. 1!) 



Caution! Don't Read Thim Ad. 

Korify II d,, you will discover whereto 
get Ml' iji M nf w hiif KiM'ks scoring from 93 
to96;2:ii III. laiLi^i ^liiiws throughout ihe 
state iif I iliin \i . oliiiiibus. 1901, weshowed 
thirty Uliii,. l;.irl<^ wiih an averag score of 
9:j'a. A 4-yi'ai-old cock bird scored 95!4 und 
ersuch ju ges as Bridge. Lanr, Cranmer. 
Burger and Jones. .Stock for sale. Eggs ^.00 



iier 1.5. 

Maughlin • res. 



Columbus, Ohio. 



At Ihe Columbus 
shows for the past 

three years I have won more prizes than 
all other exhibitors combined. Fine shape, 
exellent color, full combs and unexcelled 
as layers. Stoc- for sale at all times. Eg?s 
in si-asoii. .\ iiooil hatch guaranteed. 

■OLUIIBUS. OHIO. 



THEODORE DESSiUM, ', 



' 19 E, Chestnut St. 



EGGS 

$2.50 for IS 
$4.50 for 30 
.My aim, 
fertile egg, 
hardy 
duck, bred 
to win best 
to lay. 



STOPI 

«®- KCSE and SINGLE, •=»» 
Rhode Island Reds. Buff Letr- 
horns. Winners wherever shown. 
Only strong robust stock in niv 
pens and you will not regret it it 
you send your order for eggrs to 

£>/c Aurellua, 
Perry, Lmke co. Ohio 



WWlnnerm Agalnl 



Rocks and Wjandottes. White and 
Barred. Score 92 to 95. Silver and 
Buflf. They are sired by winners 
and bred to winners from some of 
our largest shows. Eggs S2.00 per 
IS straight from pens headed by 1st 
and 2d prize birds. 
J. A. Douglas, Ferguson, Mo. 



Something Worth Knowing. 

IMouey saved by making your own poultry 
remedies. To cure cholera. SUKECTRE. 
Roup. Scalej Leg. Lice, Mites. Cheaprem- 
edy but sure. Excellent Poultry Food to 
make hens lay. Celebrated Douglas Mix- 
ture eic. All receipts tor $100 or 3oc each. 
Address with 2c stamp, 

\. in, U;I«LA\D, Goshen, Ind., R. V. D. No. 2. 



My White Minorcas 



Won Isi, 2nd aid 3rd at;Delaware and Co- 
lumbus on old and young stock. Scored 

60 to n^i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00 
per ir,:$.i.00 per 4.1. satisfaction guaranteed 

HARRY LIEBOLD, Delawun'. Obio, K. D. 2. 




Old Homestead Brooder. 

The best on earth. All your chickens can be 
saved in the Old Homestead Brooder, 
Try one. Write for prices. Address 

Old Homoatead Brooder Co., 
MIddleboro, Maaa.... 



This is for You!. 



Owins to my iudzlug engagements 
for season of 1902-3, will not be able 
to 'how my biids and will heiehy 
reduce th" price iif eggs from 13 00 
to $2 00 per 15. I have S. C. Brown 
Leghoins. Hlack Leghorns, Harred 
Plymouth uoclis. (Violet Strain ) 

David Larson, wahoo, Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

I. & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb., won 
3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 3 fourths. 
Their bird sales were so large this fall 
that they did not have on early bird left 
and had not intended showing until a 
few days before the show. All pullets 
and cockrells shown were August 
hatched and cut from two to four 
points on weight. 



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Pe#riflS-Hallock strain. Will sell 
a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00 
each. Egg orders booked now. 

Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand 
lot of youngsters sired by a 9SX 
point buck, Bred does always on 
hand. Booklet on the industry for 
stamp. 

Stephaui Poultry Co. Belleville, III. 



BUFF COCHINS 

Exclusively. 

Just Wtiat You Are 
Looking For . . . 

The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
ners in ny company. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B. H, DUNN, Clay Center, Neb, 



Clubbing List 



By taking the advantage of the 
following combinations you can 
get two papers often at the price 
of one. Look at these offers: 

Price with 

Poultry 

Regular Invisti- 

price gator. 

Poultry Tribune 50c SOc 

Poultry Herald 50c SOc 

Poultry Gem 25c 35c 

Commercial Poultry SOc 50c 

Western Poultry News. . .25c 25c 

Poultry Success SOc 40c 

Poultry Topics 25c 25c 

Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 

Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 

Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 

American Poultry Journal SOc SOc 

Feather SOc SOc 

Nebraska Farmer fl.OO $1.00 

..Just Think of it.. 

Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 

Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50 
The Poultry Investigator 25 

Total $1.75 

We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
Address, 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Notice— We do not send samples of 
other papers. 



A. L. Houston, formerly of Keota, 
la., has removed to Red Oak, la., 
bought a small farm near town and 
will breed his Orpington and Rock on 
a large scale. His place will be known 
as Forest Hill Poultry Farm, and has 
good range and water. We wish him 
success in his new venture. 



WINNINGS AT INDIANAPOLIS. 
DEC. 4-10, 1901. 

Winnings of R. E. Jones, Flat Rock, 
Md., at Indianapolis, Dec. 4-10, 1901: 

S. Wyandottes— 1st, 4th, cocks; 1st, 
3rd and 4th hens; 4th cockerel; 1st and 
4th pullets; 2nd pen. Golden Wyan- 
dottes, 1st, 2nd and 3rd cocks; 1st, 
2nd, 3rd and 4th hens; 1st cockerel; 
1st, 2nd and 3rd pullets; 1st and 2nd 
pens. Black Wyandottes, 1st and 2nd 
hens; 1st cockerel; 1st and 2nd pullets; 
1st pen. G. S. Bantams, 1st cock; 1st 
and 4th hen; 1st and 2nd cockerels; 
1st pullet; 1st pen. S. S. Bantams— 
2nd cock; 1st and 2nd hen; 1st and 2nd 
cockerels; 1st and 2nd pullets; 1st pen 



We wish to call the attention of our 
readers to the ad of J. D. W. Hall of 
his famous winnings, w. Wyandottes 
and B. P. Rocks. He has taken sev- 
eral other popular breeds to raise and 
we are informed that all of his stock 
is of that high standard that he has 
won on his W. Wyandottes and B. P. 
R. in the past. 

His great success in the best shows 
in the United States prove his knowl- 
edge of the business. This should in- 
sure his customers the best treatment 
and value for their money. We heart- 
ily recommend this form to all buyers. 
Look up his add on page — , and list 
of winnings on page — . 



Houdans. 



1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901, 
also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska, 
State Show. 1902. No stock but eggs 
at $1.50 per 13. 

Reuben H, Kapser, 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Eggsf 

From Line Bred Stock. 

Twelve years experience in mat- 
ing and breeding. Eggs from fine 
mated ;hens $1.50 per IS, $2.00 per 30. 
Fggs from extra fine mated pens $2,00 
per 15, $;{.00 per 30. 
A. L. Pedicit, box A Ottnmna, lo*a. 



R M. Kellog, Three Rivers, Mich., 
will send you "Great Crops of Straw- 
berries and How to Grow Them. 

This is much more than a catalogue. It 
is a treatise on plant physiology and 
shows how the fruit producing organ- 
ism of a plant may be developed so it 
will throw its energies to the produc- 
tion of fruit instead of useless runners 
and foliage. 

Fruit growers will appreciate this 
book and feel thankful to the paper 
which puts it in their hands. 

Kindly look it over carefully and crit- 
icise it. 



—White and Buff Wyandottes.— 

Prize Winners— 1st CM at Elgin, 1st and 2nd 
uclii. 2nd puilet, 3rd hen, 2nd pen at Kocl«- 
ford. 1st and 2nd ckl, 1st and 3rd CK, 2nd 
hen 3rd pullet.ilst, 2nd and 3rd pens at Bel- 
vldere. 111. 1902. Orders boolted for eggs 
t3.00 per 13. 

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III 



Don't Fool Yourself! 



By selecting a poor vegetaljle cutter. Get 
an O K, cuts every thini; ed'.blp for the table 
or for the poultry. .Send J2.50 for sanjple 
machine. Agents wanted. Address 

Dep't. A., 0. K. MfgCo- Florin, Pa- 



BUFF ORPIHGTONS. 

Ho stock for salel Rose Combs, Buff 
Orpingtons. A few eggs at $5 00 pt r IS. Win- 
ners at Red Oak and Osceola. Iowa, and Ne- 
braska State Show at Lincoln, Single 
Combs, eggs, J3.00 per 13, 15.00 per 26. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



For Sale. 

100 choice young birds from winners at 
Kansas and Nebraska State Shows, 1901. 
S S, Hamburgs, Partridge Cochins, Buff 
Cochins, Light Brahmas and B. P. Rocks. 
Show record on application. Eggs from 
choicest matings$1..50 per setting. 

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 



0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize- Winning 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 

stock for sale at all tiuies. Eggs in season. 

y.OMOHUNOeO, Bowling Gfeen, Mo. 



Listen! 



-IF YOU WANT— 

Barred P. Rock 

cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev- 
ery cent asked, scored or unscored, 
send me your order and let me prove my prom- 
ise to please you. Kees $1. From all scored 
stock by Rapp and Heimlich, 'i$l-50 and $2. No 
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want. 

Mrs. A- P. Rodgere. 
Bowlliis Green, Mo. 




BUrF WYANOOTTES 
BUFF P. ROCKS . . 



Bred from my Boston 
Ouialm. Kansas eliy, 
and Top'ka prize win. 
ners. Ola ajid yoniiff 
stock for sale. A larj: 
flock to select 'rnm. Prices re;isniiable. 

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 



WhSie Wyandoites. 

First and second premiums at Min- 
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 o 21. 
Effg-s from birds s orinff !)3, ".t4. 04 ')4 
94, 9.J>^ cockerel 943^, SI 50 per set- 
ting, 2 settings $2.25. Few birds for 
saie. 
W. H. SwaMx, Minneapolis, Itanaaa. 



High Hill 



TT 

Poultry Yards 

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
Tiirk-y> are bred frnn, prize wlr..,ers 
nnd are winners. mnUn;.' alnjo.sl clean 
sweep wlM-rever shown ^our.g Tor„s 
S^each; I'ullcis. $:i 50to$:) OOeach. My 
Kock- are noted fur shape and oranire 
colored legs, go point co kerels. e' 50 
each ; 91 to K'^ pot nt Cncker.ds $.xoo- 
each Pullet not scored. »1 00 ear-h 
Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo 



CROWELL'S 

Buff^rpin gtons. 



Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. .'{d, 4th and 5. 
Hens iRt, and 2d. 1st Pen. Efffi-s 
S;j.00 per 1,-., S.-..00 per 30. Two trios 
Indian Knnner Ducks at $5 00 per 
trio. Eg-fTS S2,on per l.i. Satisfac- 
tion gruaranteed. 

F. A. Crowell, Granger, 



Silver Lace Wyandottes 

White Wyandottes : 

-^^£^^2,^^ Buff Legfhorns 

Pekin Duck.s... 

All first class stock. Egg-s for sale. 
MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 



Barred Rock Eggs, 

—For Hatching.— 

Fertile egg.'? and big healthy chicks is 
What you want. Try mine this year 
$1.50 for I.-), $2..50 for .30, $:5.00 for 45, 

A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 



Boff Ofpingloos 
Bronze Turkeys 



We keep tiothiiic l>ui tlie 
choicest stock. Efcs for 
sale. Write for prices. 



C. E BROWNING, 

Fairbury, Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

The Repvjblican Va.Iley 

District Poviltry 

Association 

The Republican Valley District 
Poultry Association has just closed a 
most successful show. Perhaps the 
number of birds shown this year was 
not quite so large as in previous years, 
l)ut that was to be expected. We are 
having hard times in this section this 
winter, and it has in some cases inter- 
fered with the size of our show, but 
it did not interfere with the perfect har- 
mony and good felowship of the ex- 
hibitors, and there was no note of dis- 
cord when the awards were made 
known. 

During the last hours spent together 
there was some little discussion oi 
methods by which we might grow and 
prosper. It struck us that we and 
many other associations might be ben- 
efitted by a discussion through one ol 
our favorite magazines. The Investi- 
gator, for instance. Now, would it not 
be nice and instructive if some of the 
oldest and most successful of our poul- 
try associations were to come forward 
and tell us by what methods their asso- 
ciation was run in peace and harmony 
for— well, say for twenty years? Won- 
der if there is an association in the 
state that has run continuously for 
that length of time? If there is won't 
you let us hear from you? Please tell 
us all about yourselves? What meth- 
ods made your association the long 
lived shining success that it is? Tell 
us of your mistakes, too. You can date 
them back quite a spell. We would not 
e.xpect you to tell any that had been 
lately committed for that might have a 
bad effect on your organization even 
after years of success. Of course you 
will never make more mistakes. We 
take that for granted, but a review of 
those you made years and years ago. 
might steer many a young association 
clear of disastrous breakers. 

Do yon think monthly meetings the 
best plan? Or do you come at a call 
of the president? How long before the 
show do you think it best to distrib- 
ute the premium lists? This question 
lias been much discussed by members 
of our association, some of our mem- 
bers holding that if the lists were a 
little old in the hands of their possess- 
ors they were quite forgotten before 
the show. Personally we believe that 
the premium lists should be distributed 
a month at least before the show. li 
any of you disagree with me please ex- 
plain reasons why. We think that 
when a breeder receives his lists he or 
she decides very soon whether their 
birds are going to that show and we 




Ain'tth-se beanties^ 



But not so fine as 
chicks hatched 
from B. P. Uock 
and Buir Oocli. 
In esKs that you 
can buy of Mrs, 
Kissier. I have 
a few fine Bar- 
red C k'ls for 
.sale yet. Write 
for prices and 
be Pleased, 

.'Irs. Ida ffl Kessler, 
WobDrn, III. 



Kebraska Queen, 




First PrUe Hen. WelgM 9 Iba. 

53 ^w 

Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
late State Show Judge Myers said 
she was the best one he b«d seen 
this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
at the above show. 20 years a 
breeder of this variety exclusively. 
Write your wants. Address 

F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality and Quatttity. 

Farm raised prize winning stock. 
Eggs SI. SO per IS, S5.00 per 100. 



B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 



Singje Gomb^Br^wn Leghorns. 
Barred Plymoufh Rocks^ 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. Rlckards, 

SODTB - OfiDEN • PODLTBY - YABDS, 

Ogden, Utah. 



RINGLET B. BOCKS 



We Double Mate. 



The Kind that Wi 

Ben Hur, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
Show 1602, at head of our cocker 
el breeding pen. No females in 
our pullet breeding pen scoring 
less than 90, mated to extra choice 
pullet breeders.J Stock all sold, 
eggs reasonable. Write for prices. 

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 



Black Langshans— 

Tho winter layers, of standard 
weights, good colored plumage 
and eyes, well feathered shan'^s 
no scrube among them. Score 
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 



C. M. Hurlburt, 



Fai.bury, Neb- 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 

None under, weight — scores 93 to 
^ to 87. 1st and 3rd puUel at Lin- 
^ coin, also '2d colkernl weight — 31 

pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 

C. M. Hurlburt, 

Fairbury, Neb. 



Please Let Me Tell You 

My Buff I'orhins '.have :is;aiQ won their 
share of the ribbons at tlie Mc('ool< Sliow. Tn 
make room tor my breeding pens I wi 1 sell 
trios, pens and singles at biirg'>ins for the 
ne.xt 30 days. Also a few K C B Leghorns. 
Eggs in season. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Inperial, Nebraska. 



White 



Holland Turkeys and 
Embden Geese. 

Des Moines, la. Prize Winners. 

W. p. Rocks and W. Wyaudottes scor- 
ing 92 to 95K points for sale. Eggs 
for hatching from above stock, also 
W. Cochins, W. I. Game and W, 
Guineas. Guinea Pigs for sale. 
Write for particulars and mention 
Poultry Investigator. 
White Plume Poultry Yards 

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa, 



SILVER WYANDOTTES 

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
eight State Shows and many other lar^e 
shows, winning- more premiums than all 
other competitors of this variety combined. 
Good birds for sale. Egsrs from prize pens 
15 for $3. 30, $5- From standard bred 
stock, farm rangre, 100, $4. 

mps J. m. GflOSE, 

Hmpopia, i^ein. 



BUFF COCHINS. 

1st ckl score 9t?ii. 1st hen Oii^, at Nebraska 
State Show at Lincoln. Egg.s S3 00 per 13. 
Breeders also of Short Horn fattle ard Du- 
roc Jersey swine. 0. K, DAVIS. Prop. 
W.J. MITOHELL, Poultry Manager. 



Columbus, 



Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

believe it may take some preparation 
and change of plans to take in that par- 
ticular show, and it is a pretty good 
idea to give the breeders time to ar- 
range matters. If the breeder makes' 
up his or her mind to go to a show 
while the premium list is fresh in hand, 
there will be no forgetting the date 
even if the list is mislaid. Now these 
are our reasons for believing in an ear- 
ly distribution of premium lists. 

In the first years of the existence of 
the R. V. D. P. association some of 
the members thought it the fair thing 
that every bird exhibited should have 
been raised by the exhibitor. As a 
mattr of fact a great many birds ex- 
hibited at our first show were bought 
at long figures out of the Nebraska 
state show. We bought some ourselves 
at figures that made our neighbors 
question our sanity. Then we that 
bought the birds we exhibited brought 
our birds that we raised in by the back 
door and had them scored and in many 
instances found that we owned birds 
quite as good as those purchased at the 
state show. 

After the first show we were none of 
us particular to have our show held af- 
ter the state show. We had learned 
the lesson, some of them, that novicei 
must learn and now we all want to get 
through with our show in time toat- 
tend the state show, if our birds score 
high enough. There is a whole delega- 
tion of us expect to go and make it 
warm for the old exhibitors next win- 
ter, too. Look out for us. 

Finances is a subject that would bear 
some discussion, we think. -Our asso- 
ciation never has much money left af- 
ter all the show expenses are paid, 
consequently we all quake in our boots 
before every show lest we come out 
behind this time, and have to dive into 
the immense incomes we make off our 
poultry business to pay up what we run 
behind, but a f^ay or two after the show 
we are all reassured by the secretary 
that our incomes are safe. The show 
paid out. Nevertheless we shall prob- 
ably discuss the giving of balls and sup- 
pers in order that no more such men- 
aces to our private fortunes need exist. 

Now ye twenty-year-old associations, 
come forward and tell us how you keep 
your coffers brimful? 

Now lastly as old fashioned preach- 
ers say, how is a secretary to manage 
to come forth unspotted before his as- 
sociation? We have special reasons 
for wanting this last question answered 
because we know a new one that has 
dene some foult-finding with past sec- 
retary that may find the coming task 
not so funny. 

HATTIE BYFIELD. 



33 

It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dog. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennel.«, Nevada, Mo. 

JsS-Mai^s $10.00; females $5.00. 



Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 



Before buying anything, write to us. 
It will be a pleasure to give you 
® our prices. We respond prompt- 
ly. Bargains if taken soon. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 



Golden & Silvrr Sebight Bantams! 



\^ 



^ Eggs. Golden, 

\ $1 50 per IS. 
:^, Silvers, $2.00 
r' per 15. Par. 
\ Cochins, $2. 
/A per 13. Price 
M of pigeons on 
y application. 
8 varieties 
for sale. Ad- 
dress 

W. F. HOLCOWB, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



Poultry Investigator one year with each order. 




Oientangy : : : 
Poultry Yards 

Delaware, Ohio. 

Reed Bros, Props- c. C. Reed, Mgr. 

Ro.^e Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games. 
Barn d P' Rocks. Buff C. O.chins. 

Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfactory 
hatch guaranteed. No birds in 
bleeding peiis scoring less than 91 
points. Send for circulars. 



My Buff Rocks 



Won at Madison Square Garden this 
season; at Bost('n and other great 
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
record. 

MILES H. LOUER, 
Box M. East Onondaga, N.. Y. 



Now Ready..^^ 

Young stock for sale at the Golden 
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
R. hens and one male yet for sale, 3.t a 
bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
tion of stock. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMONT, WIS. 



34 



MY MAMMOTH' 



ill ve always won high. 
est houors at (iiuat St. Liouls Fair and 
Poultry Show; also In the hands of my 
customera. A few elegant Buff Rox at 
half real value. 

OTTO STOECKER. Box t8. Manchester, Mo 



Harm you soan Hf 

The Fanciers' World 

America's leading publication tor fanciers. 
Special deoartQients for dogs. cats, pigeons, 
hares, poultry. et<;. .12 pages. Profusely 
Illustrated, per year. .'tO cents. Saiupiecopy 
free. 

The Fanciers' World 

F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 



Why Buy Stock artd Poultry Foods? 

Make your Own! I can send you formu- 
las for all kinds of stock and poultry 
foods. Here are a few; Chick food 3i>c; 
egg food, 33c; poultry condition powder. 
45c: stock condition powder, 35c; hog con- 
dition powder, 30c. Write for others. 

A. W. Collltis, 
630 Qraad Ave. Keoknfc, la, 



Black Langshans 

l^arge, vigorous stock, free from disqualifl. 
cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
season. Address, 

MRS. N. W, JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 



"Twent^-FiveYeafsinthe Poult[f Yard, 

A perfect Manual for Success. 
Gives symptoms and remedies 
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
pages. Price 25 cents. 



A. H. LANG. 



Govedale, Ky. 



Trees and Plants 

That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit, 

We crow tliat kind. L.irce stock. Honest dcilinc. 
Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peacli- 
es6c. ; Grafted Apples 5c.; Concord Grapes 2c.. 
Russ. Mulberries 30c. per 100; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
Black Locust $l..'i5 per 1000. English or German 
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. f 

CARL SONDEREGGER, Proprietor, Roi 27, Beatrice, Neb. 



Buff Orpingtons 
White Wy^ndottes 



I never have failed to win in 
largest shows. Birds score from 
90 to95>i. 

C. ROCKHILL, 

Harvard, Nebraska. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

StaLndard Weight Is Most 
DesiraLble 



Written for Poulty Investigator by 
Judge O. P. Green, Bourbon, Ind. 



I find a number of people who think 
that it is wrong for a judge to cut for 
dificiency in weight. The opinion is 
advanced more of ten in regard to pri- 
vate scoring. They reason that if a 
bird is one or two pounds under stand- 
ard weight, in time it will develope and 
attain the correct weight. Those who 
reason in this manner are wrong, for 
it is usually the late hatched fowls 
which are not of correct weight and 
the chances are that they never will 
reach the right weight. 

From my point of view, there is one 
part of the standard which should be 
changed, or at the very least, should 
receive careful thought. The standard 
says that when standard specimens are 
equal in their scores, the heavier one 
shall be awarded the prize. Now if 
nine and one-half pounds is the proper 
and standard weight for a Plymouth 
Rock cock, the bird which has a weight 
nearest to the above standard should 
be given the preference. If the stand- 
ard makes a certain weight the correct 
one, I believe in standing by it and not 
offering a premium for a heavier 
weight. 

Such a premium encourages people 
to work and breed for birds of more 
wight than required by the standard 
and in consequence are very liable to 
lack in quality, egg production and 
general utility. 

The Plymouth Rock in many yards 
has been bred for large size to the de- 
preciation of other desirable qualities. 
It has been the plump body and medi- 
um size that have added so much to 
the popularity of this variety. As they 
are being bred so much with seeming 
disregard for these admirable qualities, 
there are many people who have dis- 
carded the Plymouth Rock to raise the 
Wyandot, believing that it will prove 
more satisfactory in size and weight. 

If a certain weight receives the ap- 
proval of the A. P. A. ana is erquired 
by the standard, it behooves every 
breeder and judge to try to secure that 
weight. If a deficiency is wrong, an 
excess should not be viewed with es- 
pecial favor. 

Early hatched birds the best, the 
more vigoruos and more prolific. Such 
birds will have their full weight in time 
for exhibition at the winter shows and 
should be cut for weight if they are 
lacking in that particular, for it is al- 
most a fact that an early hatched bird 
which lacks in weight at a January 
>;liow will always lack in weight unless 



Our Barred and White Rocks. 

Are successful show birds and excel- 
lent for market. Our S. C. W. Leg- 
horns are winners in strongest compe- 
tition md great layers of large white 
eggs. Incubator eggs S5.CX) per 100. 
Eggs $2 00 per IS. 

J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 



If you want .... 

Belgian Hares 

Call on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



Black 

Buff 

White 



Pekin Bantams 



-Aa Good aa the Land can Atford- 

— Eggs m,m per i:i.— 

A.J. WILLIAMS, 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



Black Langshans. 

1st ck-1. 1st hen. Nebr.. State .>l]ow 1901. 1st 
pen. 1st ck. 1st ckl, isi and 2d pullet. Netir 
Slate Fail. 1901, 1st pen. 1st and 3rd pul- 
let, 3nd ck. 2nd ckl. Nelir. State Poul'ry 
Siiow at Lincoln, 1902. Esj;s S3.00 per 13. 

J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 



BUFF WYANDOTTES! 

1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul- 
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State 
Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50 
per 15. 



EBDAY, 



North Bnd, Nebr. 



Just a Moment Please! 

now is the time to book your orders 
and Wm. Kersenkkock has 
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins, 
Silver i Laced and White Wyandottcs 
and Cornish I. Games. 

Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb. 



Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 

winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, 
and 4 specials, birds sccring to 92 
At three shows in last two years 
won 11 fiists, (! seconds,' 6 thirds 
and specials, Cocl-erels for sale. 
Eggs SI. .50 per setting 

J. F. Relnelt, - . Tripp, S. DoLkots 

—Vice-President State Association.— 



WMie Leghornsa 

Incubator ogga from Rock 1.5.00 per 100 
From ohiiii-e nuuinKs {L.-iO per 13. JS.'iDperSe, 
LAVF.KS AN 1) W I N NEKS. Scottisti Terrier 
puppies tt.OO and $.i.iiO 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 

H- R. Frc1icli,:Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



lIBuff ^rpi wfltotig and Cocbfns^ 



I won more premiums than 
any other two exhibitors at 
the Nebraska State Show, 
igoi. Before buying any- 
thing write me — it will be a 
pleasure to give you prices. 

Ida J. Buehler, 'iVl.llttk. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Cockerels $! no. $:i no and $."> 00 each. Pullets, 
$1.00, $3.00. $i 00. Worth double what, I am 
asliiD^ for tUeni. Above prices good for Jan- 
uary OQly. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Eggs $1.50 per 15, »3.00 per SO, $5.00 

per 100. Our stock is first class. 
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, ISebr 



My . .. 

Buff Orpingtons 

. . . .Have no equal 

Bm Plymouth Rocks 

(Thumpson Riaerlets.] 
If you want good stock I have it 

JOHN A. LING, 

Harvard - - Nebraska 



White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
Liiicolti, Nebr, 



W. A. Forbes. 



dottes. For the past four years 
the majority of the best preniiu 



and White Wyan- 



full 



tue majority oi me oest premiums lu lun 
classes. 22 1st. 10 2nd. 9 3rd and 5 specials. I 
am booking- orders now for a limited no. of 
eeffs from these prize matings for $300 per 
setting". 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5 00. 

North Topeka, Kan, 



Years of Experience 

Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
my different yards I have selected 5 pullets 
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92^2 and from this 
yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings 
of eggs at 3.00 per setting All eggs sold will 
be from ais yard and from these birds exclusive 
ly. I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^^ 
also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at 
prices that are right. All eggs and birds sold 
by me will be as represented or money re- 
unded 

Wm. Metzmler, Independence, la. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

it is the fault of the breeder, and in 
tliat case no allowance should be made 
for his carelessness. 

Late hatching ought not to be en- 
couraged, and this what a judge does 
if he refuses to cut for deficiency in 
weight. There are and always will be 
many careless breeders and ti is 
against the results which they secure 
that the careful breeder must be guard- 
ed. Because one man through neglect 
has raised chickens which fall short in 
weight, the other exhibitors should not 
be compelled to suffer on his account. 



CYPHERS INCUBATOR CATA- 
LOUGUE FOR 1902. 

All who have seen a copy of the 
magnificent catalogue issued a year 
ago by the Cyphers Incubator Com- 
pany will be interested to learn that 
this company's catalogue for 1902 is 
now ready for mailing and is a distinct 
improvement over their great book of 
last year. 

This new and complete catalogue 
consists of 196 pages and cover is 8x11 
inches in size and weighs over one 
pound. It contains a complete de- 
scription of the Cyphers patent-dia- 
phragm, non-moisture, self-ventilating 
incubators, with fine color plate re- 
productions of all sizes of the Cyphers 
incubators. It contains also an illus- 
trated description of the Cyphers 
apartment brooders, and the full line 
of poultry appliances manufactured by 
this company. In it will be found 
beautiful half-tone pictures of over 200 
of the largest and best known poultry 
plants of America, Canada and Europe 
where the Cyphers incubators are in 
use. 

The Cyphers Incubator Company is 
now completely installed in its great 
factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The com- 
pany is now completely installed in its 
great factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The 
company also has offices and sales- 
rooms in Chicago, Boston and New 
York City, and is in a position there- 
fore to serve customers to advantage 
in all parts of the country at a saving 
of time and money in shipping by 
freight. 

All who are interested in the latest 
developments in incubator and brood- 
er manufacture should secure a copy 
of the Cyphers Incubator Company's 
complete catalogue for 1902. See ad- 
vertisement elsewhere in this paper. 



L. G. French, of Deep Water, Iowa., 
sends in an ad. this month. Mr. French 
is a reliable: breeder.^and his stock is 
known far_ and near. Anybody want- 
ing anything in his class will please 
look up the advertisement. 



35 

Ohio's Whitest White Rocl(S. 

Winners wherever shown the past 10 
year-, scoring 04 to 9(5 points. Also 
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black 
Minorcas. Eggs $1.. 50 per setting. 

Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
(Station A,Routp S.l 



Exclusively. Scoring 
02 to 9,T points. Won 
at the great Co umbus 
Show li)01-2, and Ohio 
State Exposition 1901. 
Stock for sale. Eggs 
$1.50 per tif teen. 

D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 




LIGHT BRAHMAS- white and b 

Kocks. White and Silver Laced VVand- 
ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin 
Ducks. America's best strains. M.v stock 
has won a<iO premlunn In the past three 
years at the great Columbus show. Newark 
and the Ohio State Exposition. Stock for 
sale at all times. Eggs $1 50 per dozen. 

Red Oak Ponltry Farm, J. C liSDERWOOD.Prop. 
Sta B, Columbus, Ohio, 



BRIGEL'S Celebrated Straitis 

Barred Maiesscorlng'as high as 94'-i and 
Rnrlis females as high as 94V2 under such 

nUfKS. judges as Bridge. ILane. Jones, have 
won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
great Columbus show, Newark, and the Ohio 
State Exposition. Stock for sale at all times. 
Eggs $;.50 per 15, the kind that win. 

P. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. 



SALE! Light Bfahmas, 



Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
from stock scoring 92 to 93^^, 
$1.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 

Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Neb 



White Plymouth Rocks, 

Scored by Rhodes from 92}i to 94. 
Owens'& Canfield's strain, "Stay 
White." Eggs $1.50 per 15. 

Wnim Randolph, 

Lawrence, Kanaaa. R. O. Ho. 1. 



Pure Bred I-*o\iltry. 
DARK BRAHMAS 
SILVER WYANDOTTES 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 

Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 

M.D.KING, Mhiilen,Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
hibition birds for sale. 

H. R. McLean, 
Red Oak, - - Iowa 



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BUSINESS CATCHERS 



I 



St;NNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POUI/PKV 
Karoi. U. F. Austin. Deurins, Kan., White 
Rock Specialist. EgRS. Frank Heck and 
.lohn Hughes strains. IS cockerols fur sale 
Strawberry plants best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

I'.MtTRinGF f'OnnNS a specialty. The 
cream at fliicaiio and Cedar Haplus. liWl. 
1.W youn;:-ter.s for sale after OcioImt 1st. 
liner than ever, superior fiatherins. shape 
and color. Always satisfaction jruaran- 
teed. U..I. Shanklin, Wanljeck. Iowa. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE^, cockerels Rcorlnp 
to94ii. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoiine 
to 9(jy, sired by a Tom woitrhitiu 40 lbs and 
from hens welBliint' to 2.-> lis. Prices rea- 
sonable- W. U- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
trios at 5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at 
one half their value, sevenu bred frniii 
Uoston prize winners. G. W. Hardin, 
Ulysses. Neb. 

CORNISH INDIANS a soecially. Winners 
wherever shown. Scored bv Russell, Hews. 
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
birds. Ekks in season $2.00 for IS. J. L 
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The 
kind thai .ire eec lavers.Scorinsr 91 to 94'^. 
Duslc.n strain . Etrgs 2.1KI for 1.' or 3 50 for .10. 
Mrs. I). J. Fink, Holdredire, Neb, 

MAMMOTH BRONZE lurkeyand white Pe 
kin duck. Larffe Une speciniuns for sale at 
t reasonable prices. Our slock Is :is pood as 
r money could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Matliews. 
aMornIng Sun. Iowa 

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BntT. 
Black. Dominique, silver Duckwinf; and 
Rose Comb White BulT and Blown Leg- 
horns. Price list tree. Sylvester ShlMey. 
Port Clinton. Ohio, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

.=;oillSUFF, BARRED. White Plvim.ulh Rocks. 
Light Brahmas. Fine cockerels, hens and 
pullets S2 to S3 e.ich . Kirgs IS. «1 -Otl. ItXl. *<).00. 
Milton Brown. 1)0x94. Mlddleboro, Mass. 

FOR SALE a $1:; Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
nearly new for $8. Also a ButT UrplnKton 
cockerel, welsbs 9 pounds; will make an 
excellent breeder. Price ^ 00. Louis Mok- 

ensen. Racine. Wise. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively. A 
few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
2nd premium at SOS poultry show. 
Wrile for prices. .1. W. Matson, Slroins- 
burK. N-'br. Itoute No 2. 

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
!I4'4 by Russell, for sale. Also e^-rs from 
D. Biabniiis Brown L"Khorn. B. Pekln and 
Oami' Bantams. Expert, I udge. P. M. Cool- 
ey Milton. la. 

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM I have 
a few fine Black Lansshan i ocke'cis for 
sale cheap If taken soon. Mrs. ,1, W. Strat- 
tOQ, Blue Hill, Neb. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor- 
val strains direct. Score 92 to 9."i byJudtie 
Utio"es. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per IS. 
Belgian hares. > has. t^. W ilson, Hi>ldrcge. 
Nebraska. 

O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right. 
Eggs Sl.dO per 15 or $400 per 100. W, T. Can 
aday, Dover, Lee county, Iowa, 





\m!\\ 



It Brings More Eggs 

'^ Ct< ta llondy Green BoneCuttcr and 

di.iit'le your e-^g yield. OurnewcaUi- 
In^'iie tells all aDout feeiiing green 
b'liie. and the best machiue 



Sold Direct '"■*' 

on .'JOiIuys' trial. and 

Stralton Mfg. Co., Box 48. Erie, Pa, 




follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That is the tes- 
timony of thousands of euocessfnl poultry raisers who will 
have no other machine. AbsohitL-iy self-reyulating, and the 
simplest, surest, most durable batcher ever made. Guar- 
anteed positively a.s represented or money refunded. The 



VIGTOR 

Incubator Jfei 

is Mcientitically correct, me- 
cliiinirally per f en t— solid 
and enduring. Catalogue 
telling bow to get increased 





California ^edtvood 

has been usetJ for twenty-three years in the 
manufacture of 

'Peialuma 

Incubator's and ^rooder^ 

because we. have found it superior to all other 
kinds. Several other incubator makers are giv- 
ing their testimony to our good judgment by 
advertising to also use California Redwood. It 
is not only true that Petaluma Incubators and 
Brooders are made of the best lumber in the 
world, but every other article used in their con- 
struction is of the highest grade, and 
therefore these "Standard of the 
World" Incubators and Brooders oc- 
cupy the same relative position to all 
other Incubators and Brooders that 
the mighty California Redwoods 
do to other trees. 

Read "A Bit of Incubator History." in our new- 
catalogue. We send it free. Address nearest 
office. 

Pefa/uma Jncubafor Co., 

Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or 

Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Barred P .Rocks. 



Hawkin's Strain! 



1 breed them by the Trap 
nest system. Eggs that 
will hatch First Prize win- 
ners. $2.00 per 13, $5.00 
per 40. Send an order. 

GEO. H WALLACE 

Box A. Navan, Minn. 



IW. * 



LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 

Prize-winning stock, first prize 
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
four entries at Kansas City, M 
won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third 
4 prizes at Kansas State Show. 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 

STECKER BROS,, 

4639. Cottage Ave,, St. Louis, Mo 



^ From prize winning Golden 

tggS Wyandottes, $2. per 18, scor- 
ing from 90 to 93 U, by Shellen' erger. 

J. Gardinier, Keota, III, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Single Comb 
White Leghorns. 

Eggs for hatching from the cream 
of my flock, as I have the advan- 
tage of selecting my breeders from 
_ among seven hundred choice birds 

" all bred and owned by myself 

Nothing but the very best speci- 
mens of most prolific layers are 
ever used. Descendant from gen- 
erations of great layers of large 
pure white eggs. Write at once, 
for circulars 

E. A. TESDALL, 

Slater, Story Co, Iowa 




Silver Laced Wyandottes. 

Eggs for hatching. S3.00 per 26 
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
Fine scoring 

Albert Lisius> Lake Mills. Mo- 



I A II Vj»,, Barred Rocks at one 
06ll I OU cent on the doUa^. 

By selling you chicks just out of the 
shell from stock the sire of which cost 
».S0.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00. 
You get chicks for 60 cents each — thus 
one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks 
at 50 cents each. This is the best 
chance in the world to start with good 
solid foundation of pure bred eastern 
stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and 
guarantee safe arrival 1,.')00 miles. 
Hatching all the time. Order in ad- 
vance. Cash with order. 

PARTINGTON. Nortbboro, Mass. 



White Minorcas, Barred 

Plymouth Rocks, Gold- 
en and White Wyan- 
dottes and Buff Gochin 
Bantam Cockerels. 

♦ ♦♦♦♦■♦-♦♦ 

I have cockerels in the above 
named varieties for sale and 
eggs ill season. (Score cards 
wiih cockerels). The Wyan- 
dottes are Du&tin & Keller 
strains direct. B. P Kocks 
are Elliotts. 
Yours Respectfully, 

Pine Lawn Poultr; Farm. 
L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- 

Wakefield r Nobr. 



P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, 

U stands for U sage, this stands the test. 

R stands for R ation, balanced and true, 

I stands for I ncome, doubled for you, 

T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past. 

A stands for A ctive smart chicks that will last. 

N stands for N ature whose laws are observed. 

C stands for C hickens their health is preserved. 
H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
I stands for I llness which plays them no tricks 
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue 
K stands for K eeping these losses from you. 

F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
O stands for O Id when some are not dead. 
O stands for O rders, in volume they grow, 
D stands for D rop us a line as below. 



The line should be dropped to 

Ttie Puritan Poultry Farms, Inc. 

For their superb and immense 
catalogue giving full details of 
this remarltabie food and illus- 
trating the 

World's Largest Poultry . 
Plant 

In all its details, also showing 
which are the best Incubators 
and Brooders now in use It Is 
absolutely free to everyl)ody. 
Write today. 

Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. 

Box 357. Stamford. Conn. 



Meyer's Langshans 



Won 

At 

Kansas 

State 

Show 



8o good 
ones to 
sell. 



ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
Score 189^, Rhodes and Harris, judges' At 
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 I.angshans all 
good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
15. $3-5° for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 

L. E. Meyers, 

Bowling Green, Missouri 



W. «/. Cheney^ 

Breeder of 

Thoroughbred Poultry, 

BOX 68-^1^ -^Ir-CUBA, i«0 



Varieties.— B. P. Rocks, Liuht Brahmas. W. Wyan- 
andottes. Partridge Cochins. S. C. B. Minorcas. S, C. 
W. Legliorns, S, and R. C B. Leg-horns, Peliin Ducks. 
Eggs for hatching. *1 (M per setting, $3.00 for SO. 

Write tor my new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
quotes'priee« on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 



BOX 68.-^/- 



W. J. CHENEY. 

Crawford Co. -^V-CUBA, IHO 




$5.00 



Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round 
layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 

Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo. 



38 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 
S From Those Who Use The SURE HATCH Incubator, g 

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 

C. C Fitzsimmons, Wann, I. T, — Oct. 31. 1001. — I can recommend 
the Sure Hatch to everyone who wants a machine that can be depended 
upon in every instance I have used two other makes ot incubators, 
machines that arc advertised as first-class incubators, but they couldn't 
come up to the Sure Hatch. The Sure Hatch only required about one- 
third the care that the other two did. My first hatch with the Sure 
Hatch more than paid for the machine. I commenced hatching in 
December and made six hatches in all: the last one was in May. Of the 
first hatch I sold 7-5 at 45c a piece, and kept 30 pullets and they have been 
laying since the 20th of May and show no signs of letting up. I am 
going to start my incubator again the 1st of December and keep it 
going until June. 

Mrs. Geo. A. Eby. Howard, Kan. — Nov. 4, 1901. — The Sure Hatch 
is all that you claim for it. We had one hatch during the hottest weath- 
er of 182 chicks out of 107 eggs. Whenever we want another machine 
it will have to be the Sure Hatch. 

O. O. Epley, Jefferson, Ore.— Oct. 28, 1901.— My faith is strong 
in the Sure Hatch. I believe it to be the best incubator on the market. 
All praise belongs to an incubator that can hatch and will hatch, and 
that incubator is the Sure Hatch. 

J. Fletcher, Rutherford, Tenn. — Nov. 5, 1901. — We have given the 
Sure Hatch another name — the Hen Beater. We are always ready and 
anxious to say a good word for these machines. 

W. P. Ames, Foster, la.— Oct. 21. 1901— To say that I am pleased 
with the Sure Hatch would be putting it mild, and the Sure Hatch Com- 
pany have my thanks and best wishes for success for the kind and 
courteous treatment tendered me. 

Mrs. R. E. Chaplin, Navajoe, Okla.— Nov. 4. 1901.— We had two 
Sure Hatch machines in Nebraska, but sold them when we came here. 
We hope to order another before long. How I did wish for my Sure 
Hatch incubator this spring! Setting hens are so unsatisfactory. 

M. L. Carpenter, Ellis, Neb.— Oct. 16, 1901.— It affords me great 
pleasure in recommending your machine to any one who wants to raise 
poultry. We never raised any poultry to amount to anything but this 
year my wife sent and got a 100 egg incubator of you and she has simply 
covered the place with chickens, and she has sold more than enough 
to pay for the incubator, besides.' we have had all the chicken we wanted 
to eat, and I consider that a whole lot. 

Mrs. C. W. Chasey, Pleasant Mound. Ill— Nov. 6. 1901.— We can- 
not say too much for the Sure Hatch. From 107 eggs we got 105 lively 
chicks; from 97 eees we got 93 chicks, and from 88 eggs we got 83 
chicks. We would like vour new catalogue. We are always pleased to 
get anything from the Sure Hatch. 
• Mrs. Otho Bell. Larned, Kan— Nov. 1, 1901.— The Sure Hatch is 

O K. I always take pleasure in recommending it to my neighbors. 
One of my neighbors who didn't believe in incubators tried to beat me 
with hens. She had over 200 hens, while I had 50 and my incubator, 
but I came out ahead about 200 chicks. 

Fay Branscombe. Marysville. Kan. — Nov. 13. 1901. — We are perfect- 
ly satisfied with our incubator and brooder. Last April when it was 
so rainy and no sunshine for two weeks we saved 85 chicks out of 87 by 
using the Common Sense brooder. 

Earl Brown, Lyons, Neb —Nov. 10. 1901. — We have had splendid 
success with our incubator :\nd brooder. We do not think the Com- 
mon Sense brooder can be beat for raising voung chicks. 

W . B. Bishop, Cleburne, Tex— Oct. 30. 1901 —We made four 
hatches last spring which averaged 83 per cent. We considered them 
very satisfactory. 

Mrs. Julius Franz, Pipestone, Minn. — Nov. 10, 1901. — I have one 
of your machines and am well pleased with it; we hatched 96 chicks from 
from 102 eggs. 

Mrs. S. E. Froman, Staplehurst. Neb. — Nov. 4. 1901. — The Sure 
Hatch is all right and no mistake about that. Our last hatch was 100 
chicks from 112 eggs. 

Ella E. Selleck, Woodbine, la.- Jan. 28. 1902.— I received my in- 
cubator in good condition and have made two big hatches. I am al- 
ways ready to speak of its merits. 



For free 160 page cat" 
alogue describing 
SURE HATCH In- 
cubator, address the 
nearest ofifice.... *■•• 



SureHatcliliiCHUorCo 



Clay Center, Neb. 

-Or- 

ColumbuSf Dm 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



39 



Why Do You Suppose 



The best known and most successful 
Poultrymen of America use and swear by <iX i^ 




The Cyphers Incubator. 



It is not because the Cyphers is the cheapest in price, nor 
because they love the manufacturers. Then why is it? 



Unauestionably 't is because the poultry business has devel- 
oped until now experienced poultry raisers understand that to be 
successful they must be supplied with an incubator that will bring 
forth a robust chick from every hatchable egp. The CYPHERS 
was designed to meet this demand and we have not felt justified 
in cutting down the quality of our goods to meet the prices of cheap- 
er machines. A first-class article in any line of manufacture com- 
mands a fair price and when quality and results are well consid- 
ered the CYPHERS is today the cheapest machine on the market. 



Here is a partiallist of the great poultry plants of America, and of the lead- 
Big Plants and Big Men. ing poultry men wh o use the Cyphers and pronounce it the best on the market . 



Some of the Big Plants. 

Forest Lake Poultry Farm, Brown's 
Mills, N. J.— use 82 largest size. 

Meadow Brook Farm, Dallas, Pa.— usf 
50 largest size. 

Spring Lake Poultry Farm, Harris- 
burg, Pa. — use 48 largest size. 

Oxford Poultry Farm, Oxford, Pa.-- 
use 46 largest size. 

Sussex Poultry Farm, Newton, N. J. — 
use .30 largest size. 

White Leghorn Poultry Yards, Wat- 
erville, N. Y. — use 10 largest size. 

Weber Bros., Wrentham Mass. — use 10 



largest size. 
Wildwood Poultry Farm, St. Louis, 

Mo.— use 30 incubators and brooders. 
Grosse Isle Duck Ranch, Grosse Isle, 

Mich.— use 28 largest size. 
House Rock Poultry Farm, Wollaston, 

Mass —use 23 largest size. 
J F. Stocking & Co., Montvale, N. J. 

—use 21 largest size. 
Millville Poultry Farm, Millville, N. 

J.— use 30 largest size. 
Hudson River Poultry Farm, Pough- 

keepsie, N. Y.— use 20 largest size. 
Willowcrest Poultry Yards, Goshen, 

N . Y. —use 10 largest size. 



H. Fell Poultry Farm, Sewell, N. J.— 

use 20 of the largest size. 
Ernest Sommerfield, Grunberg, Schl. 

Germany,- use \r> largest size. 
The May R. Poultry Plant, Connors- 

ville, Ind.— use 12 largest size. 
Fisher's Island Farm, Fisher's Island, 

N. Y.— use 12 largest size. 
Messrs High Bros. Blackpool, Lanca- 
shire, England.— use 10 largest size. 
Raterman Poultry Farm, Wellston, St. 

Louis Co., Mo.— use 10 largest size. 

And scores of others who use 5 to 10 

Cypher Incubators. 



Some of tlie Big Men. 

A. C. Hawl<ins, Lancaster, Mass. 
Arthur G. Duston, Marlboro, Mass. 
Knapp Bros, Fabius, N. Y. 
E. B. Thompson, Amenia, N. Y. 
Bradley Bros., Lee, Mass. 
Samuel Cushman, Bristol, R I. 
C S. Wetmore, Lockport, N. Y. 
M F. Norris, Lexington, Ky. 
E. S. Nicholson, Cambridge, N. Y. 
Willis J. Storke, Groton, N. M. 



Philander Williams, Taunton, Mass. 
H. J. Blanchard, Groton, N. Y. 
J. W. Shaw, Brocton, Mass. 
W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la. 
Geo. W. Mitchell, Bristol, Conn. 
W. P. Gibson. W. Alexander, Pa. 
Henry Steinsmesch, St. Louis, Mo. 
P, H. Gossard, Mo. Valley, la 
W. H. Bushell, David City, Nehr. 
F. W. Richardson, Hicksville, O. 
W. H. Overbaugh, Hanover, Pa. 



Aug. D. Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa. 
M. B. Gardner, Philadelphia, Pa. 
C. F. A. Smith, Waltham, Mass. 
O. E. Skinner, Columbus, Ohio. 
J. H. Jackson, Hudson, Mass, 
Dr. O. Bennett, Mason, 111. 
U. R Fishel, Hope, Ind. 
L. C. Piser, Shushan, N. Y. 
Sharpe Butterfield, London, Ont. 

— And hundreds of others — 



^. V. .M„„ MoUture Self- Ventilating and Self Regulating CYPHERS 

Remember that the Patent-Diaphragm,.Non- Moisture, S.eltve g ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^ 

INCUBATOR is now used on no less than 26 Government Experiment r ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_ 

Australia and New Zealand, where the projes.ors ^^ ^/J'"^^ ^^.^'^..^'^^XTinc^bat'^on; note their fac-simile 
strate to their annual poultry passes the scientific prxnc.plesoi ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ CYPHERS is by far the 
letters of endorsement on pages 65-83 of complete caiag. specimens of testimonials in corn- 

best incubator forthe beginner, for the amateur. See the hunareas oi spc 

plete catalogue, particularly on papes 165-180 inclusive. distinct understanding that it will do satis- 

Each and every CYPHERS INCUBATOR is 'ollril^, tj^^^f fn ^ d^vs and money will be refunded. 



. YPHERS INCUB A'i OK is »°'°J'l\Vrned in 90 days and mone^ will be refunded 

factory work in the hands of the purchaser, or '* «" ^,*.'^!'^™f*^^^^ containing over 200 half-tone rep 

(8x11 inches in size) complete catalogue tor lyu, ^^ s ^ ^^^^ postpaid 



repro- 
Elegant 180-page (8x11 inches in «i^^) '='?"P/^" ^"^'d'^^ouuW^'pla^ '^°^^^' ^^''^ postpaid t. 

ductions of photographs of the largest and best ^^^^^^if^k m'a^d address nearest office, 
any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps. A.«k tor aooK 



Cyphers Incubator Co., 



Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago, III. 

Cor. Court & Wllkesou Sts. 325 Dearborn St. 



Boston, Mass. 

34 Merchants Row. 



New York, N. Y. 



t Park Place. 



40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

^lAvays Take 

THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 

For All Points 

East^ South and West. 

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates 
and information, call on or'address 

S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S. M. WALLACE, Agt. 

St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 




The "Perfect" Hatcher 

8^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00 

s®-|00-Eeg Hatclier. $6; Brooder, $5, 

B®~Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. 

"'••■'*'- -onlalsiHiid lUustrattd circular 2c. 

J. A. CHBLTON, Pairmount'Md. 



MORE MONEY FROM YOUR HENS" 

i tilt' title of a handsome bnok telliug about greate 

DANDY Green Bone Cutter 

le that really cuts Kreen bone. Solddli 
Lviiiff youaireiit's pn-flts and giving j 

urninc if not the easiest turning mac 

STRATTON MANFG. CO., BoX48t Erie, Pa 





Miller's?Perfection 'I 
FoldingfExhibition l^^ 

Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
Nothing to I o astray. The neate^i 
and strongest coop on the market. 



^ Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 



SEED CORN. 



Prize Winners and Mortg^age Lifters. Tested and 
Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 




Onion Seed! Larpa Red Wethersfiebd, Prize 
Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New 
seed at 80c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper. 



Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to 
this climate. Big- yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn, 
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds- 



Heavlty Feathered. Highly Penciled 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 



Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh 

at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,- 

000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. ^ ^o „„ , . c »• ^ »• . 

■^ Eggs $2.00 per lo. Satisfaction 'guar- 

I anteed. Write for particulars. . i 

Archias Seeti Store, [Setiatia, Mo\c.j. Beedie. Hoidre^e. Neb. 



i\m 



Jos E Vyswfloder, 



Do you Keep* Bees? 

THEX learn how to 
make them pay and 
111 for our large il- 
^lustrated free catalofir, 
-ihowing- the best upi- 
' to-date hives and oth- 
articles used by 
progressiye bee keep- 



Des i)loines, Iowa- 



White and Golden Wyandottes. 



Incubators^ 

Built on entirely 'new principles and the 
only machine made that will allow the chicks 
when hat<:hlng to come out of the machine 
In the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
will, just exactly the same as they do when 
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
itate nalurecloser and to hatch equal to any 
machine on the market. For further partic- 
ulars address with stamp, 

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 



OVER.NMENT PO- 
SITIONS. 

Nearly lO.OOn appointments 
made last year. Chances 
better for 1902. Hundreds 
of thoso.who have been ap- 
pointed were prepared by 
usbyn.^.l Established 189a 
Full particulars free con- 
cerning government posi- 
tions, salaries and. exam- 
inations, when and where 
held, our methods, e'c. Write to-day. 
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTI- 
TUTE. 14-42 Second Nafl. Bank Bldg , Wash- 
ington, D. 0. 




Winning 

White W yandottes. 

WE WIN East and 
West. At the great 
Chicago Snow, 1902 
in hot competition, 
in a class of 64 
White Wj-andotte 
cockerels, the fin- 
est ever seen, our 
birds were given two prizes out of five, 
winning the .Id and .ith prizes. We 
have 4 pens of high scoring females 
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13. 

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 








WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

At Neb. State show 1902, in class of 
117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12petis in coin- 
pet tion, won 2d pen, missing 1st by >s 
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4th ck. Egg's 
Hi per 15, ij.5 for 30. Write for prices 
on incubator eggs. 
J. W. HALL, David CJty, Nebr 




a^QUEEN CITY 8^ 

BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the leading schools of the west* 
Large attendance. Great demand for 
it's graduates. Expenses low. Address 

:t1. S. Miller, Pros., Hastings, Neb 

'Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 



BUY STOC K and EGGS from hieh scorint 
WH ITE LANGSHANS and RTTFF KO CKS. 
Fine winter layers. L'he.in for quality. Bees 
■il.BO per 15. Mrs. L. MU M POWER. Duroc 
Jersey Pig-s. 



BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Kelson's Et'sistcred Strain, from a Ions! line 
of prize-winning aacesters; have made them 
a specially for 19 years. Now offerina fine 
e.\bll)ition and grand brf eding stock of both 
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if talien 
soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address, 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 






Buff Rocks 
Pekin Ducks 
Toulouse Geese 
Bronze Turkeys. 



MRS. FLORA 
SHROYER, 

Perry, O. T. 



WANTED! 

25oWhite Wyandotte Hens 

and Pullets. 
250 White Leghorn Hens 

and Pullets. 
100 Buff Orpington Fe- 

niales. 
Will pay cash. Address, 
Box 427, Clay Center, Neb 

For Sale! - - - 

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on 
four entries of geese I took first 3 
premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 

Wailen Cameron, Schuyler. Nebr. 



We 
Have 

Those 
That , 
Win... 



Barred Rocks • - White Wyandoites 



WE HAVE 

Some- Choice - Exhibition 

AND 

Fine Breeding Birds 
For Sale! 

We have always won at State Fairs and State 
Shows mote prizes than all other exhibits. 



T L. NORVAL, Seward, 



Nebraska. 




THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 

BARRED PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even ring:barring to the skin as blue 
as the slty. and with elegant comljs. golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN- 
GLE COMB BROWN LiLGtlORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad- 
dle, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels 
and elegant combs. In tact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the 
showroom If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box I. 



BARRED 
ROCKS. 



Bradi,EY Bros. New York winners 
is what my flock is built from. Win- 
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2; 
Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. 



J, R. Henderson, 

Sta. B. Route i. 

Columbus, Om 



P UL LET S ALE. 

We have no more cockerels for sale, 
but have 50 choice pullets that we will 
sell for One Dollar each Send in your or- 
der at once, they will sell quick at this 
price. Send tor t^g circular describing 
our five breeding vards, mated for best 
results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD, 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
Pekin Ducks. 



At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d 

cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne- 

braska;State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 

pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel- 

a first prize on evei-y bird entered. 

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 

FRIEND, .... NEBRASKA. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



STAR -^^ -^ ^ 

Incubators 
And Brooders. 



A large free Catalogue tells you 
all about them. 



Our New No. 2 Double Walled 
Dead Air Space Self- 
Regulating 

BROODERS 

arc without an equal. See cut. 

Price $12.00. 

Our New A-i just the same, only 

with single walls at $10.00 

is the real thing. GOOD 

Brooders for $5.00. 

Send for Circulars and Price 
List 




Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 

Chicks thrive best on a balanced 

feed of meaty, cereal and 

grain element. That's 

STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 

It isn't a medicine, but a health 
and strength builder. It prevents 
most of the diseases that kill chicks. 
Carefully compounded from re- 
sults of expert experimenting and 
study. 

Price, at Dealers: 

1 lb. pkg....lOc. .501b. bag.. $2.25 

Sib. pkg 35c. 100 1b. bag.. $.3. 50 

Star Incubator Co., 

12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J- 
Star Specifics 

Is guaranteed to cure. 



No t. Cholera In old 

Fowls. 
No 2 Snnie. for chicks 
No 3 Ext Food ;ind 

Tonic. 
No 4. For Cold and 

Oroup. 



No 5. For In.ictlve 

Males. 
No 6. For Indigestion 
No 7. Food for Small 

Chicks. 
No 8. Disinfect In- 
sect Powder. 




THE PIONEER INCUBATOR WOMAN 

ntrd .1 \^rr.c,(icr. It differs widely from all others. It 
luniulaied result of deep thought, wide experiment 



Th/B Mother Nature i 
"^E Brooder 



Mother Notiire llatohern are of equal superiority. Brood 

free trial, write for free Illustrated catalogue 




THE ELLEN WEST COMPANY, Box 125 BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



Golden Wyandottes 

Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
ous Stock, from careful 
Matlngs. 

S. p. VAN NORT, ^'iisS*'"'- 



1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
9i-92^-9\ii and 91 X by Butterfield. 
3 .'-econds at same show 1900. 1st 
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
or sale. Write for full information 



S5.000 

II IS wftl 



.fthoui 
■ < 'ver 50 breednTurke; 
^' dreds of pli 



CATALOCU 



E FREE! 



poultry hooBe plans. Treat. 
diseasea,howtofee(i,breeo,etc.SeDd 10c. forp08tae«. 

IJ. R. Brabuoo, Jr. & £«.. BoilOd.DcUvao» Wb. 



Eggs 



Thorouffhbred Barred P. Rock eg-g-s 
two dollars per setting- of fifteen, Gul 
den Sebright Bantam's, two dollars 
r pettinifof fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks, 
o dollars per settintr of eleven. My stnck 
and viR-orous and have farm 
ictly fresh. 



ange. AIJ eegs shipjied will be ! 

Mrs. D. T- STONE. DeKalb, MO 

■lover Kidge Poultry Farm, Koulc No. 



Black Langshan, ]Y^I*^Ja^°'"''.^ 

*" C. Buff Orpington 

W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
from $1.00 to »2..S0 per setting. . Won at 
Lincoln and Kansas State ShoWs, I^ 
ribbons from 2 to 5. Poor hatches du- 
plicated at half price. 

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 



PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 

Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon 
as made, direct from the farm. If you want 
something- nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
fresh, please send me your order and I will 
please you. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to 
thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order 
early so not to be disappointed and you will 
want more next year. 

E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm, 

Montville. Ohio. 



INCUBATOR 

ON TRIAL 



Tie Perfected Von Gulin. 

Successful reBult of 25 years' experience. 
Scientifically correct, practically perfect. 
Non-explosiTe metal lamps. 
Double and packed walls. 
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilatioo. 
Made of best materials, and highest quality 
of workmanship and finish. 

PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT. 

We make Brooders, Bee Hives »fc Supplies. 
ZW Catalog and Price List sent Free. 

The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
Bept. 2l3t Jamestown, N.Y. 



PL[AS11NI HILL POULTRY FARM. 

e @ e e e e 




HORT STORIES 

bring high prices. Thousands of good 
Bluiif.s w Inch might tasilv ht made 
salable, make up thegrt-a"t mass of 
"Tejected manuscripts. 'Our School 
of Journahsm. In charge of suc- 
cessful authors, crltlclses.correcls 
and reviBf». as well a.i teaches 
how to write. Write lor booklet. 

KlfL (ORRESPOXnFNrK INSTITI TE 
ill N.1'1 llanl BidK. llialilngloD, D.t. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay egg's. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvilie, la. 

Lock box 500. 



Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
Comb Brown Leghorn. 



Having disposed of all my sur- 
plus stock and mated up my 
pens, am prepared to book or- 
ders for eggs. Write at once 
for prices 



J. H. TROUGH, 

Minden, - - - Nebr. 




GREAT BARGAINS 

Importers and Exporters ot 35 va" 
ifties land and water fowls. Stock 
:,nd ei,-i;s lor s.ile al all times. Write 
before you buy. Bank and personal 
references given. Send for Full Il- 
lustrated Circular. Iowa Poultry Co., 
Box 623, De< Moloo, Iswa. 




EGGS! 



Prices Reduced froi 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
1902 

From our Royal Blood Sil- 
ver Wyandottes. 



..Id I 



1 3AI0 tu 2.ai per < 
e had to spare. 
i VVyandoltes ai 



\V>' kiii.w tliat I 
re the comintr f 

Our Silver? have never been def. 
State Show. Jan. 24 to 2», riii2. w 
e as many a«all other competitors. We 
book your future etrur orders now or ma' 
headquarters for prize-winners Stocli inr^.il.- .it ,iU tiiiu-..al 
■^■\andotte Yards Refer to express aet. i"'^tiM.i..i.r. Sei:uril\ 
r Hun-' auency. 1. & IN. M. CONNOR, PoHCa, INetJ, 



;tting- of tifteen effffs. Last 
This year have two more fine 
•- the best variety on eartli- 
lem alontf have reduced the 
ed in the show room. At Ne- 
ron 1(1 of the 16 ribbons, near- 



i IF PANDE^MONIUM 



FOOD. 



yotir br. (jder-s and the chicks die whole-sale 
you Call posi.ivolv check the mortality by u.siiiji 

P U R. I T A N CHICK 

a readily assitnilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it 
under positive gitarantee. 

FRlL;E:--Oiir uew and beautiful 64-page catalog-ue. Finest ever 
issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 



largest plant 

PURITAN 

BOX 357 A. 



POULTRY FARMS. 

STAMFORD, CONN. 




Why Not Buy the Best ? 

It costs no more than inferiorstyles. We claim that 

Adam's Green Bone Cutter 

is the best bocaase It lathe only Ball Bearlni; niai^lune 
onthe market. It workson the shear i riiuiple, tuins 
easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 
In better shape than any other. Write at once. 
Catalogue Ko. 6 Ib Ft 



W. J. ADAM, 



JOLIET^ILL. 




OMes\ 




Supplies. 



WE 
MAKE 
THEM 



teJIII MaKe your 

Old Incubator JVetu. 

Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur- 
rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp. 
Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70. 

Ne>v Aluminum Regulator gives perfect/ 
I control of heat. 

=a Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats— the standard reg- 

IL, ulator. We manufacture incubator and brooder fixtures of " 

IH kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and ' 

^S^ get our money-saving prices. 

^ L. R.. OAKES, Mfr.. No. 12 6tK St., Bloomington. Ind. 



YoonaiiflBililetesA. 



. but fertility counts for little if the 
chick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out | 
of the shell, and stand the trials of chick- 
hond. Cut green bone promotes both 

1 fertility and vitality. Green bone is | 

: easily and rapidly cut by the 



HIMPHREY 

■ ■ CREEN BONE PlII 

■ M AND VEGETABLE \fVi 



CUTTER. 



No fuss and bother about it. No liackinR with an axe nor packing 
in a oylindf r. You finish the job with a Humphrey before you get; 
started witb other types of niacliiues. Sold on a positive guar- 
antee to cut more bone, in less time, with less labor than any other 
machine made. Tour money baclj if you are not wholly satisfied. 
It's a rapid vegetable cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand- 
somest of the season/ and egg record book. 

HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL. 

Sales Agents— Joseph Breclc & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson & 
Stokes, Philadelphia; GrlfBth & Turner Co., Baltlnwre; Sure Hatch 
Incubator Co., Clay Center. Keb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Oregon; 
Seattle, Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buflfalo.N.Y. 




J Poultry Investigator} | 

f^ Is edited by a practical poul- ^ 
y^trymanof 30 years experi- J; 
r^y ence and is full of plain, ^ 
•'jK C'lmmoii sense articles by j^ 
y/y those that breed poultry and i; 
f*! work instead of theorizing.!^ 
^^ It is just what you want.? 
yvVc Send us the names and ad- ^ 
r*1 dresses of IS persons inter- ( 
^^ested in breeding good poul-? 
yvV try and we will send you the ^ 
f*") f OULTKY lNVESTIG-\TOR one' 
^y^ year for your trouble. Sub-? 
y,V scription price 2.5c. Address,^ 

■^ Poultry Investigator Co., ^ 

^, Clay (Jen ter, : : Nebraska- 

yd . ■ r , ■ ' 



Standard of Perfection 

Revised Editloti. 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of tnis book and ev- 
ery poullryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

Itie Standafd of Perfection 

—AND— 

Ihe Poultrf Investigatof 

One Year, for $1.00 

Address, 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 



CLAY CKNTHK, 



NKBRARKA 



POULTRYMEN 



Your stationery 

won't look well 

unless PDI\ITpn neatly. I do it 

it is rlllll ICU ^ell and use good 

cuts. Send for samples and prices. 

N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Bviff 



ORPINGTONS 
LEGHORNS 



ek.nd Bro\vi\ Leghorns 

Y<uing or old stock, first class birds cheap 
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time 
M.& F. HERMAN. 

Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 



BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANHOTTES. B. 
1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducka. \^lDnera 
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to* breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
Judge. Port Huron, irtlchigaii. 



44 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




EOOS! 

From good, healthy and 
vigorous stock 

$6 per 100 
$3.50 per 50 



^0$. 



White Wyatidottes, 
Light Brahttias, 
Partridge Cochins, 
White Rocks, 
Barred Rocks, 
Buff Rocks, 
S. C. B. Leghorns, 



^0$) 



Send your orders early 

and we will take 

care of you. 



THE WILDWOOD 
POULTRY FARM, 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 

at5 Ohosinui St. 

fmrm mt 
WCBSICB OROVC,MO. 



Morning View 



;<c> 

..Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



A j Mrs J B. Jones, ^ 9 ^ 

Breeder of 



Poultry Yards. ^%«& 



HAVE 



Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 



Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 



James M. Perkins, 



Barred Plymoutli JRocks 

and Mammoth Bronze 

Turkeys 

STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
SON. 



ABII,ENK, 



KANSAS. 



RAVENWOOD. 



MISSOURI. 




BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
Wyandottes are brert from 
liBst strain obtainable and 
in line. We breed the pure 
t'oilden Butf, not the dark 
rud. They're prize winners. 

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

Chester White Hogs for sale 



Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

For Poultry, Rabbits, /-^. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 




^ 5" 



a 3 



S 5 



£5 



0) S 



= ^ 



stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line — if not, ■write US for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 



k^k^^^^^tf^MV^^tf*«^'k^^^^^r%tf«^«^««v^v^^^^aJ>u«^'U*««'^«^^*i 



FRANK MYERS, 
iPree Port, III., U.S. A. 

I Box 20. 

r Breeder "f . _ 

I Barred Plymouth Rocks 

I They are Barred Ulebtand'Kood 
I size. F.Kgs 15 for J2. :iO for 8:5.50. 
\ 50 for 4.00. 100 for 7 00. 



rf.rf.rf^.«#^*.^**. .*^^.^*. 




Also manufacturer ofj 
Ideal Aluminum Leg ; 
Band ::;::: \ 



acknowledged leader. 12 fors 

, 25 for 30o, 50 for 50c. 100 for t 

5c. Samples and clrcular.of i 

Barred Uocks mailed i 

for stamps, S 



.^.^^^^^.^^^rf^*. .^M.^^*. 



Donkey's 
Roup Cure 



Cnre fiuaranteed ! 

THE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup in all Its 
forms as longas'thetfowl can 
see to drink. For; Canker, es- 



Dthers. 



pe i illy in pigeons, tblS'Cure ( 
ikes »5 gallons of medicine. Directions ^ 



;els 
'50 cent package makes 25 gallons of medicine. Directions with 

everv package, if it fulls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1. 

Conkev's Loxjse Killer never, fails to I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 

ir.c.Mil.s i-.\tra t(ir po-^t:ii.'e. 

Corvkev's Egg Food ar»d Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 

heali h. ancl pni. uoe more eggs than any ^imihir preparation. 25 cents per package 

and 1.-. .-.■ni^ i-xtr:i for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevel&nd, O. 

Paoili ■ rciasi Hsents: PeialuiMa Incubator Co.. Petaluma, Cal, Eastern wholesale 
iifflce; No, 8 Park Place New York City and S.H. I. Co., Clay Center, Nebr. For 
sale by all poultry supply bouses. ^^Agents wanted. 



GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 

WHITE HOLLAND' TURKEYS ^ 

In Lacing-, shape and size unexcelled. 
Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell. 
Eggs in season. 

\V. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 



High class stock for sale! 

Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks 
and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish 
= "W birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May I "SHOW YOU" 

That eggs bought of me will hatch 
Barred Rocks for you that will sat- 
isfy the most e.vacting. If not 
treated right, publish me in the In- 
vestigator. CORWIN JONES, 

Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa. 



HOR.THAND a.nd 
BOOKKEEPING. 

study at home and take a 
higher salary, investing a 
little time and a little mon- 
■y in a business course, with 
IS and the dividend will 
aevpr cease. Ail subjects 

TAUGHT BY MAIL 
Complete course also In En. 
gineering. -'ourLaiism, Sci- 
ence auu L^ianguages, etc. Write for free 
booklet. NATIONAL CORKl'SPONDENCE 
INSTITUTE. 1460 Second Nafl. Bank Bldg.: 
Washington. D. O. 




For Sale.... 

200 Fine Black Langshans. ioo 
Some of the best I ever rais.d. 
Address 

Ben. S. Myers, 

Crawfordsvllle, Ind. 



Catches Them Coming and Going, 



PATENTED 

'EUREKA 

"^On Cup BrsLcket 

and Perch Supporter' 



A permanent fixture for all times. The 
Spider or Midge Louse can not exist where 
this system is in use. Do not put it off, but 
send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
and be convinced, 

SHRADER & BUCK, 

BUCYRUSOHIO- 



Ross Bros' Trapnest 

Just what every poultryman need? 



In sets of 3 for $3.00. Ilnliuarail 
In sets of 5 for $4.25. UBllVeiBlli 

We sell them cheaper than you can 
make them. 



Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 

Lead in the best competition. 

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 



POULTRY ET?. 



Prize Winning B. Rocks. 

Cockerels and Pullets scoring 90 to 
93 by Southard for $2.50 to $10.00 each. 
Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to 
$1.50 each- 



P. Hostetter, 



East Lyatie, Mo. 




A Boon for I'oultry Kccpcpn 
BETTER than a «OI.I> MIIVE. 

We will tell you how we made our 

hens pay over 400 per cent profit. 

" relysendyonrnameandaadreas 

IJe P..ttltrr Co., Clintonville.Conn 



45 
B. P. Rocks Exclusively. 

Some good cockerels for sale yet 
Eggs for ^ale at $2 per 15, $3 for 30. 

L. j^. DA?Y, 

Brianing, N^eb 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answrering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 





OURNALISM 

Practical, paying ncwspaperwojk, 
writiim Bhort stories, etc. 

TAUGHT BY MAIL 
tiv our succeasrul system In per- 
Bonal charge of Mr. Henry I>ltch-" 
fiflil West, formerly managing 
editor of the M^ashington I'ost. 
Siiprc'SHfiil students everywhere. 
Write tor illustrated booklet. 
NAT'I. rOKRESPONPEXrE INSTITTTK, 
2d Kat'l Bank Bldg. HB8bloston,U.C. 



Sure Hatch Poultry 
Company i 

Has th' lai ge&\ ag.-regation of 
thorough! ed po^ ^ r^ ?» 'te west. 



We import, breeu ' y and sel 
All Varieties. 

Each variety is bred separately on 
a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
Write your wants. Address, 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 

Clay Center, >Neb. 



ESTABLISED IN 1885 



at CUT PRICES 

CATALOGUE FREE 

r^er ^n|. (i)., Columbus, 



BONANZA RABBITRY, 

Founders of the first herd of, pedigreed Belgian 
Hares In the world. The first to establish a 
systeiu of registration for Belgians. The first 
to produce hares exceeding the standard 
weight and develop superior colors. Holder of 
the world's r'Cord for prize winnings" 

Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send 
10 cents for the most complete and most beau- 
tiful 56-pa2e catalog ever published. 

Bonanza Rabbitry Munual. 4th edition, just 
coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B. 
0. Piatt, the foremost authority on the subject, 
president of the National Association of Bel- 
gian Hare Judges; professional Ins'ructorof 

Belgian Hare institutes; originator of the Decimal System of .Judging and score card adapt- 
ed to this system; inventor of Bonanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians; Inventor of the 
Perfect Belgian moulded in metal, presenting the Ideal colors, also perfection in quality 
shape and size. 

Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,274I N. Broad St . PHILADELPHIA 

Perm&nent EaLStern Office &nd Se^Iesroom. 





Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 

V Kills lice and mites on poultry, hogs and anl- 

•^ffj^S^fit mals, is the strongest and best lice killer 
ffl[[[((m)El made; With our double tube sp'ayer you 
^"^jKt^; can save one half the liquid and penetrate 
all cracks and spray the bottom of the house 
where you find the mites or spider lice. It gets there 
every time. , ' 

a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer PREB- 

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 

For setting hens and babv chicks Always to be used before sitting the hen. For the next 60 
days we will send our old and new customers, 100 lbs Shel-grli, (coarse orflne) 100 lbs lime 
stoe grit, one gallon Paragon Llc-klller, one Tiffany's Double Tube Sprayer, one 4-lb pack- 
age Powder, all for $2,50. Thele goods all go 3rd class freight— cheap. 



THETIFFANY COMPANY, 



Lincoln, Nebraska^ 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




THIS IS THE WAY 



tliey come off for the man who uses 

THE NATURAL HEN 

INCUBATOR. 

Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
nothing if you follow our plan. We 
have an agents proposition that is the 
best money maker you ever heard of, 
Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Kgg 
Formula free if you write to-day. 

Natural Hen Incubatop Co-* 

B-11, Columbus, Neb. 



OSCAR E. MILES. Owner Of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry. 

MILES' P»OXJX.TRY F^RM. 

Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan- 
dottes, Rhode Island Reds, Pekin Ducks and Belgian Hares. Hereafter I shall 
handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden 
Wyandottes and Pekin Ducks are for sale at low prices considering quality; 
nothing- reserved, must' be sold by March 1st. Winxkk of 47 regular prem- 
iums and many specials the last two years at Columbus shows. 22 Ists, 13 2ds, 
.') 3ds, T 4ths. Eggs S3.00 per 15. Miles Poultky Farm, near Worthineton O. 



O. E. Miles, Prop, 



26 l'2NHig;li St. 



Colnmbas, O. 



AMERICA'S LARGEST BREEDERS and IMPOR TERS 
or Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, 

Winners at the great Chicago Show. 1st. on cock, 1st on pullet, id and 1th 
on hen, 2d on pen and tied for 1st on pen. At Lincoln, Nebr. on same date, 
we won 3d on cock, 1st on hen, 1st and 2d on pullet. At the Nebraska State 
Fair, won 1st and 'id on cock. 1st and 2d on hen, 1st and 2d on cockerel, 1st 
and :M on pullet, 1st on pen of chicks. No stock for sale, all sold. Fggs 
from strictly first class exhibiting stock only, S.S.00 per IS. Free egg circular. 



W. H. & M. E. BUSHELL, 



David City, Neb. 



Grant's Practical Brooder. 

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chic''s. Complete specifications, 
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
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is like meeting an old friend. Well, we are still doing business at the old stand, 
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Whact Yo\i Wa^r^t Is 

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A MARILLA 

We make the Harilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and 
hot air. Not a fairly good machine, but the very best there is. We have been 
at it thirteen years, and every flarilla is the best we know how to make. To 
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Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton and Miss Kincaid of Clay Center, Kansas, exhibited the Sure Hatch incu- 
bator and Comn-on Sense Brooder at the Kansas Agricultural College at Manhattan. Kansas,' Feb, 17 to 
22, 1902, making an average hatch of 93 per cent, and showed to th; satisfaction of some twelve hundred 
to fifteen hundred students that the Sure Hatch Incubators and Common Sense Brooders are leaders in 
the incubator and Brooder class. 

There were other incubators there, Ijut they were not in operation. Incubators in operation Is oUr 
hobby. People buy them to operate them; more than this tney buy them to hatch the eggs with and the 
brooders to raise the chicks with, it is very doubtful if there is a machine made that has been exhibited 
in competition more times than has the Sure Hatch in the last three years. 

We do not r.laim to make the only good incubator, but we do claim to make the only good incuba- 
tor that is sold at a low price. The cases are made of California redwood and the tanks are made of 12 
ounce cold rolled copper and are furnished with the Cakes Hydro-Safety lamps, and the other fixtures are 
first quality. We are able to make a moderate price in consequence of our many sales and our other ad- 
vantages in manufacturing. We are contented with a fair profit. We carry in stock the goods that we 
advertise and can make prompt shipments. While we do not advertise on trial for 30 days, yet every in- 
cubator we send out is sent out on trial and the machine must be as represented or the money is refunded. 
Write for our on trial plan. Let us tell you about prices and prepaid freight shipments. Our plan will in- 
terest anyone looking for good incubators and brooders. We have a new proposition for late spring and 
summer orders. We do business on quick sales and small profits. Address nearest house for free cata- 
logue and prices. 



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Cla-y Center. NebratskaL. April, 1902. 



No. 2 



Pra-ctical and Profitable Poviltry Cviltvire 



By L. E. Keyser 



Preparing for Early Chicks 



[t is time now tliat \vc mate our 
breeders. There will be nothing gained 
by deferring, and much may be lost if 
we do not have them properly mated 
in time. We shall want some of the 
eggs laid the latter part of this month 
for our first March broods. We can 
now tell what our hens have been do- 
ing and which of them are worthy of 
a place in the breeding pen. 

We should teed our breeders some- 
wliat differently than we do fowls de- 
signed only to prodiice eggs for mar- 
ket. Too much soft or moist food has 
a tendency to over-stimulate the hen 
and lessen the vitality of the germ of 
the egg, and we therefore feed a mash 
very sparingly, not oftener than two 
or three times a week. Good, sound 
grain, coarsely ground beef scraps or 
cut green bone and plenty of green 
food in the .shape of chopped roots, cut 
clover or alfalfa hay, etc., make a good 
diet for breeding fowls, and they should 
be made to work for it. If sufficient 
exercise is not given the hens- \yill be- 
comefat and the germs weak. We 
give our breeders a light feed of grain 
in deep litter early in the morning, or 
throw it in at night when making the 
rounds to lock them up, so they will 
commence working as soon as they 
come from the roost and get nicely 
warmed up for their regular breakfast, 
which is fed between 8 and 9 o'clock, 
and consists of finely chopped roots 
with a little middlings or bran and 



ground beef scraps sprinkled over it. 
About 4 in the afternoon we give a lib- 
eral feed of grain well covered in the 
litter, and if we have green cut bone 
we mix it with the grain. The grain 
consists of as great a variety as we 
can conveniently secure, corn, oats, 
wheat and buckwheat usually compris- 
ing the bill. 

The average poulterer and farmer is 
yet in no hurry to get a hatch, for un- 
less he has every facility for caring for 
these little orphans it is not best to 
bring them into the world much be- 
fore the first of next month. March 
and April will be busy months, how- 
ever, and we should prepare now to get 
off a large number. One early pullet 
is worth two late ones, and will bring 
it, even if sold as a market fowl, but 
she will be still more valuable if kept 
for a winter layer. Leghorns and the 
lighter breeds may be hatched well into 
May, but if we expect to raise fowls 
that will fill the egg basket next win- 
ter we should not hatch them a bit later 
than the first of June, and even pullets 
hatched at this time are itncertain. 
Market fowls can be raised at all sea- 
sons, but the margin of profit is small 
on the summer hatched chick. 

Nothing is gained by bringing chicks 
designed for laying and breeding stock 
off before the first of March, as those 
hatched earlier than this will be. likely 
to moult just at the time you most 
wish them to lay, but if one has an in- 
cubator it is a good plan to start it 



the second week in February in most 
localities. This will give us chicks the 
first week in March, which is plenty 
SOI in enough. Wc niust, of course, 
liavc e\erything in readiness, and a 
Kill id warm brooder in a dry .shed or 
house will answer where no regular 
lirooder house is available. Chicks 
can be raised in out-door brooders, but 
in the early spring it is best to have 
them in a house or shed. Chicks con- 
fined to a brooder will never do well, 
even if tliey live at all. They must have 
exercise in tire open air, no matter how 
cold it is, if the weather is fair. After 
a chick is two weeks old it can stand 
a good deal of cold if it can run in oc- 
cassionally and get warmed up, but it 
cannot stand to nui out in the wind 
and rain. 

Occasionally we find people who at- 
tempt to raise early chicks in out-donr 
brooders and keep them in the brooder 
all the time, except perhaps during the 
warmest part of a bright day. Most 
brooders have two compartments, one 
not quite so warm as the other, and 
designed as a feeding and exercise 
room. This is all right for baby chicks 
but by the time they are a week old 
they need to get out of the brooder 
into the open air. If there is no place 
under shelter they can only be allowcl 
out a short time, and if confined in a 
warm brooder they become lender, are 
liable to disease and many die. 

A number of small portable houses 
are an excellent thing to have on a 
place where poultry is made much of. 
as they can be used to place brooders 
in in the early spring and later be util- 
ized for growing stock, breeding pens 
or laying hens, and can be moved to 
different points and thus obviate the 
necessity and expense of building yards. 




A White Rock cock owned by E. B. 
Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo. 



Next month we will try to describe and 
illustrate a style of house that has 
proven of special value to us, both as 
colony houses and when drawn near the 
farm buildings for the purpose of con- 
venience in caring for fowls, have 
made suitable winter quarters. 

Another point we have found of 
great advantage is to kepp both fowls 
and chicks in small flocks. Fifty hens 
are a whole flock and as many as 
should be allowed to run together, and 
we know we get a better egg yield 
when the number is reduced to twenty- 
five. Chicks in small broods will also 
do better, and while there are people 
who succeed excellently with 100 chicks 
in a brooder, the average person will 
do better if only fifty are placed in a 
flock, and still better if the number be 
reduced to twenty-five. In large flocks 
chicks will crowd, and if they once get 
into a jam and are overheated they are 
of very little value afterwards. Once 
overheated they are tender and will 
crowd whenever a number are togeth- 
er, no matter what the temperature of 
the brooder may be. I would about as 
soon have a dead chick as astunted one. 
It is only a waste of care and food to 
bring them to maturity. 

The reason some people succeed with 
a large number is because they pay 
very close attention to every detail, 
never allowing the brooder to become 
foul and looking well to the tempera- 
ture. While one person may succeed 
with 100 in a flock fifty will fail, be- 
cause the average person will not give 
the care and attention necessary. They 
may think they have done all that can 
be done, but some small matter may 
be neglected which is seemingly unim- 
portant, yet this very thing may cause 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

or lay the foundation for trouble which 
may end in the death of a large num- 
ber of chicks. 

Another thing to be avoided is keep- 
ing young chicks on board floors. They 
must be gotten on the ground, and 
when floors are used they should be 
well covered with earth and litter, on- 
tinually keeping chicks on board floors 
is sure but certain death. 

A due regard for little things assures 
success in practical poultry culture and 
by painstaking work we can make 
chicken raaising both pleasant and 
profitable. 



Morrisville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1902. 

Poultry Investigator: Up to date I 
have received you and lige you very 
much. The articles you contain are not 
long drawn theories but are every day 
practical and full of good sense that 
helps one over many stumbling blocks 
in the way to success in the poultry 
business. May I ask you a few ques- 
tions? Is there no redress when your 
neighbor's cat catches your best chicks 
— those from your high-priced eggs? 
Those you would hot sell for a dollar 
each? If we shoot the cat what can the 
neighbor do? But we can't do that for 
that makes trouble in the neighbor- 
hood. 

I have a cellar under my house 30.x38 
with four windows in it. It is all in 
one room and there is a furnace in one 
end of it. Opposite the furnace is a 
window containing three lights 10,xl4 
glass facing south. The window is un- 
der a bay which is 4x16 feet, uot from 
the cellar proper and the wall in there 
only goes just below front line, so 
there is a space with earth floor 3.xl3 
or 14 feet right in front of this win- 
dow, and is 4 feet above the cellar 
floor. I have an idea of putting my 
brooder up on horses to make it on a 
level with this shelf, you might call it, 
and let my chickens run on this earth 
floor back to the brooder. Will this 
make a good place? The cellar never 
gets cooler than about 50 degrees 
above zero. 

Won't this make a good place for 
my incubator also? I have an incuba- 
tor and like it very much. 

This is enough for once, I may come 
again. Respectfully xours, 

J. A. ROBINSON. 



The Rhode IsIaLnd Red 

For the benefit of those who do not 
know the Rhode Island Red I will 
briefly try to give your readers in- 
formation about them as I find them. 



Among my many inquiries I am 
asked not only what good qualities 
they have but also how do they com- 
pare with Rocks and 'Dottes, and you 
can read between the lines there is 
something lacking, something more 
wanted, something that the breed now 
kept is lacking and what is it? Can 
the Rhode Island Red settle their dif- 
ficulties, will they fill the bill, is it the 
breed looked for? And now my friends, 
can I answer? Some say, "My birds 
do not lay in winter; my chicks are 
weak and tender, and still others com- 
plain of poor hatches. 

Let me ask you why do men and wo- 
men who make a living from Poultry 
take up the Reds, those that look at 
the commercial side of the question, 
those that want every egg count, why 
do they? 

Because they find the Rhode Island 
Reds are just a little ahead, just a lit- 
tle better, but that little means much 
— it means perhaps more profit, per- 
haps profit instead of loss; we are al- 
ways trying to improve trying to find 
something just a little better and I tell 
you we have found something in the 
Rhode Island Red just a little better. 
They lay just a few more eggs; you 
can hatch just a few more chicks from 
one setting and you can raise just a few 
more chicks from those eggs. 

I can see a good many of those 
that keep other breeds jump high, but 
wait a little; perhaps the Rhode Island 
Red man got just a few more eggs 
from each hen than you; perhaps you 
did well, but the Rhode Island Red 
man did better. Don't jump at con- 
clusions because you don't know. The 
Rhode Island Reds are the utility fowl 
for the twentieth century. 

ERIC AURELIUS. 




A White Rock hen owned by E. B, 
Oraohundro, Bowling Green, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Timely Thoughts For 1902 

By Mrs. Albert Ray ^ 



Judging from the great interest and 
pleasure shown by the many who wit- 
nessed the hatching of chicks by ma- 
chinery at the several fairs and poultry 
shows this season, there will surely be 
many who will take up the poultry 
work ere the new year is fairly begun, 
with a new zeal and determination to 
succeed in it, to a degree more profit- 
able than ever before, assisted by the 
modern helps which do so much to 
make an already hard task much more 
pleasant and remunerative. 

In order that we may reap best re- 
wards for our poultry work, let us be- 
gin immediately and go to work 
in earnest. Some may think 
that there is plenty of time, 
but experience has taught us much bet- 
ter, for we know that many loses come 
when everything is not in readiness for 
the hatching and care of the early 
chicks. We all must know that it is the 
very early chick that pays — the chick 
that is hatched before a hen begins to 
think about the business at all. Begin- 
ning early enough is out of the ques- 
tion if we cannot have eggs— and eggs 
of good quality, too. These eggs can- 
not be had in readiness for the work of 
1902 if our flocks are not kept in proper 
condition, as many will be tempted to 
cut short the rations; on account of 
scarcity of food inproper variety this 
particular year; now, let's not do so, it 
will not pay, for in winter poultry re- 
quires more feed than in summer, for 
enough must be provided to help them 




E. B. Omohundro, Bowling Green, 
Mo. A White Rock specialist. 



overcome the effects of the cold, to 
just keep them "holding their own" to 
say nothing of the further and extra 
amount and variety required to pro- 
duce eggs. Such food should be as 
near a substitute for a summer diet as 
possible, and is provided in vegetables, 
hot bran mashes, warmed grains, clean, 
warmed water in quantity, warmed milk 
and meat scraps if possible, besides 
plenty of sharp grit and dust for baths 
always at easy access. 

First, in order to economize the food 
given make the houses comfortable; 
then provide litter such as leaves, hay, 
straw or light trash, sowing broadcast 
among it the warmed grain, thus com- 
pelling the hen to "scratch for her liv- 
ing." This warming exercise has a 
most helpful tendency to induce "bid- 
dy" to lay, keep well and happy. 

We can not start early enough for 
greatest profits if we allow our poultry 
to run down in condition. Now is the 
time; keep the condition they came in- 
to cold weather with and improve it 
if it is not the best before there is fur 
ther loss. Let us stop to consider 
what a large per cent of animal tissue 
is water. An egg contains a much 
larger per cent. Water is the very 
cheapest of egg producers; never cold 
in winter, always warm and clean. 

Now is the time to cull out every- 
thing that lowers the quality of our 
stock and properly mate our poultry 
with a goodly number of better grade 
fowls, that the stock of eggs may be 
strongly fertile and young fowls be of 
a purer, truer type; so, too, that as 
large a per cent as possible, of chicks, 
may be had as a reward for what we 
have attempted to do, for no hen or in- 
cubator can ever hatch an infertile egg 
— time spent on them is simply wasted; 
but most of such trouble can be saved 
by proper mating, variety of food, and 
in cold weather gather eggs two or 
three times a day, keep them in a place 
neither too cold nor too hot, turn occa- 
sionally and do not keep too long. 

We do not think it pays anyone who 
raises chicks to do without an incuba- 
tor, for the labor is so lessened and re- 
sults so multiplied; our actual experi- 
ence was that the young cockerels 
from our first two hatches more than 
paid for the machine, sold at only an 
ordinary price as they were not extra 
early and the young hens from second 
hatch havK been laying since second 



week of November, thus doing their 
part when eggs are good price. 

Let all of us care for our flocks as 
aforesaid and "if we do not use a ma- 
chine there is going to be a good de- 
mand for setts of eggs for other peo- 
ple's incubators and let us treat each 
other honestly and let our customers 
know to depend, that, as far as we can 
know, our eggs are fertile, fresh, and 
have been carefully gathered and cared 
tor while waiting for enough to fill the 
incubator order. 

Again, if we wish to replace the mon- 
ey invested in our machines or raise 
poultry for market, let us use eggs of 
some of the larger varieties in our first 
two early settings, beginning Febru- 
ary 1. Plymouth Rocks preferably, as 
they will be most easily obtained, and 
on marketing are uniform in size, color 
and shape and readily attain a good 
weight and during the months of May 
and early June, we hope to capture a 
price of 18 or 20 cents per lb. 

An advantage of the machine over 
the hen is that we get such a number 
all the same size and age at once, that 
is economy; for it is no more trouble 
to care for a large hatch than to care 
for the chicks of two or there hens, 
and much more interesting and satis- 
factory; then the uniformity for mar- 
ket is so desirable. 

Trusting we may all conspire to 
make the year 1902 memorable for the 
great impetus and financial success of 
our farmers in the poultry industry. I 
would again urge that we have, at 
least this most important branch of the 
work, well looked after. The next im- 
portant steps can be taken up next 
month. 

Mrs. Albert Ray. 

Wilsey, Kansas. 




A White Rock pullet. 96 point. A 
prize winner owned by E. B. Omohun- 
dro, Bowling Green, Mo. 




One of E. B. Dmohiindro's White 
Rock hens. Bowling- Green, Mo. 



\ Setting the Incubator , , , | 

... By Mrs. May Taylor { 



I , 

The first essential toward getting the 
incubator set is to know liow to put the 
niacliine together properly, putting all 
the adjustments "just so," or more 
properly speaking, adjusting all the at- 
taclin'.ents so that they will swing and 
work to a nicity without hitch or bind- 
ing. 

A new incubator is very liable to be 
stiff and sticky and should be run at 
least three days empty or until you are 
perfectly satisfied that it is going to 
go. An hour spent in studying the in- 
struction book at that point where it 
tells about unpacking and setting up 
the machine is time well spent — very 
well spent — and if I were selling incu- 
bators I -.vould send the instruction 
book by maif a few clays before the ma- 
chine was to arrive so that the pur- 
ch.iser could tell gt which end of the 
crate to begin to loosen up. The usu- 
al way is to put the book in with the 
ni.ichine and the "master mechanic" of 
the house goes to the case with ham- 
mer and chisel, hatchet and screwdriv- 
er, or somethin improvised to take 
their places in case the next door 
neighbor has the real articles bor- 
rowed. I believe too, if I were mak- 
ing Incubators to sell I would not only 
send the instruction book out ahead of 
time but I would print in big black fet- 
lirs on the very first page, "Have you 
iMcIs ready," and make a list of what 
i^ needed so that the buyer would not 
only hunt up from barn and crib, sheds 
and store rooms the things needed, but 
could make the necessary call at the 
neighbors for what was lacking. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Years ago I knew a man, a very imi- 
nent and prominent citizen, a man of 
family, who had amassed a fortune, had 
many broad acres with farm machin- 
ery of all kinds to be had in those days, 
yet when it came to opening up a new 
parlor organ he took off one of the 
lamp stands thinking that was the 
proper way to get at the keyboard. He 
broke a piece of the lamp stand, and his 
wife laughingly explained how it hap- 
pened. AH he needed to do was to 
unlock it. And so the master mechan- 
ic of the house goes at the incubator 
case rightly clothed, and in good 
breathing order, but before he gets 
through is divested of all surplus outer 
r.iiment in the shape of coat and vest 
and with his breath coming in short 
gasps. Wouldn't a snap shot of the 
group be interesting? The machine 
and pieces, the family and a few "by- 
slanders a standin' by," as Samantha 
would say. This is not any fancy pic- 
ture by any means. Many an incubator 
luiytr coidd paint you one in pen- 
words just as real if not a little more 
so. 

But now having the machine ready to 
set, and of course the question of where 
it is to set having been duly discussed 
and decided on before the day of ar- 
rival, the next question is to get it 
on its feet. The legs of an incubator 
is one of far more importance than 
anybody who never tried to steady one 
on spindle shanks ever thought of. A 
heavy machine set up on beautifully 
trimmed spindly shanks that threatens 
to fall over every time the egg drawer 
is pulled out or pushed in is — well, 
something of a nuisance. I would 
rather have them plain and straight 
from top to bottom, without any or 
very little tapering. 

Get the machine level; to do this put 
a plate of water in the center on top. 
the water will tell which side needs 
raising or lowering. I once knew a 
man to walk over a mile to borrow 
a spirit level to level up a machine that 
was only about two feet square. Any 
flat vessel of water on top would have 
dfiue as well. 

Dcn't put water in a hot air machine. 
I have heard of such things being done. 
Follow all the instructions about put- 
ting the regulator together to the let- 
ter; this is a very important part to be 
observed. Have every part of the reg- 
ulator scrupulously clean of dust. Run 
the weight as far out as possible when 
the heat is first turned on and if it 
still is insufficient to hold down the 
damper lay a weight on the wire rod. 
You see it is necessary to do this be- 
cause as a general thing the blaze is 
turned up full strength and the regu- 
lator gets warmed up before the ma- 



chine does and it will "work" or open 
the damper too soon, letting the heat 
pass out instead of in the machine. 

1 once knew a person who bought a 
second hand incuba.tor, the former 
owner had run the machine with the 
weight at a certin place; it was marked 
quite plainly where it had been accus- 
tomed to stay, and the first party had 
instructed the second party to keep it 
there and it would be all right. She, 
the second party, did so, but could not 
get the heat up. 1 was called in to see 
what was the matter. The damper was 
two inches above the flue: the lamp 
flame was on full strength but the heat 
of course all went straight up and out. 
I told her she would have to move the 
weight as far out as it would go, but 
even then the damper would go up. I 
told her to put a weight on it, which 
she did. but left the flame too high and 
the bimp, a glass bowled one with no 
vent for the gas, exploded. I took 
over one of my lamps from small ma- 
chine, a copper bowled one with safe- 
ty vent for the gas to escape, and told 
her she could turn it as high as she 
wanted to and there would be no dan- 
ger of it exploding. The lamp burned 
clear and steady for three days and 
nights but she could not get the ma- 
chine to work right, and the last time 
I saw it she had it out in the yard for 
a stand to set the cream separator on. 
She was determined to use it for some- 
thing. It worked well there. 

When filling the machine you can 
put a great many more eggs in by 
leaving the turning rack out, if your 
machine has one, mine has. Some peo- 
ple very much prefer turning by hand; 
it is simply a matter of taste. I have 
the poorest success when I put the 
eggs in promiscously like and turn by 
hand, and I have the best success turn- 
ing with the rack. I put the eggs in 
the slats with the large end of first one 
slightly raised and laid up against the 
rack, the next egg in same position 
up against the first egg and so on un- 
til the row is completed. Have the 
small ends of the eggs always pointe<l 
the same way and be careful to put 
them in with the points slanting toward 
the way you want to turn them the 
first time, so that when they are turne<l 
the points will be standing toward the 
way you w?nt to turn them next time, 
never lay them flat down in the rows 
for if you do they will turn in all sorts 
of ways, some on big end, some on lit- 
tle end, some piled up against each 
other and some won't turn at all. With 
the best of placing there will be a, few 
to turn by hand each time until the 
growth of the chick makes the egg 
heavy, then it turns much better that 
at first. Eggs shrink in the process of 




B. P Rock pu let o < ned by C. M. 
Hu'.burt, Fairbpry, Neb. He breeds 
tne Thomp-oj '-Ringlets." 



hatching, so that these which seem too 
large for slats at first will turn easily 
before the hatch is over. When the 
eggs are all in the tray, before you shut 
them in, take a narrow strip of card 
board, dip in ink and run it up and 
down the rows. Let it touch each egg 
as it passes over, redip in the ink as 
often as necessary. Sometimes I take 
a match instead of cardboard t>ut the 
card is best. 

How thankful I am that I have a 
patent hatcher, not only one but three, 
liut specially thankful just now for the 
one small machine. Have a pet hen 
that 1 have been saving eggs from 
until I have IT, but no hen tn put them 
under, so I steamed up the machine 
and set them yesterday. Those eggs 
are very precious if they hatch as they 
are from a special mating. The hen is 
om- special pet. She has her nest to 
herself; no other hen is in her pen, 
but we are going to put her in another 
pen shortly. These eggs are an experi- 
ment ,and if I did not have the ma- 
cliine what would become of the eggs? 
I know we would grieve over them un- 
lill (hey were too old to keep longer, 
llien they would go into the m.irket or 
into custard pies. In times past when 
we had no machine, we had laid out 
many a fine setting of eggs and longed 
and wished for a setting hen, until they 
were too old to set then sent them to 
market and it was always just that w-ay 
the best eggs had to be sold for by the 
lime the hens took a notion to set the 
eggs were beginning to get small and 
runty. My neighbors were always good 
to loan me early setters when they 
had them. Have hatched many fine 
pure breeds under mongrel hens donat- 
ed by the neighbors. Had eleven hens 
one spring from five different farms; 
ten of them attended strictlv to busi- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

nc^s bul the eleventh wouldn't set 
when moved nor d dn't set and all my 
persuasion couldn't make her set.. I 
walked a mile through fields of snow 
slush one spring day to get a setting 
lun My neighbor sent me word that 
1 1 I would come alter her I could have 
her and welcome, but not if I sent; you 
sec .TUer I went into the chicken busi- 
ness I had no time to visit, and the 
nciifhliors rebelled. That was years 
ago: they are used to it now — my not 
visiting — but she never dreamed of my 
walk ng after her on such a day, but 
Inishnnd had gone up country on busi- 
ness and would be back past there in 
the evening, so I walked across fields, 
stayed all day, got my dinner in the 
haif,'ain. got my hen, too, took her over 
a three mile ride around through town, 
took her right under my arm into the 
swellest millinery shop, where I used to 
do my waiting when in town. Sat down 
with her in an upholstered rocking 
chair and held the hen in my lap until 
husband got read to go home. My 
milliner didn't care, I knew, but "me 
and the heq" was a subject, for much 
C( mment and merriment among the 
other ■•bystanders standin' by." If 
they had been men folks I suspect 
there would have been a few bets as to 
wlii'tber the hen would set or not when 
I jjiit her h''me. Yes, she did set, 
* * * * * * * 

We have an outdoor thermometer 
from the Sure Hatch Incubator Co. I 
suppose I ought also to add "of Clay 
Center, Neb.." but it is entirely unnec- 
essary as everyone knows where the 
Sure Hatch comes from. The ther- 
mometer is a beauty and we have it 
hung up by the door, and it looks like 
it was going to behave real nice. The 
liqu'd is green and there is a great long 
streak of it. This morning up to 30 
above. We like to look at it and hope 
it will stay up and not creep down out 
of sight. It could hardly do that for 
there is room for .'iO degrees below. 
We have never yet had the pleasure of 
using a Sure Hatch incubator but quite 
a number of our correspondents use 
them and all are well pleased. We have 
sold hundreds of eggs to hatch in the 
Sure Hatch machines. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, 

Lock Box 176, Hale, Mo. 



Raising Young Ducks 

We have found the raising of young 
ducks just as easy a chore as we ever 
undertook, but we do not have to trav- 
el far to find those who have no luck 
with ducks. There will be a whole lot 
of amateurs engage in the business this 
spring, and perhaps their start will be 
a solitary pair of ducks and a piano 
box for a house. We do hope there 



will be a pi.uio bo.x. for ducks ought 
.lot to be housed with chickens, and 
ivc hope there will be little pens to hold 
;he pair in the morning, so that none 
of the eggs may be lost or chilled, for 
it will be real encouraging if a good 
sized flock is the result of so small a 
beginning. 

Now, if our beginner lacks modern 
appliances perhaps this small beginning 
is the better way, but one could gather 
1 setting of eggs quicker.^and set them 
fresher if there was th^e or four 
ducks. Duck eggs will not hatch w.l! 
when more than a week old. Pekin 
ducks do not often wish to set, so the 
eggs must be put in incubators or un- 
der hens. If hatched under hens great 
care must be taken to free them from 
lice when they are taken from the 
nests. No matter wdiat care one gives 
he setting hen the ducklings will be 
onnd with lice on them. Herein lies 
the first bad luck of the uninitiated. 
When we use a hen mother we resort 
to that old fashioned remedy, grease, 
and we take particular pains to apply 
iust a little down close to the beak 
where lice stay. Once a week the 
mother hen gets a liberal supply of 
lard and co.il oil under the wings. We 
use Lee's lice killer and insect powder 
if we have thein, sometimes for the 
ducklings, but our grease can is always 
ready and never fails of its purpose. 

Ducklings should be penned until 
they can go over a 10 inch board. 
Small pens are all right if there is sand 
and green onions and lettuce to put in 
■t. We always feed the ducklings oat- 
meal for a day or two. Then almost 
anything but not all corn meal. We 
mix bran, shorts, corn cho|> and a 
small quantity of sand, and if we have 
it we scald the mixture with sweet 
skim milk. The water must not be giv- 
en in open dishes. We do not like to 
feed too many potatoes, but there is 
no danger of too large a potato diet 
this year. Tn early spring ducklings 
having access to water get civilled and 
die. Ducklings do not re<|uirc as nnich 
heat as chickens and if care is taken 
to keep tlie brooders clean are more 
easily raised in brooders than chickens. 
Badly chilled ducklings may be saved 
by warming in blankets ns/r the stove, 
and your saved ducklingS^won't behave 
as little chickens do. get well only to 
take diarrhea a day or two later and 
die. No. you may take the brood of 
ducklings vou forgot and left too long 
in the cold, warm them up, cat a hearty 
meal and be ready to broil in ten 
weeks. Now, when only a lew ducks 
are raised and there is a necessity to 
shut them in rat-proof coops, there is 
danger that they grow too fast for 
their house, and that they be left closed 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Buff Cochin Cockci-cl, score '13'4, pullot score 92;-;, cut 2".i for weiirhf 1st 
prize winners uvviied t).v C. 15. Allison, Tennessee, III. ' 



up too long in the morning in which 
case .vou may find half a dozen stretch- 
ed out apparently dead. Some times 
air and water will revive them, but tlie 
novice would be sure to bury llicin at 
once. 

Duckling.s are easily driven into their 
coops in case of a storm, but in case 
of daytime storms a great many duck- 
lings may be smothered if the coops 
are not roomy and well ventilated. A 
lot of auger holes covered with wire 
screening up under the roof of the 
coop, is a good idea for the coop a wo- 
man perhaps builds for herself. Now 
to our sister breeders and would-be 
chick raisers, we would say it is easier 
to drive a stake than a nail, and if you 
stake the boards you use for your little 
duck pens into place, they are easier to 
move, and if your husband happens to 
want the boards again, presuming you 
borrowed them, there won't be such a 
fuss about split boards. Just a little at- 
tention to trifles will prevent loss. 
Ducklings are hardy and easy enough 
to raise if one gives a little attention to 
small details. To push the duckling 
food must be plenty but we have raised 
ducks that were never fed after they 
left the pens and that weighed up to 
the standard. Grasshoppers were thick 
however. 

It is quite as well to give the duck- 
lings no mother after warm weather 
begins. V^e have raised fifty ducklings 
in a twelve foot square pen, covering 
them with an old blanket at night and 
not losing one. Now this is the be- 
ginning. When there are ducks enough 
to fill the incubator with eggs and the 
brooder with ducklings, don't forget 
that the pens will save most of the bad 
luck. HATIE BYIFLD. 



M CKick Life v v v | 

X V V» By Mrs. M. A. Beckett. S 

The time was in June. The place 
was a charming spot in the Salt Lake 
\'allcy, just under the eaves of the 
mountains. Benath a spreading apple 
tree there stood a humble cottage. 
Within this cottage there was great 
cfimmotion. It was the day of the 
coming out of Misses Minnie and 
Midge Bantam, daughters of the old 
established family of Buff Cochin. Af- 
ter a period of confinement of a fort- 
night or more putting on the finishing 
touches of their toilets, they burst forth 
from their chambers of gold and of 
white dressed in garments of a buff, 
soft and clinging material, which 
showed each curve of their perfectly 
formed bodies. And amid the songs of 
birds and the fragrance of flowers they 
made their debeau into the very best 
society of this province. 

The young ladies were twin sisters. 
Their early training had been of the 
'lest, and by the indulgent care of their 
proud and matronly mamma they soon 
developed into perfect buds of vivac- 
ous young womanhood. 

Each day saw some curve of their 
bodies becoming more rounded and 
firm, betokening that the time was not 
far distant when tlicy would long for a 
w<>er to come. 

Their dainty heads were carried like 
I queen's. Their hair which was of 
1 rich golden color, was always done 
n perfect taste and style, and invaria- 
ily the finishing touches were given 
'ly the adjustment of a coumb of rich 



coral red. 

As time went on .and they developed 
into young women they had admirois 
lot a few. Their cheeks took on the 
jolor of spirited youth and turned to 
,carlet with the blushes of young niai'l- 
•iihood when Mr. I^. Brahma ad- 
Jrcssed his attention to them. But he 
.vas not to their liking. He had seen 
oo much of the world. He was old 
,'ray, and big and coarse. Old entnigh 
n fact to be their great, great, grand- 
ather, while they were young thnigs, 
re.sh as the morning dew, and when he 
would endeavor to entice them to his 
iide by picking up and throwing at 
Llicir feet some dainty morsel, they 
would turn away and hide their heads, 
md laugh in their wings at him. Then, 
in a quiet. <Iignified way, he would say, 
'O ,comc, my sweet little buttercups, 
with my wisdom and knowledge of 
those mineral hills, I can scratch forth 
nuggets of gold for your gizzards." 
But they would only run away and h de 
in the bushes like two little frightened 
do\'es. 

It was late in October that there was 
introduced into their set a gallant 
knight and traveler by the name of Sir 
Tiddle De Winks, also of the B. Coch- 
in style, who had lived long and seen a 
great deal of the world, much more 
than fall to the lot of most young men 
of his class. He had been a great 
traveler. He had come West, I might 
say to grow up with the country. In 
his very early age, in fact, before he 
had left the nursery, he had traveled 
irom the great inetropolis of New 
York to the charming little city of 
Ogden. It was tlicre that he grew to 
manhood. 

One day it was decided to hold a 
great function in the City of the Saints. 
A real beauty show it was to be. Miss 
Minnie was wild to attend and to en- 
ter the contest, but Miss Midget, who 
was a fidget, was compelled to remain 
at home. It was for the purpose of ac- 
companying Miss Minnie, that Sir Tid- 
dle De Winks came to this city. The 
young people took very particular 
pains to prepare for the contest. The 
young lady rearanged her feathers and 
comb. Thy polished their nails, and 
sometimes they would go bathing in 
the dust pan togetlier. 

Sir Tiddle De Winks was what 
might in those days be called a dandy. 
He wore a suit of yellow and gold. 
His Iggings were of a similar material, 
and extended well down over his feet. 
Upon his knightly head he >vore a hel- 
met of red coral not unlike the young 
ladies' combs. 

But, oh. I hope it will not detract 
from your good opinion of the young 
man's taste when I say that his whis- 




John HetticK, Bowling Green, Mo., 
a Lang-shan specialist. 



kers were long and thick and red. Yet 
those red, round whiskers were the 
young man's pride, and he never lost 
an opportunity to bring them into 
prominent view and especially at the 
great beauty contest when he and Miss 
Minnie were doing and looking their 
best. 

Each wore a ring of yellow metal, 
just at that particular point where the 
shapely leggin ended and the dainty 
foot begun. 

-And all the time he seemed to be 
dancing to the tune of old "Miservia 
.Ann." and singing: 

"Don't you see my new shoes. 

.Ain't they handsome? 

-Ain't they handsome, number twos?" 

The battle was over and won. Sir 

Tiddle Dc Winks and Miss Minnie 

were voted the handsomest couple 

there. 

It was at this contest that he won 
the young lady's heart and the ar- 
rangements for the wedding made. It 
was to be a grand affair. But alas, 
nu'.st we Tlways take the bitter with 
the sweet? Soon after the great con- 
test was over and the young people 
had returned to the home by the ap- 
ple tree. Sir Tiddle De Winks fell ill. 
He had a severe cold and quite a hack- 
ing cough: his eyes grew dull, and his 
appetite was failing him. It was 
thought it was caused from excitement, 
and possibly getting too warm in the 
dnnce. It was decided to defer the 
preparations for the big wedding, and 
just have a quiet little affair. 

So Sir Tiddle De Winks and Miss 
Minnie were married. But in spite of 
her tender and loving care he gradual- 
ly grew worse; he was given all kinds 
of tonics .i.nd "cure-all," but nothing 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

■termed to relieve him Tils physicimi 
grew quite discouraged. That dread 
disease, consumpt on. was feared. A 
change of climate was advised. So pre- 
parations were made. .A t.nny cottagt 
w.Ts secured. wi{h a bed of fresh and 
bright straw under the box of Gerani- 
ums by the w.indow in tlie den of his 
master and tnistress. His bride o; 
course accompanied him, not for the 
s.ike of her health, hut simply for the 
lii.pnse of comforting him. and lend- 
W'^ to him her consoling presence. 

It v\'as hoped that the summer condi- 
tions, the sight of the greens and tht 
flowers would restore him to perfect 
health again. They oiten talked it over 
together, and he wnu'd say, "C-o-o-ok, 
c-o-o-ok," which means in chicken talk, 
"I love you, my dear," and she would 
answer in the same sweet way. 

One day there was cause for great 
hilarity under the Geranium box by the 
window. It seemed like old times. The 
days of the great beauty contest, even 
the old song and dance were there. 




Buff Wyandotte Pullet owned by E. 
Day, North Bend, Neb. A winner at 
Nebrasi<a State Show in Lincoln. 



and a perfect deluge of joy, for there 
a tiny little corner in a tiny little 
nest, was a tiny little toy-like egg. The 
invalid was so delighted that he 
seemed to pick up and grow stronger. 
He picked at the vines and some cer- 
ials a little raw beef steak and crumbs. 
His tea was sipped with a relish, and 
his physician grew encouraged and 
hopeful. 

Each day the tiny eggs grew in num- 
ber, one by one they were deposited 
in the little tiny nest, until all in all 
there were eight. Little Minnie 
seemed to grow dspondent and fretful. 
.At times she v/ould even be cross with 
her husband, even in his delicate 
health. Her eyes grew dim and pos- 
sessed a far-away look, and although 
she used to crow and sing so many 



pretty s»ng5. she \v«iild d» nething 
now but cluck, cluck, cluck. Poor lit- 
tle thing, she meant nothing harmful. 
Her domestic duties and the cares of 
an invalid husband had completely out 
done her. She must have a rest, so 
die planted herself on those tiny little 
eggs in the tiny little nest under the 
window. And tliere she sat and sat, 
day after dny. Sometimes thinking of 
.he trasures in store for her, and soine- 
times dreaming of the conquests of the 
days of her youth. For Minnie is no 
longer yotJng. Or, perhaps, who 
knows? She may have been weep'ng in 
silence. There were no tears in her 
eyes, but it would not. do for her to let 
her dear husband see she was weep- 
ing, and perhaps the. little faint heart 
was breaking, for how could she help 
but see that the one who. was so dear 
to her was fading away. .As he sat so 
close to her side, could she fail to see 
that the love-light in his eye was dy- 
ing? Ah, no: she knew, and suffered 
in silence, and as he sat by her side 
so patiently and reconciled, hoping 
against hope that he might yet before 
the appointed time, see and caress 
those who were to intherit and honor 
his name. 

He seldom left her side now, but sat 
close; now and then he would careful- 
ly adjust a truant straw about her, anx- 
ious to help her up to the last. 

It was on the eve of the twenty-first 
day. There was heard a "peep, peep." 
in that tiny nest and out from beneath 
the soft downy breast of the young 
mother there peeped two little bright 
eyes. .And just as the last rays of the 
late December sun cast their glances 
of purple and gold on the hill to the 
east, Sir Tiddle De Winks said: "K-r-r 
Kret. K-r-r-Kret," which means "Our 
God, Thy will be done," and his head 
fell dead upon the wing of that sweet, 
sad wife and mother. 




One of C. H. Hinman's, Friend, Neb. 
B, P. R. pullets. Mr. H. won largely 
at Lincoln, Neb., at state show. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 







Broiler House For 500 Broilers. 



A party in Indiana has requested me 
to iiive plans for a liroiler-house, 600 
capacity, in the Poultry Investigator, 
but he does not state whether it is for 
continued production or for 50 for the 
season. From my own experience 
and from the information I can 
gather among successful broiler rais- 
ers, a house to contain 600 broilers con- 
tinously. or in other words to always 
liavc 600 broilers of different ages, 
should be IfixlOO feet, this wouhl make 
a floor space of 1.000 feet; if the party 
or person wishes to raise just 600 for 
the season he could get along with 
half or even less room. It is a very 
hard question to settle these things 
satisfactorily to all, so many things 
must be taken into consideration; some 
would depend a great deal on outside 
yard^. others would depend entirely on 
the building. In my way of viewing it. 
long houses arc more of a fad tlian the 
outgrowth of a successful experience. 
Long houses cost more to the square 
feet of floor surface and more of 
the building is exposed to the weather, 
of course the yards in front fit a long 
building, but for ordinary purposes, 
yards can always be fitted to square 
buildnigs. For 500 broilers for the 
season a building on the plan as per 
cu1.20x24 will do very well, in fact, I 
have known of excellent success with 
much less room where the chicks were 
allowed yards. Another advantage in 
a square building is its adaptability to 
economical heating. I have tried var- 
ious methods for warming a brooder 
house and have never used anythmg 
more successful than a hardcoal burner. 



I preler the Round Oak soft coal 
burner with a hard coal magazine, and 
use hard coal instead of soft coal. 
Coils can now be secured that fit these 
stoves and from that a hot water pipe 
system can be attached. I prefer a 
square house and to set the heater in 
the center of the building, making a 
pit for the stove deep enough to allow 
discharge from pipe coils to come 
about eight inches above the floor. 
Several courses of pipes can be run 
here or there, using the pipes to warm 
hovers or what would best suit the 
party. For my part T prefer keeping 
the room at about 70 degrees; using 
individual brooders for the different 
h.->tchcs of chicks. For success some 
chicks would need a warmer tempera- 
ture, thus the individual brooders 
would be preferable.. 

This paper is ready to go, to. press, 
in some near future issue I will try 
to suggest more definite, ^t occurs 
to me that the question of brooder 
houses would be a good question for 
some of the writers for this paper to 
give their experience. I will do my 
best. Let us hear from others, it is 
a question that hardly any two view 
alike. Yours truly, 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



GAPES. 

One of the aggravating things in 
pou.Ilry raising is to discover in a 
flock nicely feathered out and seem- 
ingly past the danger point the pre- 
monitory sneezs. And yet it is usual- 
ly after they are well started in growth 
that this dread disease attacks them. 

It is generally understood that it 
is crused by the presence of a small 
threadworm in the windpipe, e\-entuaU 



ly causing suffocation. Those skilled 
in the art may, by a skilful turn of a 
horsehair bent into a loop and instert- 
ed in the throat, speedily remove the 
offeiieder. Yet it is not an inviting 
process, and the novice is liable to 
give his first patient more torture than 
relief. 

Several pears ago I was quite d's- 
heartened by the outbreak of the dis- 
ease in a previously thrifty flock. 
\ memeber of the family suggested 
kerosene, and for want of anything bet- 
ter it was given a trial. Tt was ad- 
ministered in a bran mash, about a 
teasponful in food sufficient for a doz- 
en chickers. If given in such quantity 
that they can detect the odor they simp- 
ly refu>^e the food. And I find that 
more can be covered up in the mash 
than in bre.'id crumbs or grain. 

One of the chicks on which this ex- 
periment was tried — and the remedy' 
was original so far os wc were con- 
cerneil. though. I have seen it in print 
since — was past trying to cat before 
the kerosene was thought of. and of 
course died. All othe others recover- 
ed, thf ugh several had reached an ad- 
vanced stage in the disease and I here 
was not one that had escaped I he in- 
fection. Later in the season it wns 
given to otl'.cr flocks as soon as the 
first sneeze was noticed, and the gapes 
gained not another victim. 

\\'e thought we had found an infal- 
lible remedy. .And I still think that 
if the birds could be induced to take 
the medicine it might so prove. But 
of late they seem to have grown more 
fastidious, and not always can they be 
induced to take enough to effect a cure 
though at the first trial there is im- 
■prcvemerit. Affr the trick has once 



bpcp fi1ny?rl tliey arc apl lo <-niff at 
tile food and tlifii leave it untouched. 

Last 5-easoii kerosene and camiihor 
were tried by turn, neither being much 
reli^licd citlur by the birds nr para- 
S'tes. liy tiiis means of ahernation 
only line bird was lost, but the cure 
was in no ea^e as rapid as it would 
b,,ve l^ten emdd the birds ha\e been 
i'ldnced to fed freely. 

Just Immv the worms got in tlie throat 
i' not fidlv determined. Some main- 
tain that they are coughed up by af- 
flicted fowls and then passed in the 
food to well ones. Others think they 
pass into the ground and arc trans- 
mitted tliT'Ugh earthworms. 

R.-irly chicks are less liable to be in- 
fested than those hatched later. And 
gnmnd I hat has been occupied by 
chicks affl'ctcd with this dease should 
lie avo'ded in future, as the parasites 
are liable to he in the soil and will 
then eventually find new hosts. 

BESSIE L. PUTNA^r. 



POULTRY FOR CHILDREN. 

"Shall the children be paid for their 
work?" is a que.stion now inich discuss- 
ed. Those who favor it, advance the 
argument that in this way children 
learn the value of money and how to 
use it. On the other hand, the oblig- 
ing boy or girl of the past generation 
is fast disappearing. He who delighted 
in doing an errand for parent or friend 
has given place to the strictly busi- 
ness-like boy. who expects a nickel or 
at least a penny, for all such little at- 
tentions. Business has swallowed 
neighborly accomidation, and good 
financiering seems to have been 
thoroughly divorced from friendli- 
ness. 

The avenue of poultry raising is one 
which fully solves the problem of bus- 
iness applications, yet leaves a child 
free to'do little favors for friends with- 
out inculcating the false notion that 
there must be a direct money rcnunr 
eration in every instance. 

An advantage in this for the country 
or tillage child is. that few families are 
so poor as to be unable to set aside a 
small stock for this purpose. A hen 
and a single sitting of eggs can be 
spared if the will is present. These, it 
misfortune docs not overtake them, 
will furnish the nucleus for a plant 
that can be made to increase in pro- 
portion each year. And right here let 
it be said that from the first the child 
should be le<! to more ambitious work 
in the future. Be it " in inore setting 
hens or an incubator, better shelter, 
tnore scientific feeding — progress 
should be the constant 'watchword. 

Poultry raising judiciously followed, 
may develop a good bit of character 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

InnldiiiL;. ■ "First, there is llic feeling of 
respoiiMbil'ty. A child may ffrora time 
to time assist in feeding the poultry, 
febng that if he forgets it or it is not 
c.-invcnieht at certain times for him to 
attend to this, others will look after 
it. In fact, the care rests with others, 
and his duties', voluntary or otherwise, 
are at least spasmodic. But with 
tiwncrship. t.i'.c case is different. He 
realises that it. is his business to look 
after n.:itt.et;sniimse!f. And while some 
other meriiBer of the family will doubt- 
less relieve him on special occasions, 
it 's h s place to plan and see that the 
work is executed. Personal respon- 
sibility is e.^rly learned, and self re- 
liance as well as reliability fostered. 
Again, he must be methodical and 
punctual. Chickens to do well require 
care at stated intervals. His other 
duties and play can be made to con- 



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form tf) the new requirements, and the 
helter-ske'ter plan of doing things 
when he thinks of it, when it pleases 
him— or perhaps, frequently not at all, 
will be abandoned. 

The money-making uart of the mat- 
ter should be prominent as in any bus- 
iness venture. Money is not the end 
but the means; rightly gained and 
used, it is a blessing; but it is by no 
mena? the greatest thing In life. But 
to business: Even a child will readily 
acquire the principles of the industry. 
If broilers are to be sold, the chickens 
must be raised early. If winter eggs 
are the main requisite, ditto. The lo- 
cation, conditions of market, etc. modi- 
fy requirements, and some guidance 
may be needed at times to secure the 
most profitable returns, Biit the idea 



will be acquired of loking the field 
over and adjusting ones actions to ex- 
isting conditions. Then ihcre is the 
risk which each business man assumes, 
and one must make up his mind that 
after he has done his best it is useless 
to cry over spilt milk. We sametimes 
have to deal with those who make a 
square bargain so-and-so. Some un- 
expected loss occurs and they want 
to creep out and let the other party 
share the loss or at least, a portion of 
it when they themselves originally as- 
sumed the risk. This is "child's play" 
which should not be tolerated, even in 
children. If a rat or hawk carries 
away two or three chickens, the proper 
method is to catch or put to flight the 
thief, and not expect mamma or soine- 
one else to replace the stolen goods. 
There are losses in all branches of 
business, and the sooner one learns to 
"give and take" cheerfully, whatever 
be the luck, the happier and more suc- 
cersfiil will he be. "Nothing venture, 
nothing have," as a saying old but still 
true. 

It keeps. busy fingers profitably cm- 
ployed Children'.^ healthy children, are 
proverbially active. They must always 
be do!!ig something; and when on at 
work, they may find work which the 
e' lers would call mischief. Besides, 
there is nothing tiresome about this. 
It is healthful exercise. No dreary 
hours in a dingy shop or down a dark 
shaft, but plenty of fresh air and sun- 
shine. 

Communion with the little downy 
pets suggests many thoughts on nature 
study, and if a little care is taken in 
this direction, the daily observation of 
their forms and habits . will create a 
wholesome spirit of observation and 
love for nature in general, an acquire- 
ment of more value than a princely in- 
heritance. Gentleness in handling 
the inmates of the poultry yard begets 
gentleness and patience in other mat- 
ters. And the little investment may 
eventually result not only iu a snu.g 
allowance of pin money each year but 
a complete change in the character of 
the owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 



The mortality with your chicl's is 
one the serious drawtiacks attending 
poultry raising; due largely toimpr p- 
er feeding. Much credit is due to Mrs. 
S. E. Pinkerton of ClayrCenter, Nebr., 
who has formnlafed a perfect food for 
young chickens that will successfully 
carry them throug the critical periods 
of the'r lives without losing them. 
The ingredients comp sing this food I 
am well acquainted with; the compon- 
ent parts serve to make a healthy 
griwth, com bining as it does every- 
thing necessary to make bone, muscle 
and feathers. 

C. H, RHODES. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




A flock of Geo. B. Clary's White Wyaiiaotte and Buff Orping-ton cockerels 
at Fairburv, Neb. 



Hints on Turkey Ra^ising. 

(II.) ' 

Having decided to add turkeys to 
the denizens of the poultry yard, the 
<iuestinn of breed became paramount. 
A neighbor may have a flock of no 
particular breed, yet the birds "turn out 
"pretty well" and are always in good 
demand at Thanksgiving or the holi- 
days. It seems a little evtravagant to 
pay fancy prices for a pair or trio 
when one can buy plenty of them at 
the market prices for the meat. Or the 
eggs may be obtained near home for 
a comparatively small price. 

"Pure bred." do you ask? Well, no; 
not exactly, but pretty nearly. So 
nearly that they will pass for pure. 

Ah! there is a little mistake — in fact, 
a mistake of considerable size. This 
mixing of breeds may do all right in 
the hands of a fancier wlin follows 
scientific principles in his quest of im- 
proved varieties; but in the hands of 
the novice it is sure, or at least al- 
most sure, to come to grief. The cross- 
ing once begun, it is hard to tell 
where it will end, and the manipuulator 
sooner or later finds on his hands a 
stock of mongrels, inferior to ances- 
tors on either side, and valueless i( 
sale for breeding purposes is at- 
tempted. It is much better to study 
the breed and your own requirement* 
carefully, and then choose and adhere 
to the breed chosen. 

The Mammoth Bronze is the giant 
•f tJie family, and is deservedly pop 



ulnr. In some localities, however, me- 
dium sized individuals have a prefer- 
ence in market over the larger ones. 
And if raising for such a market, the 
White Holland is in this respect pre- 
ferable. The latter, too, is more staid 
in its habits, less inclined to roam; and 
if there is danger of trespassing the 
White Holland may be the better of 
the two. Some like to cross the Mam- 
moth Bronz» male with the White Hol- 
land female for this reason, claiming 
to acquire thereby birds of superior 
size, yet with the domestic proclivities 
of the mother. This may work all 
right on the first cross. But what have 
you with the second or third? Be- 
sides, the most shrewd always try to 
sell the best of their flock to breeders 
at a considerable advance over prices 
paid for table use-; and the first cross 
spoils all this. 

Turkeys commence to lay in March 
or April, often before the snow is en- 
tirely gone, and as the eggs are more 
susceptible to extremes of weather, 
the vagaries of the birds should be 
carefully watched and the eggs re- 
moved if there is danger of their 
becoming chilled. Shake as little as 
possible in doing this, and keep in a 
cool, dry place until ready for the in- 
"ubating process. 

The turkey seems to defy the vig- 
•lance of her owner in this respect, and 
'hough ordinarily tame and confiding. 
;he becomes at nesting time tbe most 
warv of bir'ts. and will •ften lead one 



•■ many false clues. She usually 
chooses same neglected fence row or 
brush heap if such exist in the neigh- 
borhood, and each egg is carefully 
concealed by leaves or dried grass as 
it is deposited; consequently, the only 
sure way of locating the nest is to fol- 
low the bird; and the methods she 
adops for misleading her pursuer 
would be quite comical were they nnt 
so vexatious. 

The period of incubation is about 
on? month. Before the days of incu- 
bators the fashion was to give tlie first 
setting to hens and thus double the 
turkey's egg producing capacity. But 
it is generally conceded that while 
the hen mother trained her children to 
home loving habits, she was not so pa- 
tient; and that the methods of the tur- 
key mother, resting frequently and 
moving at all times slowly, gave the 
best results. Those who have given it 
a trial speak in high terms of the ad- 
vantages of the incubator for turkey 
raising, and in some respects it seems 
decidedly preferable to the setting hen. 
Bread crumbs form, a good diet for 
the first few days. Cottage cheese is 
an excellent food by way of variety. 
The crumbs from the family table 
may serve to cater to the wants of a 
small flock. A-n acquaintance, during 
one season when wheat was high and 
locally scarce, fed a flock on Johnny- 
cakes, and kept them growing nicely. 
It was mixed with sour milk and soda, 
and baked in the oven. Turkeys are 
especially fond of cabbage and similar 
green food, a hint which may prove of 
profit during the winter months when 
dependent upon their owner for all 
such delicacies. The rough leaves of 
the cabbage should always be convert- 
ed into poultry food, as well as the 
small and ill-shaped heads. 

Turkeys feast upon the slu^s which 
infest roses bushes with a great relish. 
And if one has a bush infested it is 
pleasing to perch a half grown turkey 
upon the hand in reach of the bush, 
and notice the rapidity with which the 
number of pests decreases, as well as 
the keen eye which seeks out its prey. 
The cure is cheaper and quicker than 
with hellebore, and equally effective. 

When the birds have become nicely 
feathered out the feeding problem is 
ruled mainly by their tendency to 
wandering. Fed at night, there is an 
inducement for them to come home to 
roost, a most desirable feeling to the 
owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 



If you want to buy anv BlacK Lantr- 
shans send for h. E. Mever<;' fine cir- 
cular and read what one of our he<<t 
indges has to sav of hi.s stocK. ' Mr. 
Meyer islocated at BowiingGreen, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




First Prize pea of Buff Orping-toiis at Nebraska State Show at" Lincoln' 
Bred and owned by C. Rockhill, Harvard, Neb. These birds won in strong 
coinpetition and are as good as grow. 



The Farmer's Advantages. 



Mrs. W. I. Mines. 



By little tilings we mean chickens or 
orchard; in fact, anything outside of 
the grain crops or horses or cattle 
which are raised and sold upon the 
farm. When the farm fails to return 
profitable crops, like the season of 
1901, this should teach farmers that it 
is not wise tp trust to one or two main 
crops. Unfavorable weather may ruin 
the prospect of the corn farmer, but it 
is seldom some crops do not succeed 
each year. Therefore by having sev- 
eral eggs in your nest you will get 
some good results. I feel I can safely 
say that poultry and fruit should not 
be called little things, for last year 
those were fortunate who had their 
fruit trees at a bearing age and could 
add some to their income as all fruit 
did well last year. Our hen house is 
surrounded by our orchard. Cliickens 
are good to destroy insects in an or- 
chard and the waste fruit is good for 
them. The shade is also essential 
through the hot summer months. Any 
farmer who has a large orchard and 
does not keep a large flock of hens 
upon it is wasting valuable space which 
could be profitably utilized to great ad- 
vantage. No one is so favored with 
natural advantages for profitable poul- 
try as the farmer and we wish we could 
impress this fact upon every farmer 
who is disposed to give the slightest 
recognition to the part which the poul- 
try pay in connection with the farm 
revenues. In many cases we wil find 
farmers are poor and have a mortgage 
upon their farms. Do they know how 
to make the most of the so-called little 



things they have around them? It is a 
question of management, nothing else. 
A penny saved is a penny earned. If 
th;s was applied to small things on the 
farm, no doubt many of our farmers 
would find their accounts in much bet- 
ter shape. I know farmers who think 
poultry is too small a fry for them to 
bother with. I hope our extreme 
drouth has taught some of them that 
their hens are not a very small thing 
after all. I think during the past sea- 
son the hen has proven herself one of 
the most valuable possessions we have 
on the farm, for their earnings pay our 
grocery bills. It seems the prevailing 
idea with the average farmer is that a 
"26c scrub cockerel is good enough; but 
what a mistake to think of the years 
spent trying to do something with 
nothing. Thought and action are the 
great money forces on the farm. Win- 
ter is the best time for thought and the 
other season for action. Let us all 
start in this season (as feed is high) 
with a fixed purpose to raise less quan- 
tity and more quality. No one is justi- 
fied in raising mongrel poultry. Not in 
this day and age of the world. It has 
been amply proven that extra prices 
can everywhere be obtained for good 
stock, be it horse, cow, pig. or chicken, 
and that it costs no more to raise pure 
bred stock than cheap scrubs. We have 
no right to expect results except as a 
logical result of effort and conditions. 
"We shall reap what we have sown." 
is as true today as when first uttered. 
Let us commence at the beginning and 
not expect to accomplish wonders in a 



II 

fortnight. If there were no obstacles, if 
there were no disappointments in store 
lor us, and all were smooth sailing witli 
the almighty dollar, there would be no 
money in the poultry business, for in 
that case every shiftless, careless man 
wlio tried it would succeed, and there 
would be nothing left as a reward for 
earnest efforts. To make poultry keep- 
ing profitable it is necessary to observe 
methods. A successful man in any oc- 
cupation makes his business a study. 
He thinks, plans, and reasons, and his 
mind never loses sight of opportunities. 
If results are adverse from his expecta- 
tions he is not satisfied until he has in- 
vestigated the reasons. These d scnv- 
ered the remedies are applied. Mis- 
takes are considered as object lessons, 
and the same mistakes are not made 
the second time. The fact is, this man 
will make a complete success in the bus- 
iness, and there are other careless men 
who would make a complete failure, in 
the business in the same place and un- 
der the same identical conditions. This 
plainly indicates that knowledge is 
gained from experience, reading and 
using a lot of thinking and planning. 
Now that feed is high is a poor time to 
keep unproductive stock. Look over 
your flock and see if any saving can be 
made by disposing of part. The wise 
farmer will keep nothing but good 
stock. He should begin with but one 
variety of pure bred poultry. I know 
so many who keep from five to fifteen 
mongrel cockrels over for breeding 
stock every year. Now that feed is 
high why not sell every one of them 
and buy one or two nice thoroughbreds 
of whatever breed your choice may be 
Now select your best hens to mate 
with them and only set eggs from their 
pen. You may think this lots of trou- 
ble, but I can assure you it will pay 
you every time. But remember, dear 
reader, "that like begets like" in the 
breeding pen. 

The wise farmer wil try .to keep his 
stock cornfortable. If you cannot do 
this with your present facilities, then 
keep them as comfortable as you can 
this winter and provide proper quarters 
for them before next. Many uncom- 
fortable poultry houses can be greatly 
improved by the judicious use of a little 
lumber, suplemented with straw for 
filling in. In the absence of anything 
better, old newspapers will oftentimes 
stop holes and cracks. Farmers, as a 
class, are in the habit of looking upon 
their poultry as a side issue, or as we 
may plainly express it, "A gift from 
God." They give all their attention to 
their corn, oats, wheat, cattle, etc., and 
their poor chickens, after being raised 
by their good wives, are left entirely to 
nature. Now nature knows her busi- 



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1st Black Langshan cock at Spriiig^tield, 
111., owned by John Hettich, Bowlings Green, 
Missouri. 



Black Lang-shan cockerel, score O.S', at 
Illinois State Show. Weighs lOJi lbs. 
Owned by John Hettich. Bowling Green, 
Missouri. 



ni-s. but tlic best farmer on earth can- 
nft farm unless lie has tlic proper 
things to do it with. 

Now, good farmer, it is just so with 
your hens; if she has good material to 
work with .she will not disapoint you. 
Furnish nature with the things needed 
for the performance of her duty and 
she is perfectly willing to do her part, 
but cannot unless given a fair cliancc, 
any more than your horse can do a 
good day« plowing without food and 
drink. Filth and lice bring on condi- 
tions resembling cholera, and it is as 
h.iiidy to call it cholera as anything, but 
I find this does not make it so. I am 
confident the best cure for this com- 
plaint would be to start in taking care 
of your poultry. ".An ounce of preven- 
tion is worth a pound of cure." On 
colt! days the hens should be kept in 
the hen house and scratching shed con- 
nected with it, in which scatter small 
grain. I find the great secret of eggs 
in winter is to give clean wholesome 
quarters and make them scratch for 
their grain. 

If possible always lay in a slock of 
cheap vegetables and apples for winter 
feed. I also have a rye patch for them 
to roam in on pleasant days. I give a 
warm mash on cold mornings com- 
posed of cooked Indian corn meal with 
all the odds and ends from the table of 
any fine food I can get. At noon I 
give them skimmed milk to drink. I 
Ireep the poultry house whitewashed 
outside and in. with the following 



whitewash. There is nothing better for 
poultry houses. It is made as follows: 
Slack one bushel of good stone lime in 
boiling water, keeping it covered while 
slacking; strain and add one-half peck 
of salt dissolved in warm water; three 
pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin 
paste: one-half pound powdered Span- 
ish whiting and one pound clear glue 
dissolved in warm water. Mix this all 
thoroughly with slacked lime and let it 
stand for several days. .Apply as hot 
as possible with a clean brush. 

I find this is a good preventative 
against lice and mites. I am confident 
if you would start in taking care of 
your poultry and keep accurate account 
of all receipts and expenditures among 
the fowls, and also credit them with all 
their returns. And if you have man- 
aged right I am sure it won't be but a 
few years until success crowns your ef- 
forts and you will also find j-ou have 
accomplished something worthy and 
profitable, that will be a great pleasure 
to you or all that may see your flock 
of well bred, well cared for and vigor- 
ous poultry. My idea is to keep my 
Barred Plymouth Rocks in the most 
vigorous and healthy condition. To do 
so I have learned the most important 
thing is to keep their quarters free 
from filth, lice and mites. Look out 
for lice. Vou cannot breed them and 
raise healthy vigorous poultry. You 
cannot neglect your work and expect 
to make poultry pay. 



NOTICE. 

Any and all advertisers in the Poii.- 
TRY IsvESTiG.\TOR are earnestly re- 
quested to send us any photographs of 
their yards or birds and we will have 
half-tones made of the same and they 
will aprcarin the Inve.stig.\T()h and 
a f'eacription of the same with due 
.;redit to the owner. This is a picture 
age, nothing advertises one's stock as 
well as a nice half tone and you can't 
afford to let this opportunity pass 
without accepting it, so send us any 
photos of yourself, yards or birds and 
we will do the rest. 



This is to certify that I have sold to 
Pinkerton & Co., Clay Center, Nebr. , 
the following stuck: 

Eight pullets and one cockerel mated 
for cockerel breeding, and one coc er- 
el mating. These birds are from my 
best exhibition cockerel line and I be- 
lieve Will produce prize winners. Also 
two cockerels of my best exhibition 
pullet line, same blood as my Xew 
York winning pullets, 

E, B. THOMPSON. 

Note. — Pinkerton &Co. . have moved 
their fine stock of Barred Rocks to 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



The Inland PoDltry Journal of In- 
dianopolis, Indiana, is one of the best 
poultry papers published and is fully 
up-to.date in every respect. It has at 
the wheel Theo. Hughes a well known 
ponltry judge, a lirst-class writer and 
a man familiar with all the details of 
journalism. The Inland Journal has 
improved very much during the past 
year and we wish them a prosperous 
future. Look up their ad elsewhere in 
this issue. 



From I. A. Harvey. 

I^iultry lin estigator, Chiy Center, 
Xil.. Dear Sirs: A> 1 am a reader of 
ycur \alualile [njnltry juuriial ami like 
til reail uhat uther pimltry raisers have 
ti) say ill regard to their success and 
failure in the poultry business, 1 feel as 
though I might say someth ng along 
tli.Li hue that might be of interest to 
smile of your many readers. Can a 
l;erMiii raise poultry on a town lot to 
any aiKantagc' 1 say yes. But you 
\sill ]ia> e to keep a smaller flock than 
yiiu would if you were where ou had 
more room. VVc (that is, wife and I) 
ha\c a lot about luo by 4il feet for our 
poultry yard (you may say, too small 
to do any .good, but we get there just 
the same.) 'i his we have divided off in 
three parts Two-fifths of this in one 
lot and the other three-fifths in two 
lots. All three lots are connected with 
the poultry house. In the big lot we 
have six fine plum trees and one fine 
peach tree that bear fine fruit. About 
tl;e middle of September we turn the 
birds out of this lot. Get some rye. 
Sow it very thick on top of the ground 
and then dig it under about four or five 
inches. Of course you can't cover it 
all up. but this the sparrows will pick 
up. We have to keep the birds off of 
it about two weeks, and by that time 
the rye is up so thick that it completely 
covers the ground. This will give them 
greens enough as long as the snow is 
off. We have had winters that there 
was one or two days in every week 
that they could get green rye enough 
to do them. As soon as spring opens 
up and the snow leaves and from this 
patch they can get green stuff enough 
until the rye ripens, and then they get 
the ripe grain. We usually have from 
25 to 30 birds on this patch, and they 
can't keep it down, the rye being sown 
so thick in the first place, will leave 
plenty to go to seed, which the birds 
soon find. Bread down the straw and 
relish the new grain. By the time that 
the rye ripens I dig up one of the 
other patches and plant it in corn. 
This I do for three purposes. First, 
they are about out of green stuff in 
the rye patch and have to have some- 
thing else; second, hot weather is com- 
ing on and they need some shade, and 
third, why not raise a little corn while 
you are doing the rest. It won't bring 
very much, but it may bring you a 
busli'-l, which will feed your hens for a 
little while. You will not have to pull 
any weeds or suckers; your birds will 
do that for you. Later on I plant tur- 
nips in the other lot. When the corn 
doesn't furnish any more green stuff 
for the birds (but still furnishes shade) 
I have plenty of turnips and tops to 
feed them, and at the same time you 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

have turnips for table use. Poultry to 
do well must have some green stuff to 
pick at. When rye sowing time comes 
, again I put the first lot in rye again, 
and so keep things moving. We al- 
ways have healthy chickens and most 
always have plenty of eggs and some 
to sell. We have two kinds of poultry. 
Buff Leghorns and Black Langshans, 
both pure stock and fine birds. 
Respectfully yours. 

I. A, HARVEY, 
Harrisonville, INIo. 



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The InvE-STicator brought the sale 
of four birds from Colorado. Inquir- 
ies are coming in from Nebraska, Mis- 
souri, Indiana and other states. I am 
now on a small farm j mile east of 
town and am prepared to do business 
in good shape; will be connected by 
'phone in a few days. Am building a 
new $1,2(J0 church in town and preach 
three times every Sunday. Your-s for 
success. ■ CHAMBLIN. 



INCREASE IN POULTR.V. 

TKe Incubator That Ha.tched the Great. 

est Nvimber of Chicks and Endows 

Therrv With HealtK. 

Among the hundred.s of incubators 
advertised broadcast throughout the 
land those manufactured by the Geo 
Ertel Company, Ouincy, 111., stand 
preeminent for volume of product and 
quality. 

Any chicken raiser — farmer or poul- 
try fancier — who is not familiar with 
the advanced theories and successful 
practice demonstrated in the Ertel in- 
cubator.s must eventually confess him- 
self behind the times. 

The George Ertel Company have is- 
sued a finely illustrated 178- page book- 
let descriptive of the various styles 
and sizes of incubators and brooders 
that have made the name Ertel famous 
in the poultry world. This book any 
one may have who will write his wants 
to the (ieorge Ertel Company. 




ERTbL s "\ ICIOK l\(-Uli\10K 

To those who do not own an Ertel 
incubator or who have not seen the 
book, it will be interesing to know that 
this book tells how a hatch in almost 
any machine may be increased, and 
and how any brood may be kept in 
good health, and hundreds of other 
things every chicken owner should 
Know. 

There is also an interesting chapter 
on raising ducks' and others on build- 
ing poultry houses and poultry yards. 

The acquaintsnce with the pleasant 
business methods of Messrs George 
Ertel Company which will result from 
application fur this book will not te 
the least interesting experience. 

Write to-day to George Ertel Compa- 
ny, Quincy, ill. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



FOR EXCBANGE. A 60-egf; Sure Hatch In- 
cubator, for E.xhlbition B. B. K. Games, 
Must be first class stock. A. J, WlUlau.s. 
Clay Center. Nebr. 

BUFF PLYMOTITH ROOK Cockerela from 
first prize cock; very promising. Write fur 
prices. Alljert U. Swett. 'iU Mosley SI,, 
Elgin, lil, 

J. W, WHITNEY. f;hatbam, Ohio. Poultry 
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
and expert mating a specialty 

40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
cheap if taken sdon. 

U. E Genoways. Aurora. Nebr. 

FREE. GAIMES, Eggs $1 00 per 13. (Hrcular, 
lleatbwoods, Irish and Mexican Grays, 
Totnadnes. Irish BIks. Reds. Cornish In- 
dians. $200, Fowls all times. C. U, Smith. 
Fort Plain. N. Y. 

BIG MAIL for poullrymen. Insert your 
name in our poultry dlrecior and receive 
pounrypapers. poultry cata!ngue.s, etc. ev- 
ery day. Only teu cents siiver." Poultry 
Diieclbry Co, A. Goshen. Ind, 

DARK BRA HMAS exclusively. A few stand- 
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and egys 
1.5l> per setting- Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
.Nebraska, 

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stocl< for 
sale. Fggs s'l.OO per 100, $1.00 per VS. My 
stock is tirst clfiss and have won In show 
room. J, P. Scbioeder. clay Center, Neb. 

ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniborgs. Buff 
and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. While 
Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
20 premiums nut of 27 eniries at South Da- 
kota state fair, t ggs for halehiPe. $1.(0 
and up. Circulars free. II. P, Carson. 
Beresford. S. D. 

LIGHT BRAHMaS, I have a few good hens 

and pulleis for sale cheap. J^lrs. Alice Allen, 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
Light Brahmas, $1.60 per seitine of l^ eggs. 
Wiite wants. .lolin H, Rownd. Downs, Kas. 

IIO.SE COMB Wliile and Rose Comb Brown 
Legliorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
15. n-. 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. J, W. 
Cook, Poneto. Ind. 

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekln 
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
ei>. iui.i :.l. Hiui./.o Toms, at $2 each. Pol- 
ai,vl I t.i- ;i ! ii.js :i iiiaMer of ci»rri.spoudence 
.1. I). Grimes. Chamber , Neb. 

Wliri'K PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
' r old hens and Ibis year's pullets and 

Cue l,rr- li f'lr aale. Old stork score 92 points 
au.l 'I' ijiri'i. WiiLc for prices. Geo. N, 
Wood. Welilun. La. 

50.) nUFF. PARKED, White Plymouth Rocks. 
Lifflit Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and 
pullets J2 t" S3 each. Eg-gs 15. +1 00. 100, $6.00. 
Wilton Brown box W. Middleboro, Mass. 

Willi EPLYMlXIT'H ROCKS exclusively. A 
fevv choice coeki rels ^or s ile: look 1st and 
2nil prem uin at S O S poultry show. 
Wii e for prices. J. W. Maisun, Slroms- 
burg. S-hi: Route No 2. 

WHITE H. TIIKKEVS. 1 W. Rock ck.. s^ore 
11414 l>y Russell, for -ale. Also esgs from 
D Biiiiiniis Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and 
Game Uauiams. E.tpert Judge. P. M. Cool- 
ey .Milton, la. 

WHITE W'YANDGTTES. Duston and Nor 
val strains direct. Score 92 to 9.> by Judge 
Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment gruaran- 
le.'d. Best winter layets. Eggs 2-00 per 15- 
Belgiaii hares, i has. C. Uilsun. Holdrege. 
Nebraska. 

O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right 
Eggs Sl.OO per 15 or 54 00 per 100. W, T. Can 
aday, Dover. Lee ci'unty. Iowa. 

BARRFD PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively 
Eggs S4-00 fi r 100. $1.00 for Vt. Adam A 
Weir, Clay Center. NeOr. 

EtiCS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy- 
andottes and Light Brahmas. #1.50 per setting. 
C. Feldman. 2035 N. Main st. Fremont. Neb. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. pure white and as 
t'oixi as the best. Kggs 51.50 per 15. S2 So for 
30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray, Clay 
Center. N«br. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




A pair of Barred Plymouth Rock chicks that weigh 16 pounds— cockerel 
8,'^, puUet 7)4 — owned by J. H. Troug-h, of Minden, Neb. 



Some Lessons Poultry Exhibitions Teacli. 

By J. W. Whitney. 



The average poultry exhibition gives 
lood for much practical knowledge. 
Perhaps the young and ambitious 
breeder of prize fowls receives more 
useful and lasting information from his 
first exhibit, especially if he attends 
personally and is of an observing and 
retentive disposition than can be ob- 
tained from a year's breeding, or read- 
ing of poultry mtormation. It is those 
things that directly affect us financially 
or our reputation and ability as breed- 
ers which are most easily observed and 
remembered. When mistakes and the 
imperfections of our fowls are brought 
to our notice in the show room, and 
we are also aware others see them in 
perhaps a stronger light than we our- 
selves, our pride, our capabilities as 
breeders receives and retains such les- 
sons in a way to warrant renewed and 
and more intelligent effort in the fu- 
ture. While the above is true and al- 
though poultry exhibitions, when right- 
ly conducted, aid and foster the breed- 
ing and popularity of the prize poultry 
of today, yet there is noticeable in 
many of the exhibitions I have attend- 
ed this winter a very unsatisfactory 
management, a poultry exhibition to 
be of the most value as an educational 
and financial success should be run on 
strictly business principles. 

Many of the premium lists which 
have come to my address are wonders 
of useless information. The more im- 
portant things have been omitted and 
those of only minor importance made 
to occupy nearly the whole pamphlet. 
A set of old, back-number rules and 
regulations which have been regularly 
inserted in each succeeding list for 
perhaps 10 or 12 years occupy the first 
few pages— rules that are never lived 
up to and that the association knows 
will not be. When they incorporate 



them in their list. I have often won- 
dered why poultry associations did not 
more generally make arrangements for 
the entertaining of the distinct exhibit- 
or by securing rates and rooms at the 
most convenient good hotel, thus es 
tablishing a headquarters for visitors 
uul exhibitors from a distance. It 
strikes me this would be a valuable ad- 
dition to every list. How often it has 
taken me a day or two to find out 
where the boys were stopping in a big 
town, and we would hardly all get to- 
gether before the closing day of the 
exhibition. This might all be avoided, 
a lower rate secured and all be togeth- 
er upon our arrival in town by a pre- 
vious arrangement and notice in the 
premium list by the secretary, regard- 
ing a suitable place to secure accom- 
modations, reduced rates, and associa- 
:ion with those whose interests are in 
:he same lines as your own is a great 
idvantage. New acquaintances can be 
made, old ones renewed. These even- 
ngs devoted to the interchange of ex- 
periences and discussion of timely top- 
ics of mutual interest to us individual 
and in a breeder sense to the fancy as 
a whole are the more pleasurable 
part of the meeting. Every ambitious 
breeder attends these events more or 
less for the information and friendships 
he may there secure. The more of 
this fraternal spirit there is in evidence 
the more popular and successful our 
exhibitions will become. Again each 
jremium list should contain clear and 
-■orrect information regarding the po- 
sition of the show rooms and hotels to 
the several depots. If by street car tlie 
names of the proper cars to take and 
the streets at which to leave the car 
should be given. A still hunt in a large 
city for a hotel or exhibition room, es- 
pecially at night, is anything but an en- 



viable undertaking. All these little 
courtesies by the association will prove 
to their future advantage and have a 
beneficial effect upon future exhibi- 
tions. The secretary of an exhibition 
is a busy man and many of these ques- 
tions visitors or exhibitors generally 
ask might be forseen and incorporated 
in the premium list in advance to his 
own and the cenvenience of he who at- 
tends. A hearty handshake and wel- 
come to the show room upon the pre- 
sentation of card or name by members 
of an association carries with it lasting 
memories and a warm feeling. Make 
the distant exhibitor feel he is welsome 
and give him fair and impartial treat- 
ment; look after his interest as prompt- 
ly and carefully as those near by, and 
future successful exhibitions are an as- 
sured fact. Allow no familiarity with 
the judge in the show room when at 
vvcrk. His time and best judgment in 
justice to every exhibitor should not be 
diverted from the work he is employed 
to do. No man can have his mind on 
two subjects and do his best. Nse no 
partiality; make this a rule and enforce 
it to the letter. A judge surrounded by 
interested exhibitors or curious visit- 
ors, each making comments and re- 
marks, many of which are intended for 
his ears, is placed in an unfavorable 
position to do good work and often 
receives censure for unintentional mis- 
takes. These things are all worry. No 
association will receive less patronage 
for prohibiting any familiarity toward 
the judge by any one, member of the 
assicoation or any one else when on 
duty. His clerk (a competent one is 
very important) should be in no way 
inteested in results, or with the exhib- 
it. An experienced man, expert in this 
line of work is preferable even if he 
must be paid for his services. 

Again I have seen the door receipts 
of an exhibition reduced one-half at 
least by the offering of special prem- 




A pair of Kuse Comb Brown Leg- 
horns owned by J. H. Trough of Min- 
deu, Neb., basking the warm sua. 




"Ben Hur" 1st p' ize B. P. R. cocK- 
erel at NebrasKa State show at Lin- 
coln, bred and owned by C. M. Hulburt 
Fairbury, Neb 



uims which were of a questionable or 
objectionable character, as speritous 
I'quors, littery tickets, or drink tickets 
at saloons, or other questionable 
places. Associations should be very 
caieful in their acceptation of specials; 
only those of real value and of a per- 
fectly reliable character should be in- 
corporated :n their lists. 

The classification of a show and the 
proper arrangment of the exhibit aids 
the visitor, superintendent and judge 
materially in doing quick and satisfac- 
tory work. Too often we see a class 
scattered all over the room, when prop- 
erly it should be in one row or section 
only. Where birds are shown in same 
coops in which they are sent to the 
show this is difficult but somethin ap- 
proaching order man be maintained. 

Within two hours after a class is 
judged the cards should be sighned, 
card footed up and the ribbons or pre- 
mium cards upon the coops. This 
can easily be done if the secretary is 
onto his job and no other kind of a 
secretary should be considered wirthy 
the place. 

The anticipation and preparation for 
prompt, quick work in each depart- 
ment, in advance is one-half the battle. 
A management which fully realizes 
these things, that is composed of hon- 
orable, reliable men, always have the 
satisfaction of having their exhibits well 
patronized and their association well 
spoken of. Not only this, a show con- 
ducted on right principles fosters and 
builds up the poultry interests, not only 
of the section in which it occurs, but 
also in a broader sens* adds dignity 
and (onfidenee ta the whale fan«y in- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Uresis of the country. While an ini 
properly run e.xhibition is a step back- 
\vard. It is said there is honor among 
thieves and criminals, but hardly of a 
character to create a great deal of con- 
iidence in them as desirable citizens 
Place the management of our poultry 
exhibitions on a basis approaching to 
those empowered by our best conduct- 
ed fraternal societies, backed up by a 
guarantee fimd sufficient to cover all 
possible losses and the question of the 
payment of all obligation will be one 
which will give little anxiety to associa- 
tion or exhibitor. I refer to this as it 
is one of the more common causes foi 
ill-feeling and dissatisfaction. No poul- 
try association can draw a large ex 
hibit unless premiums and all obliga- 
tions are met promptly and in full. A 
mistake here often proves the cause of 
distrust of not only the association as 
a body but each of its individual mem- 
bers personally often affecting them 
and their reputation as men and breed- 
ers many times more than the amount 
it would take to strengthen up all in- 
debtedness as soon as contracted. 
There are many other conditions which 
have a depreciatory affect upon a poul- 
try exhibition but space at this time 
forbids their mention. The expression 
of these few thoughts are intended for 
only those whose experience is less 
than my own along these lines 

J. W. WHITNEY. 



THE SPRING RENOVATION. 

One of the prominent symptoms of 
"spring fever" is the house-cleaning 
mania. And the tidy home keeper ex- 
tends this to the poultry house as 
well. No matter how tididly the work 
of caring for the flock may have been 
done during the winter, with warm 
weather come demands for a complete 
renovation. 

There are numerous effective meth- 
ods of accomplishing this, each hav- 
ing to 'iome individuals certain advan- 
tages. A popular method is to clear 
out all movable boxes and perches, 
cle?n them thoroughly, and then close 
the house tight and burn sulphur or 
brimstone, the fumes of which are 
prnof against insect life. A coat of 
whitewash serves to further cleanse 
and sweetens the premises. 

Finally washing the perches with 
kerosene is another method of dispers- 
ing vermin. By spraying the kerosene 
upon walls with a common fruit tree 
sprayer one can dislodge the pests; 
and as the kerosene evaporates rapidly, 
even a thorough drenching with the 
liquid does not prevent the use of the 
building for any great length of time. 

Strong carbelic saap sud^ is another 



\akiable remedy easily and cheaply ap- 
pbed. Some usually sold under this 
head is not strong enough to be fully 
effective as a farm insecticide, but it 
may be easily concocted at home. To 
five pounds of common bar soap allow 
one-half pound of carblic acid crys- 
tals. Put the soap into a pan with a 
little water and heat slowly until dis- 
solved. Remove the cork from the bot- 
tle of acid and place the latter in a dish 
of hot water. This will transform the 
crystals' into a fluid. Pour into the 
melted soap and stir thoroughly; then . 
set away to cool. This soap will keep 
for a long time, and is extremely use- 
ful not only about the poultry house, 
but in ridding cattle of vermin. .\ 
strong suds applied to house plants in- 
vested with aphis and then washed off 
liter a few minutes with clear water 
will be found an efficient remedy. 

Now that carbon bisulphid is used so 
generally for destroying insect life, it 
seems that in renovating the poultry 
houses there might be made another 
successful application, though I have 
never seen it advocated for this pur- 
pose so far as I can recall. There is 
no doubt but that it would be death 
to lice or any other animal life 
therein, providing the building was 
shut up tight for 24 or 36 hours. The 
only danger would be that the sub- 
stance is highly explosive, and during 
this time it would be imperative to 
guard the building from a single spark 
of light in any form. 

BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 




We present herewith a picture of R. 
R. French, Ford City, Mo. Standing 
on his lap is "Missouri Boy." score 
94'2, and a prize winner. He breeds 
S. C. White Leghorns exclusively, has 
been for some time, and his stock is 
well and favorably kuowu in all partu 
af the country. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



The White Hollands. 



'I'frcir superior nierlu. And inr .1 
market piirpose, 1 iliirk they liave no 
e.,tial. While we dn not think the 
White oHllands outdo the hron/e tnr 
K<ys in weight, ] lliink they average 
U]) !o them pretty well, and I am sure 
thi.y are much easier to ra se. Why? 
I'.ecause you do not have to out of the 
chicken range to hunt their lusts. 1 
use to spend a whole forenoon liunting 
a bronze nest— yes. several of them— 
and then perhaps when 1 di<l find it a 
skunk had got there first. Vou can 
fix a Holland nest just the same as a 
ch'eken's. They are not hard to take 
up from setting: in fact, they just act 
as if they know just what is wanted of 
them. .^Iso think they mature a month 
earlier "than the bronze. They fatten 
easier. You also can drive them in a 
flock anwyhere you wish. Hatched 9} 
from three hens I lost quite a good 
many, too, by the hot weather while 
.five weeks old of the late hatch, but ] 
raised 54 large, fine turkeys. They 
were just handsome to look at, so pret- 
ty and white. We could drive them 
every morning to the meadow or wheat 
.stubble to hunt grasshoppers. Vou 
would enjoy hearing them chirp and 
catch the hoppers. The children en- 
joyed taking them out to hunt the hop- 
pers. When they come home they 
would have some wonderful story to 
tell about the turkeys. They can soon 
clean a field of these pests that are 
so desructive to our fall wheat and 
meadows. I can go out any time of 
dayMiM pick my Hollands up. If you 
want to make a sale of any of them 
they will all come to see a stranger, 
you inay be sure on that. The Toms 
will d<5 their paft in showing off by 
strutting. I sold a tryo to a lady that 
always raised the bronze. She sent 
me \«crd to catch them on a certain 
night and she would be after them the 
next day. When she came she seem- 
ed to be quite put out about me not 
catching them, though it would make 
ihem wild to chase them. We went out 
and I called them up. She being a 
slrarger, they soon fenced her in. I 
told her now to pick out her tryo. She 
itisl laughed and said they really seem- 
ed to be making fun of lier. I saw the 
lady some time afterward. She was 
pleased with them; thought the longer 
she had them the better she liked them. 
This is quite a long White Holland let- 
ter, but if some of you wish I will tell 
you how I raise<l those birds, not with 
a hen, but very easy I am sure. 

mVttie STUFFT. 

Lawrence, Neb. 




A prize winning White Wyauflotte 
cockerel owned by W. A. Forbes, 
North Topeka, Kan. 



Notice ta Advertisers. 

After this all matter relating to ad- 
vertising, such as new ads, changes, 
etc., must be in the Poui,TRY Invksti- 
GATOR office as soon as the loth of the 
month preceding the date of issue to 
insure insertion as we must hereafter 
print 30,000 copies to meet our circula 
tion each month and we must have a 
little time to "ma' e up" and print the 
paper. All matter received after the 
ISth will consequently lay over until 
the following month. 



It is a well known fact that 50 per 
cent of thj chicks hatched throughout 
the country die before they are three 
weeks old. One of the greatest causes 
.)f this mortality is improper feed. 
The l)e«t feed for little chicks that has 
come to my notice is Mrs. Pinkerton's 
Perfect Chick Food. It contains the 
best material the market affords and 
all that is essential to the life and 
growth of the chick. I would not try 
to raise chic' ens without it. 

L. P. HARRIS. 

Socorro, N. M. March 2(1, 1902. 
Poultry Investigator: 

Can any of your readeas tell me how 
to pack and keep- eggs sor s>ix ^months 
or more. Will packing in slacked 
lime and storing in a cool place keep 
all O. K. Will they not keep if packed 
in a ban'el of «alt brine? 

W. D. BYERTS. 



ORIOLE FARMS. Twin Lalies. Wisciiiislil, 
send free a Partridee WraiKjolte catalogue, 
A. D. Burhaus. 

S. C. ^\'. LEGHORNS, three pens lieaded bv 1st 
and 2iid cklsaild 2nd cock Knapp strains ,l.n() 
per 15: 4.00 per lIKi tliis season. Bookinir or- 
ders now. M. li. Plymett, Watsoulown, Pa. 

FA.CS for hatchintr; Wliite Plymouth Rocks 
and White VN'vanrtottes. LS for 1.75. S.C.White 
and Brown Leirhorns, 1.25. Belirian hares for 
sale. S. S.-Dunn. 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea- 
polis, Minn. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5.0 point cockerel, 
large and pure white. Euk's, l..":!) per 15. No 
stoolc for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehni. 
Harvai-d, Nebr. 

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. U 
varietii-s of thorouifhbr.id poultrv. E|.r(.'S for 
liHichLiiif from 6i)c to 1.25 p,r si-tilinr. Writ.- 
for particulars. O. O. L,inu-ii. Decorah. Iowa. 

BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen. cockerel score. 
•ly,, pullets WJj lo'>3: eL'trs 3.01) for 13. Yd 2 
and 3, 2.1111 for 15; vd 4, l.(Kl for 15, 4.i)tl per \m. 
Bronze Turkevs 2.IKI for 10. Mrs. Clias. Lowrv, 
Dunbar. Nebr. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclu4iv,.U. Et-'irs 
from pen, 2.1X1 per 1.5. These are line birds. 
Those at larg-e. I.IH) per 15; 4.00 per lOO. Mrs. 
M. A. Barrans. LeMo.v. Iowa. 

EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded 
American Domini. [ues, 51..=o per l.\ i.fii per 20. 
Also c.ckerels at 53 and pullets at f2. Blue 
Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick. U' W.-si 11th St.. 
Erie, Pa. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel 
strain. Pen headed byS25c.)ck: every hen a 
lop-notcher. E(ftrs 2.50 per 15. Your chance 
to get the t>est White blood in the world. H. 
C. Nichols, P. M.. Spearville. Kan. 

E(;GS— Columbian Wvand.ittes, Hnest in the 
land. Buff Orpinirt.'ins. White Lansrshans, 
White Indian (.ames. R. C. White Lejrhorns 
Silver Wyand.>ttes. Also fr.pm R. C. Brown 
Legrhorns very cheap. F.iwls. d.)irs, birds and 
pipeons cheap. Indian Runner ducks. Enclose 
stamp. N.i circulars. Address Hillcrest 
Farm, Millediu'eville, Pa.J 

EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
Wvandottes 51.50 per 15. S2.50per3O. Known 
as I. X. L. Poultry Y'ards. Satisfaction g^uar- 
anteed or nionev refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas. Sta. B. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wvan- 
dottes, White Kloitdikes, best ..btainable. 
Stock and ejTffs for sale in .seas.m. T. W. 
Beccher & Co., Reed City, Mich. 

BELGIAN H.\RES.J2..50 per pair. S. L. Wv- 
andottes. Pekin Ducks. 20 esrirs Sl.OO. Als.) 
Poland China h.)jrs. While China Geese, and 
White Cruinea pig-s- H. L. Felter. Washta 
Cherokee county. Iowa. 

MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS, prize wiu- 
ninjf stock scorinj.' from 'Hi to 05 p.>ints El'i-'s 
SI. 50 per IS. Mammoth Pekin Duck efu's 
S1..50 fur 11. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
Allen. Glay Center. Nebr.iska. 

O. I. C. SWINE f.irsale from one of the best 
herds in state ..f Illinois. Bo.)kini.' orders now- 
forpitr.s, sinjrle, pairsand tri.is. Mated Noakin. 
I'rices within reach of all. .\lso ejTK's from 
lari,'e. frrowthv Llirht Brahma and B. P. R.)ck 
chickens for sale at ?2.(H) per 15 .ir S3.l«l per .3(1. 
.\ddress Chas. Griffith. Woburn. 111. 

FINEST WHITE ROCKS in the slate. Eifirs 
SI.50 per 13. Oris B. Lewi-,, Il.'.l Wabash Av.-.. 
Fort Wayne, lud. 

ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm 
sends free a Partrid,<e Wvandotte Catal.ijfue. 
A. D. Burhaus. Twin Lakes. Wis 



S5,000 cl^iYLll^ FREE! 

It w wrtb(^ut a rival. Glve8low«t i.Hoesof fowls and ecgB. 

5.) breedH Turkeys, Gee^e. I>uA«and ChlckeDa. Hoii- 

« of plutesfromlife. 1 5 best ooultry boose pluia Trest- 

»Be oodlsesse9,howto teed, bre«d. etc. Send lOc. forpoflta^ 

■J. K. Brabaiou. Jr. k Co., B<nlOo.Oclnu, Wb, 



For Sale. 

lilack Ivaiig-shan Cocl-erels, ,^0c 
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes 
Sl.ai each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
and S3. All stock pure blood. 
Mrs, Albert Ray & Son, VVltsey, Kan. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



HOl'l" OKinNU lONS, ■Uook's StrHlns,"' SKS 
li for SiiOO; hnwh g luriiniet'd $.1 0(1 from 
l)lrds biitf to the skin Kiirt pro;;iny of im- 
piitml slock. Express piopiiiU. A. Kdward 
(ire-n. .lollet, 111. 

K.i;GS f.ir hutt-hins. Kroiii 2 spUndld p-ns 
piiZf! vvinniii.' Bliii-k Li'iKsliai.s. s.Mi-e flJ'/2 
III !i5's Kufl Urpii.j:tons and Kose (Joiiib 
l!l.t 'k Biintanis. Uirrulars free. John Cule, 
M II \Villian.sti,!ld. III. 

KCOS fnirn my B«aiii.v Strain of bigh scor- 
!■ K 1. iilir. Itriihnias imn prize winning 
Kiiick .SiiniatT-as, 15 f.i-$l 00. They are up- 
to-date Cbas. M. Palmers, Nassau. N. Y. 

lUKK CO MIl.V cbi'kens. Toulouse giese. 
Diiro- TiMspy swine. Cuckerels for sale 
wiih s -ore cmV.is, (.:iii ken eggs J:;.no for l.'i. 
i;.-p.se pff'-'s i.ioeacli. r'has. A. Allison, Ten- 
nrs ee. 111. 

WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. 
Turkevs. prize winner B. P, Rocks. (Rinflet 
Strain S. S W.vandoties. S. C, Brown Leir- 
hiirn. Bi'ds for sale. E^es in season. Mrs, 
Taylor Raker, Maenolia. Mo. 

THE STAR POULTRY YardshasS C.Brown 
Leirlior.is. Barred and White Rocks and 
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
..I East Peoria. I). E. Glatlield, East Peoria. 
111. nianaerer. 

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
dottes. Single Coinb Brown Loghornf . 
T bey are stale winners. Live and let live 
U our motto. Dorkings. 150 per setting, 
other settings 1 00. Circulars free. O. Mul- 
lin. Beauford. Minn. 

lUTFF ROCKS. Erenest lot in the west. 1st 
premium stock at leading shows. W to 14 3 
grand matings. eggs 2 ?0 per 15 Robt. Lar- 
nier. Rarenwood. Mo. Box 7. .S. V. Pres. Buff 
Rock Club. 

EGGS 7,Sc per 15. Farm range. Black Lang- 
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn From 
pen No 1. Black Langshan. 200 per 15. Pen 
No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 SO per 15 
Browning. Appteton City, Mo- 



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'. H. COTTON. Superior Black Langslians; 
Eggs l5forS2.iK1. S. H.Cotton. Appleti.n City. 



FOR SALE. 2 cht 
Place order at or 
VESTIGATOB. Clay 



White Klondike hens 
Address Poultry In 
enter. Nebr. 



WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE-^. 
Eggs 1.00 per i:i White Wyandotte rocker- 
eis 100 each. Pekin dui Rs 2 .tO per trio. 
Eggs per si/ttinsr. fl.ii;. Mr=. U. M. Clark, 
Sumner. Nebra.'-ka. 

EliGS Foil SALE! White Crested Black Pol- 
ish, 2.50 per 15. Buff Leghorns. Buff Rocks. 
Light Brahmas. eggs 1.25 per 15. Also Duroc 
Jersey swine. Write vour wants. C. E. Ol- 
son. Colon. Nebr. 

S. S. HA.MUUKGS. Eggs only for shI 
ting 1 .iu; 2ur uioresiirmgsl.OO: S.OOperbO. 
Key. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas. 

HUFF UhPINGToNS and W Holland Tur- 
keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy 
slock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
Chick 01 eegs 2.00, turkpy tgg.s, 1.50. Mat- 
tie Siuflt. Lawrence. Neb. 

tiET THE best: One dollar buys 15 eggx 
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
Comb Black Minorca.s. C.L. Norman, Stioras- 
burg. Neb. 



PRIZE WIXN'ING S. C. W. Li-gb. 



.nis. White 
lams. Leg- 
Click at Des 
per 15; 4.1H) 
-ed Cramer- 



AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KX) Bronze 

Tnrkeys sire 44 to 44 lbs. 2lX1 cockerels P. 

Rocks.W\ andijttes. Legnnrns. Bantams. Guin- 

eris. Jersev cattle. Stuck and eggs for .sale. 

25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons. De 

Kalb, Ills. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 

Kock e'lrgs for hatching, from my best birds. 

l.m perl5: bred on different farms, free range. 



Pekii 
Uur 



, Ka^ 



eggs 



11 for 50c. B. L. (i 



FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg- 
horns i-.xcUisiyt-lv : 10 years standing: egg pro- 
ducing slr.vin. Can furnish 1110 eggs per d.ay. 
Price. 15 lor l.iKi; 50, 2..50 and 100,4.00. C H. 
Fywn. Council Grove, Kansas. 
B ROCKS eggs from 2 pen«. 1.50 lor 15. 

r e"s strain, none better. Write your want*. 
J. W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

There is a way to adverti.se without 
alvertising premiums won by others. 
If you can't win with your own birds 
do not rob other people of their honors. 
Last month one of our patrons, through 
a mistake he claims, advertised that 
they won first on hen, first and second 
on pullet in the Orpington class at 
Lincoln last January, when the facts 
were they won none of these premiums. 
First hen was won by John A. Ling, 
Harvard, Neb., first pullet by P. H. 
Campbell. Osceola. Neb . and second 
pullet by Mrs. Henry Shrader. Berlin, 
Net) 

Dogs a-rvd Incubattors. 

Ida Shepler, Raleigli, Ind. 
Dogs and incubators are not exact- 
ly classed in one list, but the out- 
come 01 the incubator, the chicken 
house, and the dog go together. And. 
one of my neighbors, who had 7-5 small 
chicks taken by a chicken thief from a 
brooder, lamented the absence of a dog 
in his vicinity, also. 

A month or more ago, on tliese 
pages, some one asked what sort of 
dog was best to watch a chicken 
yard or house. Of course that de- 
pends. Dogs of the same breed or 
variety differ as to watchfulness. For 
my part, I think the Scotch Terrier 
the ideal watch dog not only for the 
chicken house but dwelling house. 
There is no dog more intelligent. They 
are trained for show dogs with half the 
training given other dogs of the show 
kinds. They are shy of strangers and 
resentful of strange intrusion on theii 
grounds. Their bark is shrill as to be 
startling, and what is better for a watch 
dog, they will spring at a friend, with 
loud barks, the same as a stranger. 
They cannot see well and do not know 
a friend until they get their nose 
against him. In this case, though one 
le:lsit- of your neighbors, a favorite of the 
dog, same to the hen roost, the dog 
would warn you. They seldom eat from 
a strange hand, and if well fed for sup- 
per, I do not believe could be induced 
to eat meat given to them in the night. 
The great trouble in this country in the 
keeping of valuable watch dogs of the 
larger lirceds is in this matter of pois- 
oning. \'cry lew are allowed to live. 
Thieves can easily make friends with 
those large dogs, and just as easily in- 
duce them to eat poisoned food, 

1 have a full blood Scotch Terrier, 
which was bought to guard the house 
in-ide at ivght. with no thought that 
he was ihe typical chickon dog But 
that he is. Not a chicken squalls 1)Ut 
he runs to investigate the reason. He 
can drive an old hen and her brood bet- 
ter than 1 can, and always acconipajiies 
me on such excursions taking his side 
of the flock and quietly keeping them 
in line to the place intended. He will 
lie iewn by a basket or b»x of newly 



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BUSINESS CATCHERS. \ 



North 1-TAR POULTRY yards a few 
choice Karred Rock and ^N hite Wyandotte 
cockerels left. Northwestern bii yers save ex- 
orbitant express rates and order early- J *j. 
Tjaden, Lentiox. South Dakota. 
NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. .1. 1. 
Cla' k, 26th & Y Sis.. Lincoln, Nebr. 
-ILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively, 
strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best 
egg production. They are winners, eggs that 
will hatch, 1,00 for 15. W. O. Johnson. Stroms- 
hurg. Neb. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. From Boston winners. 
EgBs2 0nper setting, delivered. Yards 
headed hv prize wini e's. Females as good 
lis the beat. G. W. Hardin. Ulysses. Neb. 
1 OJLTKY PAPRKS nt cost, valuable cir- 
culiirs free. Eggs 1 00 per 15. 4.00 per 100. 
Buff UocKs Huir wyandottes. Big birds, 
fertile eggs A. B Kathamler, Macedoniii. 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch In- 
cubatois. In Hrsi class condition, will sell 
V rv cheap. Whi.e Kock Farm, Wap Ho. 
Iowa, 
'MBs- SINGLE Comb Brown Leghorns 
Reguar egg machines. Stock direct from 
besi eastern breedeis. Eggs for sale 1.00 
for l.j. W. E Combs, J ulUu. Neb. 
HATTIE BYFIELD. Mc'ook. Nebr. Eggs 
for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah- 
mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White 
Holland I u' keys and mammoth Pekin ducks 
15 hen eggs $2.00, <l turkey eggs »1..50, 11 ducK 
$1.00. Duck eggs SO.OO per UXi. A few nice 
drakes to sell. 
THE INTEKNATIONAL POULTRY E.\ 
change wants every person who has good, 
mediumpriced thotougbred poultrv forsale 
to send aescriptiou and prices, with 10c. to 
answer intiulrii s: also anyone wishes to boy 
any breed of thoioughbred 1 oultry to send 
for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
your home. O. E. Duulap, Supt. Liberal, 
tCansas; U. S. A. 
EGGS for sale. While Crested Black 250 
per 15 Buff Rocks. Butt Leghorns. Light 
Hrhmas. e.ggsl25 per 15 Stock for sMe. 
Write your wants. C. E. Ulson. Colon, Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH KOCK5. Farm raised. 
£""■8 75 cents pei 15. Strawberry plants 60 
cents per liO. Loudan Ked Raspberry 
plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
Coryvlile. Pa. 

EGGS Barred Rcks (Thompson strain) 

Wbi e Ki.cks (Rmire) White Wyandotte 

ilins'. . -.ijye L old Wynndotle (Goette) 

Light Urai.m . (Fel.-h) la f ir 1 2.5 Also a few 

L M. Whltiaker. 38o east 



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111. Ml 



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aNG-HNS. Partridge Cochins 
,,,.. ;ii . il Wvandintos. Kose Comb 
I! own Le-horns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
I'nr - V ■ v r aso lalile for quality of stock 
If vou waiii i-omethin- good write at once. 
t; F K 1 z La., rei.ce. Neb. Have hne 
English Berksl.l e hogs. 

EGGS. Barred P.ymoi.tli It ^-k birds scoring 
H.iiiii'U KsJ-s »1 .111 pi 1 15; 2 51) per M; 
Ui.il, v,i 1- . " ss In !i; ■; ou per 15: 1 50 per 30, 
4 00 per 100. ,1 F Li n & Son. North Eng- 
lish. 1 K F. 1>. 2. 

BELGIAN HARES 25 voung does bred to fine 
bucks scoring 'H'l at S3.ilO each, or 2 does and 
a bu.h fiir*7 00. All lirst-class stock. J . S. 
MarUel. » ahoo. Neb. 

WHITK WV \N'I)oTTES. Line bred for fan- 
cy utlli V lieiiw layiui strain. Best shape 
» ii.iiii, I k 1 -I neii. at Ohio State show, 
•il-o ii Poll ir Sliott at Akron. Eggs 2 «• 
inrobilor • "V- x specialty 6.00 per 100. 
locker. Is fi. sal C D McVlckers, Pleae- 
aiil II ■ O li 1 

P\KTRlDGEiOCHlN ONLY. A few choice 
heviiy fe- thered pullets for sale. EggsJl.-sO 
per 15. P.-n headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state 
shew. 1'02. S:iiisfaction guaranteed, H. h- 
ijowman. Lawrence. Nebr. 

SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most 
beautiful fowl and great layers. Cockerels 
for sale. Eggs $1.25 for 15: $2^25 for X: $.1,011 
for45. J. E Haynes. Ames. Monroe CO. HI. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
class and mv prices right. I have spared nei- 
ther time or expense to get the best st. ck- 
Scores from tZh to ''S\. Eggs for sale, J1..50 
per 15. fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free. 
E E. Bowers. Bradehaw. Neb. 




Ross Bros.', Manhattan, Kas.. 2nd 
prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel at To- 
peka, Kas., stale show Jan, b 10. Ross 
Bros make the best trap nest known. 



hatched chicles and if I allowed him 
would stay with them for days, scarce- 
ly leaving them to eat. A poultry buy- 
er lives near us. The dog knows the 
roll of the chicken wagon far away and 
i\eyj;r,.iiils to meet it, and nothing it 
sefrHs cSn coax him away from watch- 
ing every one of those chickens un- 
loaded and walking under them to the 
coops kept for feeding them until ship- 
ped. No one has taught the dog this. 
It simply .seems to be his nature to 
iodk'^affer 'poultry. 

It's' a 'drop up or down, I scarcely 
know which, from the chicken guard to 
the- chicken hatcher. There are some 
people, yet a few — tlie number is a di- 
minishing one — who think the hen a 
proper machine to furnish heat, air and 
other necessaries for hatching the egg, 
and caring for the ducks. Despite of 
this, the incubator is the outcome of all 
manner of devices for hatching eggs, 
the last thcui^nd and more years, by 
people who did not want to put up 
with the old natural careless, shiftless 
method of the hen. Nature has a habit 
of wasting a bushel of everything to 
produce a thimbleful. She has plenty 
of time before her is the reason, while 
man in the chicken business hasn't. If 
he make anything he has got to get 
there early and late while the price is 
f!noA and get his share, and this is 
xthfre the incubator helps him. 

A thousand years ago, the Egyp- 
tians hatched chickens in ovens pre- 
pared for the purpose. Long, long 
ag-> in China, and today also, people 
make their living hatching ducks for 
their neighbors and the trade far and 
near on their housetops in the sun, A 
p'jnd of water near by is the broodtr. 
I had a naighbor snce wh* hatchtd late 



POTJLTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

}\ chickens around a radiator opening 
roll) her kitchen into the room above. 
There ar« better ways of hatching 
chickens than under a crazy old hen. 
The day is shortly coming when farm 
rt'i\es and alU other wives that raise 
.■hickens, will wonder that they ever 
'withered with hens. And the farmer 
will smile upon the old way as he now 
sni les on the old cradle for wheat cut- 
ting purposes. 

'I here are some people yet who argue 
that il is little use purchasing an incu- 
'i.it"r tmless you are going into the 
lni<incss big. That is another fallacy. 
If you have but room enough to keep 
fifty or one hundred chickens for your 
own table use in the summer, the 
[uicker your work of hatching them 
out and caring for them through the 
most trying time of their life is over, 
the better. You can have all you need 
hatched out in three or six weeks at 
the farthest, and then that bother is 
over. I have known womeiV,' lots of 
them, on a farm to be all' summer long 
getting from one hundred and fifty to 
two hundred chickens hatched. And 
then they were of all sizes and at all 
stages of trouble. And by the time the 
'uilk of them were ready for market 
he market was down to nothing al- 
most and they actually gave all their 
hard work away. But thank fortune, 
they are waking up gradually. 

Talk about an incubator being a 
trouble. What is the trouble of flip- 
ping over a couple of hundred eggs 
morning and evening, and some incu- 
bators do their own work even here; 
to look after twelve hens sitting on the 
same amount of eggs. I've been there 
for years, I know. There never wa? 
twelve hens yet that would peacefully 
look after themselves, and bring out 
half the number of chicks the wooden 
hen brooding the satne amount of eggs 
will. In the first place, they come off 
at just any time of day they please tn 
be fed. You just run your feet off Ui 
find them ?nd get them fed, keep the 
other chickens from eating it all up 
from the crazy thing, for a setting her 
is that always. Then you must set 
they all get on their own nests, which' 
they never exactly do. Then there i> 
sure to be a fight, and you've g-^t 
new nest to make and take out the cjl 
and wash all the broken egg off. ! 
the time those twelve are ready i 
hatch not half of them will have h 
the esrgs started with, and if half tha 
half bring forth chickens strong an' 
able to cheep you may consider your 
self lucky. This is truth, not exagger 
ation. Every farmer's wile knows tha 
to get one hundred chicks started saft 
ly going almost three times tha 
amount of eggs must b« watted. An' 
after all the hard 'w*rk this is 'y«ut 



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Tlie next thing is raising them. You 
might almost as well, especially in 
early spring, let the hen hatch the 
chicks as give them to her after the 
incubator hatched them. For she is 
sure to undo all its good work. A 
chicken, like everything else that goes 
afoot, is a creature of habit. The hen 
takes her brood far afield in deep 
brush and weeds, and not only teaches 
them to be wanderers, but before she 
discards them has allowed the greater 
part of the brood to become the prey 
of cats and many another chicken en- 
emy lurking in weeds and brush to 
catch their straying feet. A flock oi 
cliickens raised in a brooder of any 
kind, no difference how roughly impro- 
vised, learns to stay close by that 
brooder. When old enough to trust 
away from it they seldom get out of 
its sight, for there they know comes 
their food, r.nd there is shelter in cold 
and rain. Let a dash of rain come up 
and how they skurry to it. Take the 
chicks raised by the hen and they will 
cuddle down, after she has left them, 
under a bunch of grass or other small 
protection in a storm, and drown. 

Feed is the next large consideration. 
Small chicks do not need much at a 
feed, but they require it regularly. In 
the brooder they get this at a saving 
expense. With the hen they do not, 
for after the first few days, she gobbles 
it all up herself. Watch and you will 
see. Not only this, but she brings her 
chicks up when she pleases, and you 
have to be running around at all hours 
feeding chickens. Though you have 
a feeding pen, made to turn the old 
hens, and let none in but the chicks, 
some of the chickens are bound to 
come up oftener and get more food 
than others. 

As for the best incubator, that seems 
to depend on favoritism. Some will 
swear by one kind, some by another. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

There never has been ;in incubator 
made, no difference how good or at 
what price, but what some one would 
find fault with it, the fault usually ly- 
ing with the finder. 

It is best, so it is claimed, in buy- 
ing; an incubator to buy one costing 
just a little more than you thought at 
iirst you could afford to give. One is 
more likely to be satisfied than if they 
bought a cheap one. though it fitted 
their pocketbook best. And yet a very 
dear high priced one may prove a poor 
so'.-rce of satisfaction, if owned by a 
careless person. The best incubator 
that I know of was pronounced a com- 
plete failure by its first owner. After 
she had thrown away all the eggs her 
own and her neighbors' hens could fur- 
nish her for a space of two years, her 
husband bade her put the thing away 
and go back to the old way of hatching 
chickens. Afterward a neighbor bought 
the incubator with all its attachments 
cheap. "For his young daughter to ex- 
periment with," he explained. But the 
girl was not fond of experiments, as 
the first owner had been. She consid- 
ered that the maker of the incubator 
knew his business. Sending for a new 
list of instructions she prepared to fol- 
low them. Giving the incubator only 
half its egg chamber space in eggs, and 
following her grandmother's rule to set 
the eggs same day laid, she put in 100 
eggs gathered from nests that day. She 
did not venture to test these first ones, 
just letting them bring what they 
would, but she followed other direc- 
tions closely and that incubator 
brought forth OG strong chicks from 
those 100 untested eggs. Of course, 
she did not always do this well after 
even with eggs tested for fertility, but 
she comes so near it that she is a de- 
cided success with an incubator. That 
girl could redeem the name of a poor 
incubator, while the first owner of the 
machine would ruin the reputation of 
the best as far as her word could reach. 



19 

Ohio's Whitest White Rocks. 

Winners wherever shown the past 10 
year-, scoring 04 to 9(> points. Also 
Open Laced Wyandoties and Black 
Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting. 

Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
(Station A, Route 'i.) 



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\yl to it.") points. Won 
at the great Co umhus 
Show l!)01-2, and Ohio 
State Exposition 1901. 
Stock for sale. Eggs 
$1..50 per fifteen. 

D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 




LIGHT BRAHMAS- white and b 

Kmks. Wliiie i'i"l -ilvpr Laced Wsnd- 
ottes. White anri Rrnwn Lnfrhnrns. Peklo 
Ducks. America's best sttii ins. My stock 
has won 2ii(i preiiiliinis In the pastthife 
vpai>:it the irreat Uiiimuhus show. Npwaik 
and ilie Ohio Stale F>xposttion. Stot k f o r 
s;Uc al an tinii'S. Egprs $1 SO per rlnzpn. 

K«d Oak roiiltr) Farm, J. C HVDEllWOVD.I'rop. 
Sta. B. Columbus, Ohio, 



BRIGEL'S Celebrated Strains 



I'n^Li. rcliiaK'S ■a.'^W 

liUCKS. judges as Bridse. Lane, Jones, have 
won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
great Polunibus show. Newaik. and the Ohio 
State Exposition. Slock for sale at all times. 
Eggs $i 50 per 15. the kind that win. 
F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. 



m.\ Light Bfahmas, 



Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
from stock scoring 92 to 93>4, 
$1.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 

Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Neb 



White Plymouth Rocks, 

Scored by Rhodes from 9>'2 to 9-1. 
Owens & Canfield's strain, "Stay 
White." Eggs $1.50 per 1."). 

Wftf. Randolph, 

Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. Ho. 1. 

Fxive Bred Foultry. 

DARK BRAHMAvS 
SILVER WYANDOTTES 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 

M. D.KING, Minden,Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

WINNERS ^''^^'- -'^"'' ^""'' 1901—194 
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
hibition birds for sale. 

H. R. McLean, 
Red Oak, - - Iowa 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

but one bird the second time. How is 
tliii for one winter's shows. If we 
have fair luck I shall be with the hard- 
est classes I can find next season. 
Yon know these fellows out west are 
the "show me" kind. They are not 
all from Missouri but they have to be 
showed before tlicy will give up. The 
Chicago show was a grand show, coops 
were all tilled with the finest speci- 
mens and all of the leading varieties 
well represented. Many of the win- 
ners from Boston and New York were 
there and some of them did not get a 
place. The managers and officers did 
themselves and the association nobly 
and gained many a staunch friend 
among exhibitors from a distance as 
well as their nearby brothers. The 
Chicago show is nearing the point 
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U. S., and with a fairly good patron- 
age of the best breeders of the west it 
will soon be knocking at the Garden 
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Surprise, Nebr., Feb. 5, 1902. 
Mr. I.,. P. Harris, Clay Center, Nebr , 
Dear Sir:— I am at home again from 
the east. I attended ehe Chicago 
show, had lb birds on exhibit, won "M 
and 3d pullet. 4th hen. 4th ck. 3d and 
.^th pens against the Boston and Chi- 
cago winners. 112 in class. At the 
Kansas State Show I won 2d ck, 2d 
and .^d ckl. 1st 2d, 3d, 4th htns, 1st, 4th, 
.^th pullets. 2d and M pens and special 
for largest display scoring over 9(), 
At the Nebraska Sate Show, same 
week as at Chicago, I won 1st pen, 1st 
2<1 ckl. 1st. 3d hen, 1st and 2d. pullets. 
I did not in all of these shows show 



Mr, John Hettich of Bowling Green, 
Mo., places an ad with iis this month 
and writes that his trade has been ex- 
tra good. Could have sold more if he 
had raised them. Was offered S30.0(i 
for 1st prize cockerel at Illinois Statt 
Show. Mr. H. breeds nothing but the 
best. 



FEED FOR PENNED STOCK. 

The custom is becoming very gen- 
eral of penning breeding stock insteati 
01 hatching from the general flock, and 
not only fanciers, but farmers and 
commercial poultry raisers are no\\ 
following this method of improving 
their flocks. Upon the care given thi^ 
penned stock depends to no small de- 
gtee the success of the season's work, 
as they require a different treatment 
than they would if running on range. 
To give a .general description of how 
we feed our breeding stock might per- 
haps be of interest to some of the 
many readers of the Investigator 
While the cold weather lasts we believe 
in feeding a warm mash in the morn- 
ing, consisting, say, of a mixture of 
cornmcal, ground oats, barley, etc.. 
with potato peelings small potatoes 
(big ones will not hurt them if chop- 
ped fine), and table scraps. The noon 
feed, whole oats well scattered around 
to make them scratch. For the night 
feed we fill thcni up on all the warm 
corn they will eat. When the weather 
is warm in the late spring and summer 
we discontinue the mash in the morn- 
ing and feed it only two or three times 
a week and at noon. During this kind 
of weather we feed oats iti the morn- 
ing, table scraps, vegetables, etc.. at 
noun, and the corn at night. Of course 
this is only a general plan of feeding 
and must be varied by tlie circum- 
st.inces of surroundings, feed at hand 
as obtainable, etc. 

R. R. FREN'CH. 

Ford City, Mo. 



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Pelr«IS-HaIlock strain. Will sell 
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each. Egg orders booked now. 

Belgian Hare.s. Pedigreed. Grand 
lot of youngsters sired by a 9.^*4 
point buck. Bred does always on 
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stamp. 



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CARE OF BROODER CHICKS. 

No, we do not know it all al)out the 
care of brooder chicks; in fact. \vc 
sometimes think we know but very lit- 
tle, l)ut perhaps this little we do know 
may hel]) someone else. One tliJig 
sure, we are done feeding them bread 
and milk. 'I'hey use it lor poultices for 
their feet instead of for food. A little 
millet seed and a great deal of oatmeal 
will form the principle articles of diet 
we will feed our chicks th s sumnur. 
Of course as they grow older we wdl 
feed cracked and whole corn, but in 
this article I have reference more espe- 
cially to the care of chicks for about 
the first three weeks of their existence, 
plenty of fine grit will also be kept 
near them, as also fresh, clean water — 
and here is another problem, how to 
water little chicks without their getting 
into it and getting it all over them and 
all over the brooder. We make a nice 
little drinking fountain by taking a 
quart sized earthen fruit jar, filing a 
small notch in the edge of top on one 
side and a large one on the other side; 
fill full of water, turn a small pie tin 
over it and invert the whole thing. The 
water will ooze out through the 
notches and fill the trough formed by 
the pie tin around the jar. 



R. R. FRENCH. 



Ford City. Mo. 



BLACK JAVAS. 
(By Ira W. Shaw.) 
The Java fowls — black, wdiite and 
mottled — are distinctively American 
fowls, although their very early history 
is somewhat lost in obscurity. In the 
production of the breed — of which the 
Black is the original — great skill and 
much perseverance is manifest. They 
are the one breed that is ''different" 
from all others, although in shape they 
bear some resemblance to the Rocks, 
The Javas are possessed of great vital- 
ity and stamina, hardy and quick matur- 
ing. They have smooth black legs with 
bottoms of feet yellow, and yellow 
skin. In the latter particular they are 
"different," as most or all other black 
fowls have white or bluish-white skin. 
The comb is of moderate size and sin- 
gle, red lobes and black beak. Plum- 
age throughout a lustrous black, with 
that beautiful green sheen so much de- 
sired in black fowls. Tail quite full 
and flowing and plenty of finel\' curved 
sickle feathers. The flesh of the Javas 
is exceedingly fine grained and tender, 
partaking much "'of the qualities of the 
Dorking. All the many good qualities 
of the Java seems to be due more to 
the original composition of the breed 
rather than to later scientific matings. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



SUNNY SLOPE FRDIT AND POULTRY 
Farui, i;. V. Austin. Bearing. Kiui., White 
Rock Soecialist. Eggs. Frank lieck and 
.Tohn II ugh»-s strains. 15 cockerels fiirsale 
Strawbeny plants— best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. Tiie 
cream at Cliicago and Ceriar Rapios. lUOl. 
150 young.ters fur sale after Oeuiljer 1st. 
finer tluin e\or. superior feathering. shap( 
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
teed. U. .1. Shanklin, Wanl)eck. Iowa. 

WHITE WYANDOT I E^. cockerels scoring 
to94Ji. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scorine 
to OtHi fcired b.v a Toni weig-hiner 40 lbs ana 
from hens weighinpr to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
sonable- W. H- Lake, Hampton, Nehr. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
trios at >. 00 per trio. Choice cneliereis at 
one half their value, several bred from 
Boston prize winners. G. W. Hardin. 
Ulysses, Neb. 

CORNISH INDIANS a snecially. Winner.'- 
wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews. 
Emery and Wale. Proaotince first class 
birds. Eggs in season S2.00 for 1.= , J, L. 
Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo. 

WHITE WyaNDOTTES exclufivcly. The 
kind that are egg layers Scoring 91 to 94}2. 
Dnston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3 50 for 30 
Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. 

■VIAMMOTa BRONZE turkey and white Pe 
kin duck. LarL'e line speeiniens foe sale at 
reasonable prices. Our stock is as good a^ 
money could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews 
Morning Suu. Iowa 

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BuO 
Black. Dominique, ^ilver Duekwirig anC 
RoseCrmb White Buff and Btown Leg 
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Sbiiley 
Port Clinton. Oiiio, 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook-s Strains." 
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3.0li 
tier IS. R, 'i. Brown and S. IL White Leg- 
horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Louis Mogensen. Ra- 
cine, Wis. 

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
ing, feeding, caring for. 5 lents. 1.000 pig- 
eons for >aie. Prices f ee. Wrn, A. Bart- 
lett& Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. 111. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
Eggs 1 (HI peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per 11 
Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois. Neb. 

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
Show. 1st ck, 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st. 
2d. 3d. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My- 
ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill, 

R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left- 
Eggs 1-00 per 13. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
andottes. Eggs POO per 15. C. H. Courier. 
Ashley, Ohio. 

BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
raised. Goodbirds. good scores, give good 
sitifaclion and good refUlts. Eggs that 
hatch. $li0 P'-r l.'i. Prices for bird^ a> 
reasonable. If convenient please enclosi 
stamp when writing for particulars. 
Miss A. Sargenl. SarcOAle, Mo. Box 87. 

SIXTEEN EGGS. 2.00. From my Kanssas 
City and Omaha prize winning White Wy.-iii- 
dottesiDuston Strain) .stock. Scores 'in', tu 
94. Incubator eggs cheap. Mention Itnesti- 
gator. Mrs. Maud Rolfe, Wetmore. Kansas- 

BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at 
1 50 per 15- Will replace all infertile egg>? 
free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip' 
tion. We can please you. F. Whaley. Apple- 
ton Cily. Mo. 

CHEAP to close out. As fine a Tot of bird^ 
as you eversaw- lioiden Wvandoties. Bar- 
d Plymouth Rocks and BulT Cochia Ban- 
tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb., 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, winners 
from Norv.trs straiu. No stock, all sold, on- 
ly eggs for hatching. INIaled for prizewin- 
ners. Have 4 pens. Best. 2.5i: 2 1. 2 00: 3d 
l.SO; 4th. IIH) only, per setting of 15. IFor t 
settings, twice the single price) Place your 
your orders early. Mrs. .M. E. Bittner, Oscai 
ola, iNeb- 

MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartlcv, Nehr., Barred 
Rocks, well marked, extra lar'je birds, both 
cockerel and pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00 
for 15. 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100. 
White Wvandottes, Nerval and Coffin strains 
direct, 2M for 15, 3.50 for 30. 



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Poultrymen 

We are prepared to do all kinds of 
printing- for poultrymen. We have the 
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Clay Center, Neb. 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 

Egas to Hatch. 

S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. $2 per 15. 
Over a hens on different farms. Good 
pure stock. Eggs SI per l.i. J4 per 100. 

BARKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
tem. 60 fim- hens and pullets. 4 extra 
large, stately croweis. scoring from 90 to W 
by .ludges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs 
$S per 1.5, $:i 50 per aO. Lt. Brahnias. and 
C I. Games. Good pure stock on separate 
farms. Eggs $1 perl.i. $4per 100. 

ROUP I'DKKt Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
Circulars free. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176, 



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RiilT Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
Barred &, White Rocks. W. C. P. Ban- 
tamf. Belgian's Hares. Eggs. Stock In 
season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes: 
silver cup last year. 

Calesburg, - * Illinois- 

Scott's Cure 

I r Chicken Cliolera 

Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
or money refunded. Testimonials on 
application. Reference: Rising- City 
Bank. 

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 



Pride of tlie West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
ri.ARKSVlLLS, : : : : MISSOURI. 



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BUFFWYANDOTTES 
BUFF P. ROCKS . . 

Hred from rny Itoston 
o.iiHhH. Kansas Cliy, 
and Toppka prize win. 
tiers. DIu and yonn)! 
stOL-k fur sale. A lartfi 



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W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 
White Wyandoites. 

First and second premiums at M'n- 
neapolis, poultry show Dec. li) 'o 21. 
Kg^ffs from birds si onng 93 to OS^i 
Sl.UO per seltinj,'-. Special price on 
large lots for next 30 days. 

W, H. SwartM, Mlaneapollm, Kanmam. 



High Hill 



Poultry Yards 

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Kocks. 
Tuikcys ate bred frfnn prize winners 
Hiid are winners. niM-l^lu^ almost (!lean 
Fweep where ver shown Vouuc Ton.s 
f.Teach; Piilleis. »-' 50 io$:i OOeac-h. My 
Koi k- are noipd for shape and oran;;e 
colored legs. 90 polnl ( o kerels, $'.50 
each; 91 to '.IJI4 p.ii iii ('. i.-kenis $.! (10: 
eaeh I'nilet rjoi scored. »l IK) each, 

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo 



CROWELL'S 

Buff Orpin gto n s . 



Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. :id, 4ih and 5. 
Hens 1st, and 'id. 1st Pen. Kggs, 
Si.W) per 1."), S'").00 per .iO. Two trios 
Indian Runner Ducks at $S 00 per 
trio. Eg-fjs $2,011 per l.j. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. 

F. A. Crowell, Granger, Minn. 

Silver Lace Wyandottes 
White Wyandottes : : 

. ^^ , Buff Leghorns 

Lekin l)ucl<s... 

All first class stock. Kgjjs for sale. 

MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 



Barred Rock Eggs, 

- For Hatchine;. 

Fertile eggs and big Healthy chicks is 
What you want. Try mine this year. 
SI. 50 for 1.5, $2. .50 for :»>, $:i.00 for J5. 

A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 



Buff Orpingtons 
Bfonze lufkeys 



We keep nnthins' but the 
choicest^ stock. Eire's for 
sale. Write for prices. 



C. E. BROWNINti, 

Falrbury, INebr. 




A view of Geo. B. Clary's Poultry Yards, Fairbury, Neb. 



THE POULTRY SHOW. 

The second annual exhibition of the 
Coffeyville Poultry and Pet Stock As- 
sociation has been held this week, Jan- 
uary 15-18, in the old church building, 
corner Seventh and Union. The exhi- 
bition of Barred Plymouth Rocks was 
unusually fine, with White Rocks a 
close second. Some nice birds of the 
Buff Cocliin variety were shown and 
also some fine Partridge Cochins. Pens 
of Light Brahmas attracted much at- 
tention. There were also some good 
specimens of turkeys and ducks. The 
sliow is beneficial in several ways. It 
brings the poultry raisers together 
with mutual benefit and creates an in- 
terest in standard bred poultry. John 
Dudley of Hartford was judge and 
gave eminent satisfaction. 

The following is the official list of 
awards: 

BARRED ROCKS. 

S . L. Brown — First pen, second 
cockrel, first pullet, firt hen, first cock. 

A. B. Carpenter — Second pen, third 
hen. 

J. A. Shuck— First Cockrell, third 
cockrel, third pullet. 

A. M. Ragle — Second cock, third 
cock. 

WHITE ROCKS. 

E. C. Myers — First hen first cock- 
rel, second pen. 

C. F. Austin — Second and third 
cockrels, first, second and tiiird pullets, 



first and third pens. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Lee Lydick — First, second and third 
pullets, second cockrel. 

BUFF LEGHORNS. 
C. E. Davis — First, second and third 
cockrels, hen, pullets and pens. 

BUFF COCHINS. 
Dora Herod — First cock, first, second 
and third pullets, first pen. 

J. M. Myers — First cockrel, third 
pullet. 

W. C. Beachel — Second cockrel. 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
Levi Boothby^Second cock, first 
second and third hens, first cockrel, 
second and third pullets, first pen. 
S. Coffey — First pullet. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
Mrs. Larry Powers — Second cock. 
C. H. Kennedy — Seco id cockrel. 
R. Y. Kennedy — First, second and 
tliird pullets, first hen, first pen. 
BRONZE TURKEYS. 
A. B. Carpenter — Second toin, first, 
second and third hens. 
J. Swan — First torn. 



KEEP A POULTRY RECORD, 
Every poultry raiser ought to keep 
an exact record of the doings of the 
chicken yard. The most convenient 
record we have seen is that issued by 
Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. It is 
simple and at the same time most 
complete. They will send a copy free 
to every one of our readers who ask 
for it. At the same time you might 
ask, too, about the Humphrey Green 
Bone and Vegetable Cutter — the easy 
bone-cutter — guaranteed to cut more 
bone in less time and with less labor 
than with any other made. 




A B p. KoCK cockerel owned bv I'". C. 
Hinman, Friend, Febr. 



"Among Ourselves." 

Now that eggs are 25 cents a dozen — 
whatever they may be when Investiga- 
tor readers see these lines, we are all 
anxious to do our part toward making 
'"(leni hens lay." Ours are doing their 
part and fairly fighting to see which 
can lay the largest egg. Pompously 
we exhibit the egg basket to our neigh- 
bors, feeling a little pardonable pride 
in their ejaculations of wonder and ad- 
miration. One evening recently, when 
the flock was out for an airing — it is 
magnificent weather here, (Jan. 20,) — 
we had occasion to cross the street. 
Hearing something behind us, we 
glanced back only to see thirty snow 
white birds following in our train, the 
only disturbance in their ranks being 
caused by Jack (Jack is a Maltese kit- 
ten, if you please, of the bluest blue 
blood) rushing here and there in high 
glee. 

"Well," we remarked to our neigh- 
bor, "we seem to be something of a 
circus when we go abroad." 

"Oh, dear," she replied, "if 1 owned 
those chickens I'd be pround to have 
them follow me everywhere." 

We suppose there are people too 
good (?") to pet their fowls, but we 
are not, even though we do not consid- 
er a hen very high in the order of in- 
telligence. 

Now what do \\t feed to insure eggs, 
whether cold or warm the weather? 
Well, we never could be scientific or 
systematic; we feed in a haphazzard 
way that would set some modern sci- 
entific, balanced-ration men wild. In 
the morning it is a mash — ground feed 
and table scraps — ^if we have time to 
make it; but when the "Other One" is 
from home, as he is the most of the 
time, and we ar maid and man of all 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

work, «r- are as apt to scatter oats in 
tlu- litter, rake it over a little and ad- 
vise- ihiin to help themselves. .A.bout 
U-ii (•'clock we then throw them a sup- 
ply of corn on the ear. li the weather 
is at all fi"i' tlu y have a run out in the 
aftrrni'on. .\t n ght they have shelled 
corn, Thi-i is one day; perhaps the 
next tlu y have mash for breakfast and 
oals for (Inner; then boiled oats come 
into tlu- bill of fare and so on. .-\11 
tlu tmu llu-y ha\e fresh water — fre- 
i|U(.ntl\ tinctured with cayenne pepper 
—and plenty of cord fodder and oat 
stiaw to pick over. 'Most of the sea 
son ^ I ir thurc has been grass. Coal 
islu s iii<! the charcoal from the wood 
sto\e IS within their r.eaclr, as is also 
Ik \(.s of sand and gravel. Their house 
lb warm. On cold days the floor is 
covered with litter and the grain scat- 
tered in, and they are kept confined. 
That terrible cold snap in December 
threw the whole flock into severe ca- 
tarrhal trouble which certainly amount- 
ed to roup; but warm quarters, liberal 
dosing with cayenne and sulphur in the 
water soft foO'^, fumigating house and 
flock together with sulphur burned on 
a pan of coals, a few doses of tincture 
of aconite and considerable general at- 
tention, brought all but three safely 
through. These grew poor and droopy 
when the rest began to pick up, so they 
were "beheaded to save their lives." 

If one lives where they can it is well 
to have a basket at one of the meat 
markets with the request that the 
scrapings of the blocks and small waste 
pieces be dropped therein. Some pro- 
prietors will do this gratis; others will 
want a half cent per pound; but even 
at a cent a pound it is a good invest- 
ment when eggs are wanted. Feed 
something like th'S or cut bone two or 
three times pt >veek. Of course in 
sumirier we would not do this as 
there would be considerable "taint" to 
the contents of the basket if the weath- 
er was very warm. 

This winter, for the most part, eggs 
could have been safely shipped; now, 
that shipping time draws nigh perhaps 
the weather will be more rigorous. 
There are many inventions and theories 
as regards packing eggs for safe trans- 
portation. In our op»nIon, however, 
there is one safe, simple way and it is 
the best way. We have used it for 
years and to our knowledge no egg has 
ever been broken. We save peach and 
grape baskets and when packing time 
comes we puta thick layer of e.xcelsior 
in the bottom and a lining around the 
sides. Our eggs are wrapped in soft 
newspaper, using a generous piece and 
folding the ends well over, cine turning 
to one side and the other turning to 
the other.. Pac-k these' in closely and 



23 



Black Langshans- 



I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, '2d anri 
M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
$$I.S0perl5. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15. 

J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 



White'. Wonders! 

The Farmdrs and Poultryman's mon- 
ey makers. The best combination 
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2 00 
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co. 

Carleton, Nebr. 



White Rocks Exclusively! 

Two peas mated for this year's 
breeding, scoring from 90';^ to 94% . 
At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d, 
ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev- 
ery premium entered for; Russel, 
Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. .'iO for 
$.').50, SO for $5.00. 

W. H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, Iowa 



I Black Mitiorcas. ® 

* No. 1 stock, up to weight and S^ 
S the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
S 13. No stock for sale. W 

* Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, >eb. V 



EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS. 
Address 



L. G. French, 



Deep River, Iowa. 



Taylor's Otoe "^'''♦° ^ 

Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 
coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
5, 10 and 15 cents each. Write 
for particulars. 

C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 

(ExclHsively.) 
Farm Ranee. - - - Oood Stock 

Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
SI. 00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 



i 



DON'T SET HENS- 



Natonl Heo Vcnl^alorro., B 11* rolambui, N«lk 



2i 

iriii !iy moans of small wads of cxccl- 
Mor. Two layers go easily in the ordi- 
nary basket. Over top put a thick 
lU'hioii ol the excelsior, I'.nd over this 
a c-ldili cut to a proper shape. Turn 
the edge under to make it safe and 
strong arid sew it around with a stout 
needle and thread, drawing it so close 
thai the t»v is unyielding when pressed 
(in, Write name and address of pur- 
chaser on a piece of paper and stick 
it securely on the top of the basket. 
^■|>nr own name with "from" before it 
is al.so admissible on another piece of 
paper. 

Somewhere among our poultry pa- 
pers we caught the idea that this spring 
is an excellent time to go into the 
poultry business as there is a shortage 
owing t') the shortage of corn. People 
have sold off their fowls very close, wc 
are informed. Here is a pointer, "pass 
it oil." 

Another writer has been experiment- 
inpr with green bone and gives us ths: 
"Taking every advantage gained by 
feeding bone — i. e.. general health of 
flock, <|uick growth of broilers, in- 
crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the 
two years bone was not fed, figured — 
and I keep close accounts— that the 
profit divided is l.l per cent over the 
profits ol the two preceding years. 
This 15 per cent is attributed to the 
bone feed." 

It is somethin to know how to "rush" 
the broilers at any rale. 

.'\nd still another, feeding a handful 
of green bone per day to her 12 hens, 
says: "The 12 hens averaged eight eggs 
a day for over a month and nearly ev- 
ery egg hatched a strong, healthy chick. 

It is amusing to read poultry papers 
and r>ote the difference in opinions, 
due, the writers say in all cases, to "ex- 
perimentation" and "experience." 

Of course, the majority agree on one 
point, viz., that the hen must have ex- 
ercise if she is a success as a layer. 
Now here conies a fancier who says 
flatly that it is "no such thing," and 
cites her own flock as living, laying 
refulat'rns of ;hc theory. She has a 
'.>'/4 pound Barred Rock that lays every 
day and Sunday too, or almost every 
day: did not stop even when she went 
to a poultry show. This same uncon- 
ventional bird is sometimes cooped for 
weeks at a time. However this may be 
ve agree with her owner on one point: 
a hen, to be a success must be well fed, 
warndy housed and never chased or 
frightened. 

.'\nd here conies a wan with the: 
"\i>» will always have a good shell on 
the egg if you will feed plenty of clov- 
er." We don't know about the clover 
alone; We should want some lime anfl 
other ingredients within the ben's 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

reach. Somebody cUe warns againsl 
over-feeding with green cut bone, ad- 

iiing it in small quantities, adding. 

Other egg-producing foods are an in- 
jury if you expect fertile eggs. It is 
not nat ir il and hens so fed will not 
lay eggs whose germs are strong 
enough to prof'uce robust chickens." 

Anniher tlieory is that unless foreign 
"ilood is frenuently intdoruced into a 
flock, it is l)..i:ii(J Id run ■•ut in two oi 
:h;ee years. 
.lil.M.X C\l.U\VKLI.-.\li:i.\ll.H. 



If you want to buy any Black Laiig- 
■ihan end ami get L. E. Mayer's tine 
ine » irculars and read w hat one of our 
best judges t,ay of his stock. Mr. May- 
er is located at Bowling Green, Mo. 

The An of Poultry F^ttenlnf. 

■| he conipicrcial or utility side of the 
loultry industry while it has always 
>eeh the moving jjower that drives 
he wheels oi Fancy has now reached 
I stage in this country that will mark 
m epoch in its evolution. A new era 
las dawned. New forces are tat work 
ind they arc powerful and capable of 
•reating a revolution in methods. And 
his power is the great packing houses 
if the west: The Swifts, .Armours 
md others whose facilities for buying, 
daughtering and selling meat food 
irod'.ict* to the world are of such mag- 
litudc and their system so perfect that 
lot a city, town or village in this, and 
)ut few in foreign countries in which 
heir products are not sold or their in- 
lucnce felt. To these great establish- 
nents and not to the producers them- 
;e!ves are we indebted for the new 
:onditions. More than five years ago 
me of them stated to the writer that 
lothing would please them more than 
n be able to enter foreign markets, 
ml with better, but only as good 
Poultry as those markets afforded. 
The reason that it could not be done 
vr>s because the American people have 
dways set up as their standard of 
icrfection. i fat carcass. Yellow and 
iliMiip without regard to what that 
>lvnipness consisted of. The only 
uatcrial known to them to produce it 
'leing corn, and the result from feeding 
f bring crease or fat, deposited in 
avers under the skin and a pound or 
more in the abdominal cavity. The 
lesh being inferior, often stringy and 
•ough and that poultry in this condi 
ion would be almost nnsaleabel in 
f^uropean markets. The American 
icople with their reckless extrava- 
gance arc willing to pay high prirces 
for «uch poultry, because it is the best 
looking the markets afford, and when 
the meat is separated from the greasi 
in tfwsisijiif aitd ccn^ng we are left 
ktit little edi¥a1e p«rf^»n anJ that not 



of the best t|uality, deluding ourselves 
with the belief that we are eating a 
delicious morsel simply because we 
p.iid a high price for it. Xo such ex- 
travag-ance is tulerateil in any other 
country: imultry lo many there is a 
luxury rarely afforded. Under such 
conditions we can readily understand 
why a fowl .niust be finished for market, 
with Ihe least possible percentage at- 
tainable of edible portion as compared 
to bones and offal; furthermore the tex- 
ture of the skin, shape, appearance and 
firtnness of flesh to the touch, and en- 
tiro absence of layers of fat in the 
dressed bird, and the white, jucy, finely 
flavored ((inlities when cooked are the 
points of excellence: In order to at- 
tain this, a system of feeding tor 
specific res'dts became necessary. 

Insteai! of turning the birds loose 
to range at will and shoveling corn 
to them, they confine them, limiting 
the exercise to small coops and feed 
them on material that produces these 
results. The mothed of feeding varies 
■n manner and material in different 
countries. The most successful and 
irofitable locality perhaps in the world 
s the Lc a Mils in Normandy. It is not 
uncommon for choice specimens to sell 
.'or 9A) and "25 francs (four to five dol- 
'ars) in the Halles Cenrales in Paris, 
ind not over six pounds in weight, 
■such prices, however, are not obtain- 
ible outside oi France where their 
>y.-.tem of cooking and serving is so 
iifferent from ours, making it possible 
or one fowl to serve three times as 
many persons as in any other country. 
The next most profitable district is the 
■ountries of Survey Sussex and Kent, 
England, where wlude families are en- 
jaged in it as were their ancestors for 
generations back. They know nothing 
dse, they never have done and their 
rhildren never will do anything else 
■)i:t fatten poultry for the London 
market. The method employed is 
lOlh trough feeding and the cramming 
machine, some using one, some the 
ither. and many a combination of the 
he two. The trough alone is not so 
profitable, but enables more fowls to 
■)e keppt in process. Ten days of 
"rough and ten machine feeding is more 
orofitablc. but the best results are ob- 
tained by machine feeding, from start 
'o finish, care being taken to not over 
eed during the first week gradually 
:;etting them up to full feed. These 
•esults arc secured through the ability 
-)i the bird to digest and assimilate 
'wo or three times as much feed as 
•t would consume from a trough if 
'eft to its own inclination. The food 
is made semi-liquid and no water or 
?rit is fiven ia aQdition to it, but it 
rnuft 'fee jreani ta meal and ke com- 



posed uf just such niateral as will pro 
duce these results without sickening 
or injuring the bird. By this method 
we are able to add three or more 
pounds of meat to a four pound bird 
in 21 days, at what would be in this 
country a cost in feed of about eight 
cents per bird for the 'Jl days and in 
turn make a profit not only on the 
weight gained but an increase pel 
pound for quality and finish; the per- 
fectly finished bird having what fat it 
carries deposited in gloubles through- 
o'.it the tissue, rendering it of that 
superior quality demanded. If these 
fathers as they are called, are alile 
to b'.iy the ten to twelve weeks' 'old 
Irish birds sent over for this purpose 
at 75 cents each, paying the enormous 
prices they are compelled to for feed 
and sell their products at a profit, what 
is to prevent Americans not only 
sending such birds to tlie English 
markets, but from supplying their own 
with this most desirable meat. Mr. 
Chhas. W. Armour, the head of the 
Armour Packing Co., in an interview 
on this subject published in the Kan- 
sas City Star of December Ist 1901, 
stated that: "The American people 
will pay more for good food than any 
other people in the world." This is a 
significant statement from a man en- 
gaged in supplying the world with meat 
food. All the American people need 
is a taste of this kind of poultry and 
the demand will exceed the supply. 
When this demand sets in there will 
be a wide divergence in price between 
the tliin and the finished stock. The 
best will go higher, the poor lower. 
While the thin chicken will always 
find sale at some price to the fatters, 
the greasy ones will go begging for 
buyers. Canada has for several years 
been developing rapidly along this 
line. England naturally looks to her 
colonies first for what she needs and 
they are prompt to act on any sugges- 
tions from the mother country, and 
foster such industries as are suscepti- 
lile of development on their soil. At 
Ottawa, Ont., Truero, Nova Scotia 
and Bondville, Quebec, the fattening 
of poultry for the London market is 
carried on e.xtensively under govern- 
ment supervision, and they have stand- 
ing orders for greater quantities than 
they can possibly supply. The climate 
of England is very unsuited to poultry 
culture, being exceedingly damp and 
wet. Large poultry farms such as 
exist in this country are unknown 
there. While I believe it possible for 
those schooled in our methods of 
artificial incubation, brooding and rear- 
ing to adapt these methods to English 
climate and coditions, it remains to be 
done. There is no limit to the quanti- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

y this country can produce. We can 
iupply every demand the foreign and 
lome markets can impose upon us. 
(f we can produce a good article the 
A-orld wants it, but it won't do fc. us 
CO try to force them to accept our false 
standard of excellence as theirs, at the 
iame time knowing in our hearts that 
ours is not the proper, but simply a 
:onvenient one. We supply the world 
with the best beef; we fnish our cat- 
tle up to the highest degree of per- 
fection and the quality governs the 
price. If we had refused to do so and 
ried to sell Europe our grass-fed 
steers and insisted that such were the 
'>est we could produce they would have 
none, of it, and our home market would 
"le our only outlet. The reader can 
'o.m some idea as to the quality and 
"ippearance of the best dressed pou.try 
oroduced in England by the following: 
\t -the Smithfield. (London) Table 
Poultry Show held in December, theh 
first prize winners shown and weighed 
in couples were: Buff Orpington 
Pullets, 31,lbs, 4 oz; Dorking Cockrels, 
-'0 ibs. 8 oz; Farmyard Cockrels. 23 
lbs, 13 oz; Farmyard Pullets, 17 lbs. 
10 oz; Pekin Ducks, 15 lbs, 3 oz; Tur- 
Key Cocks, 59 lbs, 3 oz; Turkey Hens. 
t9 Ibs, 10 oz. 

There is nothnig in the above that 
we cannot dublicate and even excel in 
weight and quality. We have only to 
adopt the necessary methods. The 
mum results, but trough feeding will 
add from 2;/2 to 3 pounds of flesh to 
a four pound bird in 21 days by the use 
of prpper feed, which of course is the 
found'i'tion. A live three pound pullet 
as it comes from the farm carries 
about 6 ounces of bone, 21 ounces of 
offal and after cooking about 18 ounces 
of edible meat. Here the percentage 
of "waste to edible portion is excessive. 
The bird is now in its best condition 
to ake on flesh, but the farmer unmind- 
ful of his opportunity to vonvert feed 
■nto meat rushes her off to market. 
The middleman steps in here and with 
but few dollal"s invested in capital; no 
risks incident to the production and 
maturing of the bird takes advantage 
of the situation and the growers in- 
difference or ignorancee, and in three 
weeks makes more than double the 
profit on a bird than the man who 
raised it. He skims the cream. 

The following market quotations 
clipped from the Kansas City Star for 
December 6th, 1901, perhaps tells the 
story more forcible than we can, for 
after all the hard cash is the best 
argument: 

Poutry Exchange quotations — hens, 
alive, 5'/2c; roosters, , young, 20c; old, 
15c each; springs, 6?^c; ducks, 6c; 
geese, 4c; turkey.s,' hens, 5c; ysung. 



25 

W. A. Forbes. i';rwM.°V?a"n" 

dotteB. For the paet four years I have Iwoti 
the majority of the best premiums in full 
classes. 221st, 10 2nd. 9 3rd and S specials. I 
am booking orders now for a limited no. of 
effgs from these prize matines for $2-tlo per 
setting-, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $j.ou. 

North Topeka, Kan, 



Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
C. W. IvCghorns, W. Wyandottes. 



Before buying anything, write to us. 
It will be a pleasure to give you 
® our prices. We respond prompt- 
ly. Bargains if taken .soon. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 



Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams! 



Eggs. Golden, 
$1.50 per 15. 
Silvers, $2.00 
per 15. Par. 
Cochins, $2. 
per i:i. Price 
of pigeons on 
application. 
8 varieties 
for sale. Ad- 
dress 

W. F. HOLCOMB, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



Poultry Investigator one year with each order. 




Olentangy : : : 
Poultry Yards 

Delaware, Ohio. 

Reed Bros, Props, c. c. Reed, Mgr. 

Rose Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games. 
Barred P' Rocks. Buff C. Cochins. 
Eggs $2.00 per IS. Satisfactory 
hatch guaranteed. No birds in 
breeding pens scoring leas than 91 
points. Send for circulars. 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 

None under weight— scores 93 to 

•r^ to 97. Island 3rd puUel at Lin- 

^ coin, also 2d colkerel weight — 31 

pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 

C. M. Hurlburt, 

Fairbury, Neb. 



O. /. Cf 

It is winners you would raise for next 
winter's shows and are undecided 
where to send for eggs for hatching. 
Just send an order to the GOLDEN 
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the 
home of prize winning White Ply- 
mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain, 
and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and 
you will be pleased with young stock 
hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of 
IS. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
males yet for sale. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMONT, WIS. 



26 

Something Worth Knowing. 

M.iriey siivfd !>> iiiakin>; your u»n poiillry 
i.Mi.odifs. Tinur." c1io1.t;i^ ^ilJl:E CfKE. 
Roup. Scalei l,<;p. Lice, Mites. Chi'iiprcin- 
rdv Oiit>ure. Kxcelleiu Poultry Food lo 
iii;iKe m-ns iiiy. Ceieh'ated Uouclin Mix- 
ture ec. All receipts for $1.00 or 25c eacli. 
Address with ir. stamp, 

.t. M. HAiiLHD. (ioshen, Ind., K. F. D. .Vo. 2. 



The Michigan g|>!- 
Poultrymaii... i^ 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Only Exclusive Poultry 
Paper in Michig an 



All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- 
men will n'lve its readers free 
such information as they 
mav ask for. 



the news of the poultry world, 
illustrated. 



Well 



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Ithac&, Mich. 



A Generous Business Policy 




MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY. 
Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. 



s.s. 



three years 1 have won 
all other ixhlbltors ,011 
exellenl color, full com 
as layers Sior for sal 



THEODORE DESSIUM, 



te ColuiiibUK 
for the past 

■f prizes than 
d. I'Ine shape, 
nd Uliixcelled 
ill limes. Eggs 
irauleed. 

MHl'S. OHIO. 



la K. che-tmit St. 



EGGS > STOPl 

S2 50 for IS ft^ UCSE 

«.S0 for 30 
My 



.ly 

fertile etrtf. 
hardy 
cluck, bred 
to win best 
to lay. 



d SINGLE. -ffi» 

Reds. Buff I-eif- 
s wherever shown. 



Rhode Island 

herns. Winne 

Only stronsr robust stock 

pens and yuu will nut retr 

you send your order for eui 

Epic Aurellum, 
Parry, Lake co. 



My White Minorcas 



Poultry Supplies 

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 7Sc. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 

Conkey's Roup Cure .lOc land 1.00 a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food S2.,50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure 50c and $1 a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices. 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, $12. 

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
per 100 pounds $1. '20 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O' 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Piebr. 



Won Ut. 2nd ap d 3rd at Delaware and Co- 
lumbus on old and youii;; stock. S<-oretl 
90 to ('4'4. KflL's from my best pen »2.00 
per ln;$.">,00 pel 4.1. satisfaction uiiaran teed 

HARRY LIEBOLD, Mamn, Ohi«, K. I). 2. 



F'ne Warn. While Holland Turkeys - - 11.75 
Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $I.0O 
Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - fl.OO 
Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00 
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.7.') 
All above from prize-winning stock and line 
bred. (.Catalogue sent. 

J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 

White Plume Farm, RlchH Id. HI. 



Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 

BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively. 

Eggs SI. 50 per IS. 100 for $0.00. 

Mrs. Eva J. Elugrlch, Aurora, Neb. 



[GCORDEeS, OoohowforWon. 



B 2 miting'* , score from OO'to 
93'.;. Eggs m. per l.i. M per 100. 
Biiflf Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards 
solid buff wing and and tail, eggs 
r> per 1.5, S.H per 30 Buff Orping: 
tons, 1 yard, eggs $3 per l.'i, $5 
per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
eggs S2 per 1.5, $5 per 40. 

• 'WMnners wherever shown. 
Won more first and seconds than 
any other man. Guarantee good 
hatches, true to name and fresh. 



A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 




The 



'Prairie 
State 

Incubator 



has long been recoyuized as 
the hest incubator in the 
world. That is why the 
V. S. Pcnnrtment of Acrirulture uses it exclus- 
ivelv. That's why it won 342 first premiums over 
all other makes of machines. This year we have 
made a cataloe to fit such a machine. SO tinted 
plate paBCs; 4 orieinal paintings and over 700 
hiilf tone illustrations. Mailed free as Ions as 
thcv last. Write for catalogue No. 56. 
PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO., HOMER CITY, PA. 



weighing •ver 7 lbs, 6c: y«ung goblers, 
.5c; culls, oc; pigenons; 50 c dozen; 
squabs, per doz, $l.'25(a;$2.UO; dressed 
poultry, choice scalded in good con- 
dition briiitjb 1 c above live poultry 
prices. 

From a;i adioitiiiig cohimn on tlie 
snnie page we clip the following: 
•THE SHFXI.ALLY FATTENED 

CHICKEN'S THAT THE MAR- 
KET AFFORD.S 

A Tlllllh^( tnc Meat Paiticiilarly \- 
'':i]ptccl Id this Season u: the Year. 
"The neucst offerings in puultry to 
he found on the market are especially 
fattened chickens which a local pack- 
ing house IS offering its patrons. 
Resides being unusually tender, all the 
meat is ns white a-; the 'Teast. While 
these chickens hax e been fattened 
primarily for the English trade, their 
popularity is likely to become as wide- 
spread at home as abroad. Like all 
choice Hiorsels they sell at high prices. 
A pr.und costs 18 cens in the shops, 
and buyers are offering their prefer- 
ence of either dry picked or scalded 
stock." 

What reason or excuse can be ad- 
vanced that will justify the producer 
in selling his pullets (springs) at 6^-2 
cents, less express and commission 
charges, when if properly finished they 
wi! fetch his at least double per pound. 
Not theiretically or on paperr, but in 
fact as it exists today. He would 
never dream of selling an unfattened 
steer or hog for slaughter, because the 
apportunity is his to convert grain in- 
to meat as a profit. He takes advan- 
tage of this slower and more expen- 
sive method, but ignores the quicker 
and more profitable one. His eyes are 
heing opened, however, and the true 
situation is becoming apparent. The 
revolution is at hand and when the 
.American people undertake it aright 
ihey will show the foreigner a clear 
pair of heels in this as we have in many 
other lines. The business has already 
assumed large proportions in the west. 
The Armour's at Kansas City, alone 
are kiling ten thousand fowls a day, 
and they are but one among those 
now engaged in it. They predict that 
in two years they will be killing 
twenty times this number daily. 
There could not possibly be a greater 
stimulant to the poultry industry than 
these big establishments have injected 
into it, and the time is close at hand 
when cramming machines me be as 
common as churns. We already make 
a better and cheaper machine than the 
English. In the meantime let the cry 
go forth, better poultrv and more of it. 
H. E. MOSS, 

Kansas Vity, M«. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



27 



Please Let Me Tell You 

Jly Buff roi-lilns have ngain won their 
sh:ire of the rihijons at the MeOook Show. To 
iiinke ruoiii for my lireedinK pens I wi.l sell 
trios, pens and singles at bargains for the 
n.-xt30days. Also a few EC B Leghorns. 
Eg^a in season. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Kggs fl.SO per IS, $3.00 per SO, fS.OO 

per 100. Our stock is first class. 
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center. Nebr 



My Buff Orpingtons 

At Nebra.sika State Show, 1902, made 
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
you are going to buy eggs send for my 
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

JOHN A LING 

Harvard - - ISebraska 



White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
Liticolti, Nebr. 



My Buff Rocks 

Won at Madison Square Garden this 
season; at Boston and other great 
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
record. 

MILES H. LOUER, 
Box M. East Oaoudaga, N. Y. 



Black Langshans— 

Tho winter layers, of standard 

weights, good colored plumage 

^t^ and eyes, well feathered shau' s 

'/|V no scrube among them. Score 

93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 



C M- Hurlburt, 



Fai.bury, Neb- 



SILVER WYANDOTTES 

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
eight State Shows and many other laree 
shows, winning more premiums Ih.nnall 
other competitors of this variety coml iiied. 
Good birds for sale. Keg's from prize pens 
15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred 
stock, farm range. RW. $4. 

mps J. UX. GflUSE, 

Emporia, KaJ^- 



BUFF COCHINS. 

1st ckl score 94?i. 1st hen S'l^. at Nebraska 
State Show at Lincoln. EsKs $a 00 per li. 
Breeders also of Short Horn cattle and Du- 
roc .Jersey swine. C. K. DAVIS. Prop. 
VP. J. MITCHELL. I'ouUry Manager. 

Columbus, Nebr. 




Springfield, 111., Feb. 8, 1902. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: The 
Springfield Fanciers' Association will 
hold its fourth annual show on its reg- 
ular dates the second week in Decem- 
ber. The judges will be announced 
later. 

The officers for 1902 are: J. E. 
Lauterbach, president; J. A. Neison, 
vice president; Louis M. Gietle, finan- 
cial secretary and T. S. McCoy, corre- 
sponding secretary. 

T. S. McCOY. 
Corresponding Secretary. 




THE "PERFECT" HATCHER. 
The Poultry Investigator is always 
pleased to note the success of its incu- 
bator advertisers who have won fame 
and fortune by the excellence of their 
hatcher, prompt and careful atten- 
tion to orders and courteous treatment 
of customers. The best example we 
can cite our readers is the progress 
made by the firm of J. A. t helton. 
of Fairmount, Md. After an investi- 
gation we find that the "Perfect 
Hatcher" manufactured by this firm is 
the equal of any hatcher and superior 
to many now on the market, while it 
is the lowest priced hatcher made. 
The 200-egg size is only $1. We advise 
ou. 'eaders who are interested in pur- 
chasing good hatcher at a low price, 
to write Mr. J. A. Chelton direct, en- 
closing a two-cent stamp as he will 
take (pleasure in answering all such 
inquiries. He is a gentleman of the 
highest standard in the commercial 
world and noted for enterprise as well 
integrity. 



RINGLET B. ROCKS 



The Kind that Win Kc Double Mate. 

Ben Hiir, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
Show i6o2, at head of our cocker- 
el breeding pen. No females in 
our pullet ; breeding pen scoring 
less than go, mated to e.xtra choice 
pullet breeders.J Stock all sold, 
eggs reasonable. ^Write for prices. 

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Drop me a postal card today asking for 
description of matings and price of 
eggs for hatching. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 



Eggs for hatching from White Poultry. 

WWy'dsSl.SOperlS, !$4.00 per SO. 
Cochins, $1-50 per 15. 
I. Games, $2.00 per 15. 
Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16. 
H. turkeys from stock weighing 
18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in 
the west, $2.00 per 12. 
W. Embden eggs from extra large 

stock, $2.50 per 11. 
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring 
93>^ to 95><, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per 50. 
Eggs for incubators from stock scor- 
ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for 
sale at all times. 
White Plume Poultry Yards. 

Mr. and'Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa. 



!l6uff ^rp^ nfltong and Cocbfiis« 

^^^ Bred from my own 

.^•"^^^^^^^ Importations. 

I won more premiums than 
any other two exhibitors at 
the Nebraska State Show, 
1901. Before buying any- 
thing write me — it will be a 
pleasure to give you prices. 

tdaJ. Buehler, %n%%tXk. 



Years of Experience 

T^as brought me the very best of Barred Ply* 
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
ray different yards I have selected 5 pallets 
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92/^ and from this 
yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings 
of eetrs at 3.00 per setting- All egg's sold will 
be from nis yard and from these birdsexclusive 
ly. I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^4 
also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at 
pi ices that are right. All eggs and birds ^oM 
by me will be as represented or money re- 
unded 

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la. 



28 

ITiRSECUTliD POULTRY. 
1 A'as just think about some cowr, <•' 
whJcli I nncc knew, that were owmd 
I'V one ;i)0 little intercsteil in their 
hai)|)ine<s to jirovide regiihir ac- 
romndations for them. .At ni.?lit .i 
nei({hl>uriiitc tree was tlieir only shelter, 
even thi.uj^h the weather was inclement 
anil the temijeratnre low. They were 
expected to hunt their own feed, and 
worst of all, the ranjje was limited to 
the smallest limit. Did they encroach 
niion a grain field, a dog was at onci- 
'■■1 upon tlunv Did they wander 
Inward tin- orchard when the fruit was 
ripe, it was the same thin.?. The gar 
d<'n was of course forbidden ground, 
tempting as it looked; and if a gap 
was foimd or could be made, the un- 
lucky intruder was forced to seek a 
rapid retreat. Forced to seek its own 
living, and the tempting morsels were 
all forbidden, dogged and stoned if the 
promptings of nature induced it tr. 
cross defined barriers, is it any wonder 
that such stock proved unprofitable? 

"That Owner was a lunatic," you ex- 
chim. "No sane man would so use his 
own slock." Yet I can assure you that 
no charges of insanity were ever pre- 
ferred against him by any one. and he 
perhaps, exercises as much humanity 
as some of his neighbors. Pardon me. 
however, for a slip of the pen. It was 
hens instead of cows that were thus 
treated. 

A lady not many miles away who 
raises an abundance of strawberries, 
raspbcrrries, currants and other small 
fruit every years, also prides herself 
on her large flocks of poultry.. "Hov. 
do you manage?" asked a friend; oi 
course yo'.i have spent some money in 
poutry netting. Is it the birds or the 
fruit that you enclose?" "Neither." 
was the reply. "Feed your poultrv 
liberally and they will cease to be pil- 
ferers." 

While we think it would require pret- 
ty generous feeding to restrain the 
average flock in sight of a nice straw- 
berry bed in full fruit, yet there is room 
frtr considerable thought in the sug- 
ge.stipn. Of course, if well fed they 
Voidd not be so ravenous. Further. 
they might not wander about sufficient- 
ly to conie upon all the forbidden 
fruits; or, never having been forced 
to experiment upon strange materia' 
to supply their innncr wants, thiy ma\ 
not have learned of their fine taste 
TIksc are smne of the legitimate re 
suits which might be expected from 
,jhe fid feeding. And while we still 
doubt whether every one with every 
breed couUl so successfully unite the 
two branches so incompatible in the 
average experience, the suggestion is 
certainly worthy of note.. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Buff Orpingtons 

Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 

Iisfaction assured. 
G.Bi CLARY I-airbury, Nebr. 



FREE, 



THIIMK OF IT! 



By special arrangement you 
can get all three (3) of the fol- 
lowing one year for only SO cts. 
Never an offer like this before 



The Poultry Investigator 

Ci.AY Center, Neb, 

The only e.velu^lve poultry paper 
published In the west. Original, 
iip-to-datp. instrutiive. Profusely 
illustrated and never iirluts adead 
line. Contains from 32 to to pages 
eaeh month. 

Faocj Fowls, Dopkinsville, Kj. 

The leading poultry oigan of the 
.snnlh. Three years old. well es- 
tablished ami prosperous, ai to 40 
pages ca.-ll ninntll. 

Michigan Poultry Breeder 

BA'rrj^E CREEK, MICH, 
Established Is8.i. The publisher 
has devoted 1' years of his entire 
time and attention to the poultiy 
industry. Its a success— 24 pages 
The price asked for these papers 
all one year is only 50 cents, which 
any of them are woitli, and you 
get the others free. Send your 
suljscription to any one of Ihcin. 
A free sample copy can t.e had by 
addressing each one. Betier send 
your order now. 



White . 
L angshans 
Exclusively 



Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing from 90 
to 95 points, 
$1.50 per 15; 
$2.75 per 30; 
this season 
onlv. Some 



good Ckls. for sale with score 
cards by Ben S. Myers. 

All Stock Farm Raised. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES. JR., 
Rock Poi-t, Missouri 



White Leghorns. 

Fggs from Ihx-k *:ii(i per .in. $.-,.r,o per lOO; 
ri.im choice matings.Ji .">0 perlij »2 30 per 2ii. 
I an hit no mote orders for over 100 egg lots, 
Scottish Terrier puppies »;i.00 and $.i.00 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 

R. R, French, Mjir. Bo.\ 47, Ford City, Mo. 

If you want .... 

Belgian Hares 

fall on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2(I0:! Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



Black 
Buff 

White 



Pekin Bantams 



-As Good as the Land can Afford - 

— Eggs «:i,(lii per i;;,— 

A.J. WILLIAMS, 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



Black Langshanss 

1st ikl. i>t hen. Nebr.. .'it ate Show IWI. 1st 
P'-n. 1st ek. 1st ckl, 1st and :.'d pullet Nebr 
f* ate Fait, 1901, 1st pen, 1st and 3rd pul- 
let, 2nd clt. 2nd<kl. Nebr. State Poul'ry 
Show at Lincoln, 1902. Eggs K.OO per i:j. 

J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES! 

1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul- 
let, PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr, State 
Show. Light Brahnias. Eggs S2..=aj 
per 15. 



EBDftY, 



North Bnd, Nebr. 



Just a Moment Please! 

Now is the time to book j-our orders 
and Wm. Kersenbkock has 
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
P, Rocks, Partridge and Buft Cochins, 
Silver rLaced and White Wyandottcs 
and Cornish L Games. 

Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Meb. 



Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 

winning 5 firsts, .1 seconds, 1 thirds, 
and 4 specials, birds scoring to Wi 
At three shows in last two years 
won 11 fiists, I) seconds,' (> thirds 
and specials. Cockerels for sale. 
Eggs SI. 50 per setting 

J. F. Reinelt, . Tripp, S, De^kota 

—Vice-President State Association,— 

Our Barred and White Rocks. 

Are successful show birds and excel 
lent for market. Our S, C. W, Leg- 
horns are winners in strongest compe- 
tition and great layers of large white 
eggs. Incubator eggs $.5.00 per 100, 
Eggs S2 00 per 15. 

J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 



Just what the v. (Jinan fed lier 
poutry, I do not know. Doubtless 
slie (urni-lied a variety; and in this 
sin.ulo wnrd may reside almost as much 
as in lier Idierality tlie success attained. 
To expect a hen to subsist on a single 
bd of fare is inircasonable; and as tliis 
was never designed by nature, biddy 
plurkily resoh-cs Xo supply the de- 
fii-itncy herself. 

I hose whr !.. not l\-fl like keeping 
tlir stf'ck shut up \ear in and year out 
(I'len f.nd it advantageous to have a 
park in which they can enclose them 
for a few days at a time as occasion 
r'cs. cr of an adjacent grain field are 
anuni'j the incidents which render this 
a'ivisal le. It is certainly much more 
profitable as well as much more hu 
mane than the merciless dogging or 
stoning that too often attends their at- 
temnts to carry out nature's plan. 

BESSIE L. PUTNA]\r. 



THE RIGHT MIXTURE. 

As a usual thing I am a litttle sus- 
picious of patent medicines and other 
mixtures, but I must say right here 
that I find Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick 
Food to be of the right material, seeds, 
grain and grit, in the right propor- 
tion and that, it is very economical to 
use, considering the price of common 
grain and making a success raising 
the chicks. I have known of Mrs. 
Pinkerton's level headed ideas on 
Ponltrv raising for some time and 
when she proposed to put her chick 
food on the market, I encouraged her 
to locate at Clay Center, Nebr., so as 
to make it convenient for our patnms 
to get the feed without freighting it 
here and there betore reaching the 
consumer. 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



Last month the Investigator had 
Mrs. Mattie St;ii=ft, of Laurence, Nebr, 
raising Cochins and living down in 
Kansas. We don't blame her for raising 
objections to such a procedure but our 
readers will please notice that she 
is located at Lawrence, Nebraska and 
breeds Buff Orpingtons of the best 
strains. 



Winners Again! 

Rocks and Wyandott6s- 

15arred and White, Silverand White. 
Score 92 to95'2 . They are sired by 
winnere and bred to winners from 
some of our largest shows. Fggs $2 
per 15 straight from pens headed by 
1st and 2d prize birds. 
J. A. DOUGLAS, Ferguson, Mo. 



It's Up To You 

To get .5,00(1 new subscribers. We 
will send the Fanciers' Guide, an up- 
to-date Poultry and Hare paper 6 

months for only 10 cents- Special 

ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
months for 1 dollar. .W words breeder 
notice, 3 months, .5(1 cents. Try it now 
in egg season. 
Faticiers' Guide, Montpelier, Indiana. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR 

MY MAMMOTHT eHc,imn..,„...„wn 

'EKiN DUCKS ya^°e"ii'w°:j;s'^,?nS',;t 

i-^i huncira ;u. (Jieat St. L.ouis Fair and 
Poll 1 1 ry shuw; also in the hands of my 
cii>toii.er-i. A few elegant Buff Rox at 
lialf real value. 

OTTO STOECXER, Box 18, Manchester. Mo 



Have you seen II? 

The Fanciers' World 

AniPrlca'.s leading publication for fanciers. 
Special depai-Muents for dogs. cats, i.isteon-. 
lures, poultry, etc. 32 pattes. Profusely 
lllu-traled, l>i-r year, SOceiits. Saii.p e c-.iny 
free. 

The Fanciers' War III 

F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, Hi. 



Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 

Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
las (or all kiiins of stock and pouliry 
foods. Here are a few; Cliick food aSc: 
egK food. 35c; poulory conalMon powder. 
4.'ic; stork condition powder. 3dc; liog con- 
diii.u powder. Mc. Write for others. 
A. W. Collins, 
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 



Black Langshans 

Large, vigorous stock, free from di.sqiialifl. 
cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
season. Address. 

MRS. V. W, .lOnNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 



'Twsntf-FiveyearsifithePoultrf yard." 

A perfect Manual for Succes.s. 
Gives symptoms anti remedies 
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
pages. Price 23 cents. 

A. H, LANG, Covedaie, Ky. 

AL Vm*! We have imported stock. 
Un leSi R. C.R.I. Reds, R.C. Mi- 
norcas, Bufi' Orpingtons, Barred Rock. 
AncDnias, Lt. Brahmas, Pekin and 
Cayuga ducks. Eggs $[..S0 per 15. 
Duck eggs SI. (XI per 12. Oae setting 
free to best customer. Stock for sale. 
5 R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for 
sale cheap. 

P. (i. Shelby. Horiii. Pa. box A. 

I Baff Orpin srtons ® 

I AND* I 

White Wyandottes | 

,^^ No better Stock * 

^ Raised. J 

I never have failed to win in (S 
largest shows. Birds score from ® 
90to9.5;4. I 

I C. ROCKIIILL, i 

^ Harvard, Nebraska. ® 

?1 (?) 



This is for You! 



Owina to tuy .iudslig engagetiients 
for s-ason of I9i';.'.3. will . of, i,h alile 
to'how my birds and will heiehy 
reduce th- pri.e of egss from $:i (H) 
toJaOOper 15 1 have f, c. Brown 
I.eiii.o ns. Black h'-irhornsU tired 
Plymouth hocks. (Violet strain ) 

David Larson, Wahoo Nebr. 



—White and Buff Wyandottes.— 

Prize Winners- 1st Ckl at RIgin. Isl and 2nd 
ckl. :.'nd imllet. ;jrd hen. 3nd pen at Ucf k- 
ford 1st and 2nd ckl. Is- and 3rd ck. 2nd 
hen, 3rd pullet. .l»t. 2nd and 3rd pens at Hel- 
virlnre. 1.1. 1(102. Orders booked for eits.s 
»3 00 per 1:1. 

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, ll! 
BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Moatock for aalet Rose Comlis, Kuir 
Orpinjiioiis. A few eiiit, at. $.>Oir p r IS. Win- 
ners at Ited Ouk and Os-.-eola. Iowa, and Ne- 
braska State Show at Lincoln, Sin'Mc 
Coombs, egiis. J:i.0O per 1:1. ?5 (10 pp- 20. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



For Sale. 

100 choice V0U112 birds from winners it, 
Kans;is and Nebraska Slate Shows. 11101. 
S. S. Hamiuir-s. I'aitrid^'e Oidiins. BiilT 
Cochins, l.iL'hl Hrahmasand B. P. Rocks 
Show recdiii on Hppiication. Kegs from 
choicesl inali.,g».tl.:-.0 perseltlnj;. 

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 

0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Winiiiig 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 

stock foi sale at all tii.ics Kg-.s in .season. 

[iB.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Gfeeo Jo. 



Listen! 

-fF YOU WANT- 

Bai'i'ecl P. Hock 

cockerels, hetis or pullets, worth ev- 
erj' cent asked, scored or unscored. 
send nie your order and let me prove my proni" 
ise to please you. E&gs $1. From all scored 
stock bv Kaup and Heimlich. Sl-Ri and ?2. No 
secrets al)OUt tht-sepens. Ask what you want. 

Mrs. A- P. Rodgers* 
Bowliug Green, Mo. 



9 



IT BEATS ALL. 



too CKB liatcher costs only «2. 94.000 sold 
principally by agents. We want 6,000 active 
men and women agents for the new season. Special 
term, with you — a larjre margin of profit. tOe eec 
rormula and PBtnlocueaent tree, if yon write ti> 
day, Terntor.v may he gone tomorrow^ 

NATURIIL HEN INCUBATOR CO., B 11, COLUMBUS, NEB. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



A COMCRtTE POULTRY HOUSE 



The concrete poultry house has come 
to stay. They arc one of the best 
tlnngs that I have invested in since in 
the poultry business, which covers a 
period of 18 years, and I have had 
some experience with most all kinds of 
houses, from a straw pile up. I have 
had roup and kindred diseases to con- 
tned with all along the line, but since 
the advent of the concrete houses, doc- 
tering fowls is a thing of the by-gone- 
days. The walls of a concrete house 
are the same as if of one solid stone, 
there is no cracks to admit of cold 
draughs on the fowls, consequently 
there is no roup with fowls in these 
houses. When we shut out wind, rain 
and frost and promote health in our 
stock we have taken a long stride to 
success in poultry culture. A vigorous, 
healthy hen is usually a good laying 
hen, and the hen that lays best is the 
one that pays best. When I devote 
most all my time to keeping poultry 
for the profit, and I must set down, 
fold my arms four months of the year, 
but the feed bills still run up into dol- 
lars and no income from my fowls. I 
wouldn't consider that I was making 
a success of it. 

Let's make some figures in the busi- 
ness here today. The egg output was 
33; value in the market here, 3 cents 
each, or 99 cents for the day's laying: 
one months at this rate would be $30.69. 
Within ten days from now we expect 
to double this record, and will do it. 
My house cost me just about $50 all 
told for the CO feet of concrete and 14 
feet planked up for a brood house at 
the east end, making a house 10x74 
feet, divided into six rooms 10x10 of 
the concrete and one brood room lOx 
14 feet. 

If my laying stock on the place will 
bring me an income of $61.38 during 
the months of January and February 
eggs sold at market price, and pay for 
my house and still have me a balance 
of $11.38, it proves to me very clearly 
that the concrete house is a success. 
Now if every farmer in the vicinity was 
getting eggs from their hens at this 
time I could not give the praise all to 
the warm house, and my care, but 
there is very few, if any eggs coming 
to market here now. Wife and I visit- 
ed a well-to-do farmer near here yes- 
terday who told us they had 85 Brown 
Leghorn hens and pullets and were 
not getting an egg. They had a barn 
large enough to hold nearly all the 
buildings on our place. But he said 
"their coop was too cold." and that's 
about what is the matter with the most 
of farmers' chicken business. "The 
coop too ccld." 



Morning View ipi 
Poultry Yards. Ml 



. ...HAVE ... 

..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 



Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 



Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 



James M. Perkins, 



RAVENWOOD. 



MISSOURI. 



Mrs J B Jones. ^ ^ ^ 

Breeder of 

Barred Plymouth Rocks 

and Mammotli Bronze 
Turkeys 

STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
SON. 



BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

K.VCLIISIVELY. Our Buff 
Wyaiidoties are brfl fnini 
best strain olilain'ible and 
in line. We breed the pure 
(.'•ildt-n BulT. nut, the dark 
red. They're priz.e winners. 

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

Chester White Hogs for sale 




Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 




« £ 






= ^ 



stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union LaNvn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line— if not, -write US for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 



I FRANK MYERS, 
J Free Port, III., U. S. A. 

\ Box 2(1. 

J nr-eeder r^f r ,» 

\ Barred Plymouth Rocks 

jTlii-y are Barred KiL'ht and ennd 
J size. Rl-u's l.i fur le :il) for JitSO. 
J .W for +.00. HKI tor 7 0(1. 



IDE.\L 
.\I.I.UMlN'rM 




^ Also manufacturer ofj 
; Ideal Aluminum Leg ^ 
'} Band :::::: ; 

; The arknowledsed lender. 13 fori 
; 15c. 25 for 30(:. 50 fr)r 50<\ 100 for J 
? 75c. Samples and circular of \ 
i Barred liocks mailed \ 

■ for stamps. \ 



Donkey's 
Roup Cure 



all others. Une SOtcent package makes 35 gallon 

everv package. I f It falls to cure money refund. Po^^tpald 

Conkey's Lovise Killer never falls to 1 111. Try It. 26 cents per packageTand 



Cure Guaranteed ! 



TllE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In all Its 
forms as long as the fowl can 
see to drink. For Oanker. es- 
pe lally In plseons, this cure excels 
edtclne. r)lr»cllons with 
11 size 50c. large $1. 



Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poxjltry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 
lieali h, ami proi u.e ijrore eggs than any ■-lnill:,r preparation. 25 cents per package 
.inO l.i cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY & CO., CleveleiLnd, O. 

Paciti- coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Co . Petaluma. Cal. Eastern wholesale 
office; No. 8 Park Place, New York City and S.H. I. Co.. Clay Center. Nebr. Kor 
sale by all poultry supply houses. ^'"Agents wanted. 




The Marilla Incubator Co. , of Rose 
Hsll, N. Y., in order to care ior its in- 
creasing business in the west, has es- 
tablished an office in Chicago at 1531 
Monadnock Block. Mr' W. L. Taylor 
is the manager. Mr. Taj'lor has been 
employed in the ganeral oflfices of the 
Chicago & Alton railroad. He is a 
practical poultryman and has been a 
breeder of Black Langshans of high 
quality. His practical experience in 
the operation of incubators will make 
him a valuable man in his new rela- 
tions. The Marilla Incubator Co., ask 
that correspondence from the territory 
tributary to Chicago be addressed to 
W. L. Taylor, 1531 Monadnock block, 
Chicago. It is a plea.sure for the Poul- 
try Investigator to note the develop- 
ment of this valuable patron of the 
Poultry Press, and we bespeak for Mr. 
Taylor the interest and patronage of 
our readers. 



NEM.\HA COUNTY POULTRY 
ASSOCIATION. 

The Nemaha County Poultry As- 
sociation will hold its first annual show 
at Wetmore, Kans., December 22-24. 
1902. We have engaged the well- 
known judge, Mr. C. H. Rhodes of 
Topeka, to score the birds. All 
fanciers are invited to co-operate and 
make the show a large one. 

The membership fee is only "iO cents 
per year, and all members will have 
their names printed in the premium list 
free with name of the variety of fowls 
they brered. This alone will be worth 
50 cents. 

We need you co-operation and will 
appreciate your interest. Join with us 
and climb up to the top seat. Address 
all correspondence to Mrs. Maude 
Rolfe, Secretary, Wetmore Kans. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. v 

The inland Poultry Journal 

Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published. 
The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul- 
try information, profusely and handsomely illus- 
lustrated. It is edited by poultrymea who have 
madeja success of the poultry business and have 
the pleasing faculty of telling others how to 
reach success by the shortest route. The arti- 
cles it contains arc original, concise and practi- " 
cal, covering every phase of the fancy and com- 
mercial poultry business. Every number is 
worth more than the price of a year's subscrip- 
tion. If the best is wanted in poultry literature 
subscribe for the Inland It is 25c a year and 
everyone ordering from this ad will receive a 
book, "Plans for Poultry Houses," free. 

The inland Poultry Journal Co . 

box 14, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



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Can 
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Pinkerton's Perfection Chick Food. <> 

It contains everything that is essential for V 
the chicks's life. Not a pound of material Q 
in it that is not the best the market affords, a 
It is equal to any chick food on the market yr 
Price 30 lbs, $1.00; 50 lbs, $1.,S0; 100 lbs, S2.50. Q 
Manufactured by 



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Sure Hatch Incubator Co- 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



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BUFF ROCKS. 
W. WYANDOTTES. 
BARRED ROCKS. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 



Ea-a-s. 



Only S3. 00 per .50 or $5.00 per 100 from our 
white breeds. $4. CO per .50 or *7.00 per 100 
from our best pens — Hawkins, Dustin, Felch 
strains. Bred to win and to please. We guar- 
antee our eggs to be as good as the best and 
positively thoroughbred of the best standard. 
The above low offer is for this season onl)-. 
Catalogue free. Member of American Buff 
Rock Club. 



JAMES Q. MYERS, 



Oaks. Pa. 



/\ A I/^ IT C Lamps and 
VFi4.IVIL/3 Regulators. 



NEW 

THE STANDARJ) FOR OTHERS, 

OukeV Hydro Surety Lump, (Wnler jacketed mck tube), the only safe 

Neier t've, uiil nurbuiokes. Price loc to S'J.id. 
Oakea' ImprovL-a Wufcr Tlii-riiioatulo. Special KegulatorC 
April 1. Water re;riil 





fall kinds. Tnnkn, llfat«rM, E|rir TeMer», cte. 

Write for catalogue and get our money-saving prices. 

L. R.. OAKES. Mfr.. No.a2 6th Street. BLOOMINGTON. IND. 




Fresh Opportunities 

follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That i.s the tes- 
timony of thousands of successful poultry raisers who will 
have lio other machine .Absolutely self-reKUlatiug, and the 
Blinplest, surest, most durable hatcher ever made. Guar- 
anteed positively as represented 



money refunded. The 



VICTOR 



Incubator Jk^^ss^.^iirTass, 



^. Catalogue 
telling bow to get increased 
results from almost any 
machine, for 6 cents. 




32 

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS._^— ^ 

111 Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
Fifty Cockerels mid Pullets to sell. 
Bggs in season. 

W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 



High class stock for sale! 

Barred and BuflF Plymouth Rocks 
and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furni-h 
• "w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon. Mo. 

Caution! Oofl RamOThim Ad. 

Fur If ym rio vou will fll'Covcr where to 
^.,-t ii ,• iH-.t of White Kocks scorin;,' froiu !W 
liiHliii:it the larnest shiiws Ihriiuirhout i he 
slHle of iMiin At •■(iluiiilnis. liWl. wcshowed 
thirty \Mi te K.ioks wiih iiii iiverii^' si'iire of 
%m. A 4-ye»r-old r-ook hlid scored !i.')'i un<l 
er such )ii' ftes as Hrldije. Lan-. Orttnnier. 
narjter liiid Jones. Stoi-k foissHle. Eggs $2.00 



Maughlin Bros. 



Colnnibusi, Ohio 




POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May I "SHOW YOU" »• ^' Rocks Exclusively 

That eg-gs bought of me will hatch f^"™e good cockerels for sale yet 

Barred Rocks for you that will sat- Eg-gs for -ale at S2 per IS, $3 for .30. 

isfy the most exacting. If not ~ 

treated right, publt.sh me in the In- Xj. A. DA_~5l , 

vestigator. coRwiN JONES, Bruning, ISTeb 

Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa " 



p from 3 yards of prize win- 

P^U OrO ning Barred Rooks scor- 
"OO" ing up to 92,'/2 atS1.50and 
$2 (10 per 1.'). From my S. C. White 
Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- 
ser heavy laving strains) scoring up to 
94 '4 , at #2.06 per 15. 



P. Hostetter, 



East Lynue, Mo 




A Boon for Poultry Kr«pcr« 
IIETTKK than u l;OI,l> MINE. 

We will tell you how we made oui 
hens pay over *I0 per pent protlt. 
M erely send yotu-nn me and addreK 
W.j.lJrP.rullrjt'o., niulonville.Conii 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



OURNALISM 

I'racticui. piiylni? newspaper work. 




nhortt 



. etp 



TAUCHT BY MAIL 

tiy our succeasrul system In per- 
sorml charge of Mr. Henry I ii. h- 
lifld West, formerly manaixins 
e.liior of the Washington 1 rut. 

f-i e?;priil ptndentfl evervwlu-re. 

W.lic lor Illustrated houUlei. 



HOKTHAND a.nd 
BOOKKEEPING. 

SMKly at hmne mid take a 
higher ^ali^rv. liiv.stinu a 
little time and a Utile inon. 
y In a businesscourKe with 
VIS and the dividend will 
nev.reea«e II .siihlects 

TAUGHTBYMAiL 

C'omplt I. oiiuinua :,o lii En. 

gtneerlnjf. .'oiirnalisni. .Sei- 

_-nguaees. etc. Write tiw free 

N XTTONAL COUUI-SI'()NnF.N('F 

ITUTE I4ti0 Second Nafl. Bank Bidg. 

iilnalun. IJ. (.;. 



Single-combed ^^KfxoK^^. 

(Exclusively) 

Birds i.f i-hnlce breeding. Seorlns: from «2 to 
il4'i are In my p.-ns fer H102. Ebes from 
these pens 12.00 per dozen. A satisfactory 
h itc-h .'iiaranleed 

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 

iKcun-K 1. Sta. H > 



For Sale.... 

200 Fine Black Lang.shan.s. ioo 
Some'of the best I ever rais.d 
Address 

Ben F. Kytr.-, 

Ctawfoidsvllle. Ind 



Ross Bros' Trapnest 

1st what every piniltryman iieed» 



In sets ot 3 for $3.00. naliuArail 
In sets of 5 lor $4.25. UeilfBreOi 



F^or* Sale. 



We sell them cheapi 
make then". 



than vou can 



We Must Have Room! 



IS Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, SI 50 and S2 50 each. 

10 Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels S2.50 and S3. 00; worth $.5 0(i to Slu.oO. 

10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to S2.00 each. 

No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thunjuj. 

bred poultry, ?5.i«i to S7.IKI per hundred, S3. 00 to S4.IKI per .^o. 



SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., 



Clay Center, Nebr. 



BONANZA RABBITRY, 

Founders of the Hrst herd of pedigreed Belgian 
Hares In the world. The first tn establl'^h a 
system nf re(fl«!i ration for Belgians, The Hrst 
to prialiiee hares e.xceedin!^ the ftandard 
weight and develop superior colors. Holder iif 
the world's r eord for prize winnlncs 

Our Hales for 1900 wer.- over 5.000 head. Send 
10 cents for the m^st complete and most be.iu- 
tlful 5fi-pa-'e cfttaloir ever puhll«'ert. 

Bona ,za Uabbltry M.iiual. Uh edition, just 
corning from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. It. 
0. Piatt, the toremnst authority on the subject, 
president of the National Association of Bel- 
gian Hare Judees; professional Insruclorof 

Belclan Hare Institute*; originator of the Decimal System of .ludjring and 
ed to this system; Inventor of Bi-nanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians 
Perfect Belgian moulded In metal, presenting the Ideal colors, also perfi 
shape and size. 



ESTABLISED IN I8S5- 




cilon In'qiiallty 



Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,2741 N. road St , PHILADF LP HI A 
Perm&nent Cn.KtAm Office &.nd SaLlAsroom. 



Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 



Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 

Eead in the best competition. 

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 



POULTRY mi 



at CUT PRICES 

CATALOGUEFRKF. 

It. Co., Columbus, 




Kills ll.-e 'nd miteson poultry, hogs and ani- 
mals, is the strongest and best lice killei 
made. VViih our double tube sprayer you 
can save one half the liquid and penetran 
all craclis and spray tlie boilom of the housi 

where you find the mitres or spldir lice, it gets theie 

every time F.VMry can Is juaranteed or money refundi a 

a Sprayer and can .if Lice Killer FREE- 

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 

For setting bens and babv chicks- Alway-tobe used before sitting the heii. For the next CO 
days we will send our old and new ruMomcrs. 100 lbs Shel-grlt. (.warse orflne) lOu ibs lime 
stoegTft, one gallon Paragon Llc-kiiler. one Tiffany's Doijb e Tube ^^pray, r, one 411) paek- 
age Powder, all for$2..W. Tbele goods all gn 3rd class freight-cheap. 



THE TIFFANY COMPANY. 



Lincoln, Nebraska. 



POULTRY INVISTISATOR. 

^l^^^ays Take 



THE 



Kansas City & Omaha Line 



For All Points 

East, South and West. 

Close coiinections made at all junctions. For rates 
and information, call on or'address 

S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. 

St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 




The "Perfect" Hatcher 

B^°200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder ccmbined, $10.00. 

8^100-Eeg Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5. 

si^Barrea Plymouth Rock Fowls and tggs. None Finer. 

Ti'stlmoulalsand Illustrated circuUr Uc. 

J A. CHELTON, Falrmount Md. 



Our Leader B. P. Rocks. 



30 ejfgs, $2.00, from stock seorinp 89 to 91. 30 eggs, S3. 00, from stock scor- 
ing 91 to 92"2. vSingle settings SI. 50 to S-J. 00 each. Buff Cochin Bantam 
egg-s, $1 SO per IS. Buff Cochin eggs $1.50 per 15. S. C. Brown Leghorn 
eggs $.00 per setting. My stock is line bred and will produce 90 per cent 
e.xhibition birds. They did it last season and they will do it this season. 
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise sJiow birds. 

A. L. PEDICK, ' box A, Ottumwa, Iowa. 




Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 

Kolds like a book. All in oae piece. 
NothlDK to (o astray. The neatest 
and strongest coop on the market. 

Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 



SEED CORN. 



Prize Winners and ' Mortgage Lifters. Tested and 
Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 




Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize 
Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New 
seed at 80c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper. 



Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to 
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn, 
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds- 



Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh 
at wholesale prices. Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,- 
000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. 



Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo 



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Ai n'tthf se beaiitii's 

But not so fine fis 
chirks liatrlml 
from H. I'. Uoili 
and Buir (Jodi 
Inea^'slhal vmi 
can buy or Mr-. 
KpsMrr. 1 lui' •■ 




First Prixe Hen. Weight 9 Iba. 

Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
late State Show Judge Myers said 
she was the best one he bad seen 
this year. I won Sregular premiums 
at the above show. 20 years a 
breeder of this variety e.xclusivcly. 
Write your wants Ar'dress 

F. C. HINMAIS, Friend, Nebraska. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality aad Quantity. 

Farm raised prize winning stock. 
Eggs fl.SO per 15, $.'i.00 per 100. 

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr 



Single Gomb Brown Leghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A. RIcKards, 

SOITH . OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 

Ogden, Utalr. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



^ Chicken Choras 



'irs AH 'Rig hi i It's Alt 'Rtghi! 

yin Incubator That Is Out of Sight!* 




'&M^^^ 



.'&# 



The chickens do not really say it but they feel it, and their owners 
say it over and over. The 

jylll *Righi Incub<i1ors 

Sold c 4-0 7}ay^' F'ree Trial 

are such good machines, such perfect hatchers, so simple in 
operation, so durable in construction, that we gladly send them 
to any one on 40 days' free trial. Take off a hatch and then 
decide whether you want the machine or not. , 
Isn't that "all right ?" We couldn't do it if our 

machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining 

why it does such good work. It's free. 
CLAy PHELPS I/^ClZ-BATOTi CO., 

station 87 Cincinnati, Ohio. 




These Eggs Will Hatch 



chicks that liave rich yellow leers and stioM 
wlilte pliiiiiafe, 



.50 per 15 from pen No. i ifl.OO per 1.5, 
Mrs. M. C, Oowiilfig, Elk City, Kan. 



Free Barred Plymouth Rock 



Circular tellinq- about my su- 
perb Barred Rocks. Yards 
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from 
prize winning ancestry. . Eggs $2.00 per K?, 3 settings ?.").00. 



PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 



Leghi 



Buff Legnorns 

The Coming Breed. 



Eggs 



They are no doubt the best laying breed 
there is, and are larger than other Leg- 
horns. Average weight of male and fe- 
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden 
Bufi plumage, winners wherever shown. 
"5c per 15. From tri.0 winners, i'i.SQ per 15. 



Em C, HaHsook, Spring Valley, Ohiom 




Black LangshattS. winner of American Lang- 
shan Cup, at Bowling 
<ireen. Mo. They won for two years 1st ck, 1st and 3d 
cl.1, 1st and 3d pullet, Ist hen, 1st, pen. At St Louis, 1st 
ckl, 1st pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, 1st pen. At Illinois state 
show my 1st ckl scored Q5'2, 2 cks scored '14'4 each, 2hens 
95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen 190:V. I own the 
highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs 
$2.00 per setting. 



JOHN HETTIGH, 



Bowling Green, Mo, 



To the Editor: 

Dear Sir: — While the girls and boys 
are discussing fine points in the chicken 
coop,'!, please give them the one be- 
low to crack: In the fall of 1001 our 
turkeys and guineas laved until about 
October 1st; not wisliing to market the 
eggs, we packed them in the celler and 
we have been using them ever since 
the holidays, and if you did not know 
they are of last years' stock I am cer- 
tain that you could not tell the dif- 
ference from a newly layed egg. The 
cold storage people tell us that it re- 
quires 32 to .34 degrees to keep an egg 
good. The facts above does not show 
that you need to have a cold storage 
plant, but a good cellar will will answer 
ns well. There is an old saying, 
"What will keep out cold will keep out 
heat." that answers in this case. 
Pack you eggs fresh; turn the cases 
two or three times a week and we are 
satisfied the eggs will keep from 
.\ugi'ft 15th to .^pril 1. 

Mr. Editor; The above are facts as 
we can show you if you will come out 
to the ranch. If the above is worth 
its room in your valuable paper, use it; 
if not. the waste basket. 

M. P. ROBERTS. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

At Neb. State show 1902, in class of 
1 17 birds, 13 exhibitors, 1 2 pens in com- 
pet tion, V oa I'd pen, missing 1st by % 
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4ih ck. Eggs 
$."! per 15, $.'5 for HO. Write fur prices 
on incubator eggs. 
J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr 




BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the leading schools of the west- 
Large attendance. Great demand for 
its graduates. Expenses low. Address 

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 

Reference; Sure Hatch Incubator Company 



BITY STOni v and EGGS from hi^h scoring 
WIlfrK LANGSHANW an d BUFF KOdKS. 
Fine winter layers, ciieap for quality. Eetrs 
Jl.SO per IS. Mrs. L. MUM''0\VER. Duroc 
Jersey Pies. W.L. MUMPOWER, 

Chilicothe, Mo. 

BAR^UNFlirBARREiprROCKS. 

Edson's Reslstered Strain, from a lon» line 
of piize-winiiinjr ancesters; have made them 
a specialty for 19 yed.r«. Now offet-inst fine 
e.xhibttion and zraijd br' eding stock of both 
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
half-tones of nieritot-ious birds. Address, 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. 



Buflf Rocks 
Pekin Ducks 
Toulouse Geese 
Bronze Turkeys. 



MRS. FLORA 
SHROYER. 

Perry, O. T. 



WANTED! 

25oWhite Wyandotte Hens 
and Pullets. 

250 White Leghorn Hens 
and Pullets. 

100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
males. 

Will pay cash. Address, 

Box 427, Clay Center, Neb. 



ForSaief ~ ~ ~ 

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on 
four entries of geese I took first 3 
premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 

Wailen Cameron. Schuyler. Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35 

MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 

___„_SIBKBEDERS 0F :^=^ „ 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
Pekin Ducks. 

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d 
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne- 
braska State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 
pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet. 1st cockerel- 

a first prize on every bird entered. 
We have a tine lot of young stock for sale. 



FRIEND, 



NEBRASKA. 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
30 old ones to draft frotn the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr, 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 

BAKKEI) PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even tin- b.LiilnK to the skin as blue 
as tlie sky. and with elejiant ootiiljs. jinlden beaks and siianks. Or hi'a vy weJL'hi SIN- 
GLE (^UMB BROWN LfcCHOKM.-^, Elegant conilis. fine stripin-r lo Harkei and Sad- 
die, and shape to burn Pullets with i hat soft even brown color, tine si rip* d lacUels 
and eii-sant cotubs In fact birds that give the other fell"W thai tl'ed feelinc i» 'he 
showroom If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O , P. O Box I. 



RARRFn ^"^ADi-KY Bros 

ROOKS. 



New York winners 
is what my ilock is built from. Win- 
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale. 



J. R, Henderson, 

Sta. B. Route i. 

Columbus, Om 



P ULLET S^LE. 



We have no more cockerels for sale, 
but have 50 choice pullets that we will 
sell for One Dollar each Send in your or- 
der at once, they will sell quick at this 
price. Send tor eg:g: circular describinii 
our five breeding^ vards, mated for best 
results, E ggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Neb. 



'^io^ioio4oioioioioioio^ioioioX*^jfe^jfeioioio>?' 



49 

49 



Hello! Whose are These? Why Hall's Famous Prize Witmjug 

White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 150 regular 
and special prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All our 
first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. K tnales and females score 
90 to 93,'/, — White Wyandottes 93 to 90. We always win, so can you 
if YOU l>uv of us. Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C. 
R.'l. Reds, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, 1. Geese, and Pekin Ducks 
are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou all. Stock and 
eggs for sale. 



J D W HALL, 



Box 700. 



Des Moines Iowa- 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Mines' Liquid Lice Killer. 



li'iiiltrv liciillhy 



Will destroy all animal veriiiin 1 , , ^. ,. , 

used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays for itseH in'The c'sff 
-"'^,1',**'_ ,-"'''^1'""'' *'°'' '"^'<'"S' -•''C each. Harred Plymouth Rock. ef;{rs 
iioth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per 



?1.UU for ]-,. Maui 



Mrs I. W. HUMES, Walnuf. Kan 



Trees and Plants ^ ^m^E se e the loo^ 

Noxall incubator 



That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 

We srrow that kind. L.irtestork. Honest dealing 
Low prices. We pay freight, Uudded Peach 
es6c.: Gr;ifted .\r.plus5i.: Concord Grapes 2c., 
Kuss. Mull.erries3<lc. per WO; Ash 7Sc. per IttX); 
Black Locust SI. 35 per llHK). Enelish 
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. / 

CARL S3N0ERF.66ER, Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb 




3 riultr^ dii 

batoi- Co., Q,nincy, III, 




Do you l(eep Bees? 

THEN learn how to 



lie the Lest up- 



Jfls H; Vjsiviiiiilcr, 



jnd olh- 
used by 
bee keep- 



Dfs Moines, lown. 



White and Golden Wyandottes*** 

Incubators^ 



only 
«lipt 
in ih 



The Strongest Chicks 

6tp)^ iPfiE 

/ ■^^^""' Ijinpurt tone and M 

V- I »»/■'» /ity to the eggand , . 

5 LAY /-"■'• """•"■' 



MAI 



AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., 

19 Front Street, Quincy, Illinois. 



II on e tirely new |,rhu-lp|ps and II, e 
inKehiiie made thai will allow tlieclii hS 
h:iic-hlniriocninP nut nf thp macliliie 
■ purn. rn-.sh oiiisjdi- all ai tl.i-ir own 
111 -t exactly the same as they do » h. n 
iiri;r under the ben. Guaranteed t.' im- 
iiauiienloser and to hatch equal tn aoy 
in.' on the market. Kor further pariic- 
a.ldross with alatnp. 

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 






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ITHIS IS THE WAY 

tliey come off for the man who uses 

THE NATURAL HEN 

INCUBATOR. 

Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
nothing if you follow our plan. We 
have an agents proposition that is the 
be.st money maker you ever heard of, 
Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg 
Formula free if you write to-day. 



Natural Hen Incubator Co.. 

B'l 1, Columbus, Neb. 



OVER.NMENT PO- 
SITIONS 

Ni-arly lli,U<H'a|)p.ilntiiii-nis 
made last vai. r-haii.-es 
l.eitpr f,,r IWK. Ilurn'rels 
K.of il.o.^,. who li:,vp liepniiii- 
poinied wi-re piepared hy 
u-Hy n... ,1 Eviahljshed IHHa 
F'lli pailicu'ai.-i flee (•••n- 
CP nins sfovrrnniPnt po.si- 
linns. salaiii>> and. p.xan,- 
inaili.n^. when and where 
tiPld our meibi'ds ot. Wriio iii-dav 
V'TTOVM. r.( lJ!K.«l'()\l)K\f R INSTI- 
TUTE. 14-42 Second Nat'l. hank bldg , Wash. 
Ington. D. C. 




The CYPHERS IWCyBATOR 



Gold Medal and Highest Award at Pan-American. October, 1901 
Were Placed on 



I line .inil time ai;ain tli,: (.M.lins 3(.n-egu inacliine „ 

upwards of 300 chicks from 360 untested eggs 

wouhl take thirty Inns to li:,i, h JllHl chicks. 

^, , , THE EVIDENCE. 



■■I get am chlclt.s out of .1I» fertile eggs.' 



M 

■i Tiatchnt 3U chicls out'of 
I'rtedl. lUskell, liul. 

"l-romMO cgiri we have hut lie.1 317 of the briglitest. Mraiigest 
clucks 1 ever s.lw."- Trmk n. T»vlo,. lT,„„pi„„, p.,. '^"' 

-LR"llT,Km°V,V''<''"''''r'"'-*'™°'^^' "'''"'''''' ■''''''''■'''*■'' 

rJ.'i.'"' "' iT'm'".;''^' I'C. '",'."'?.'"' ' '""'^l'"' •■"* good, henlthy 

loading I got :101 

,■ ..,,. .. .. ir ■ — ■; »■ .it-tMij i.iii,.K3 iTiiiii the 3fi0-egg 

CyjiherN S|'f;»g"c llr.«., Fliirence. O. 
Think ..t the w->rk and the worry in caring for the thirty hens It 



• r gs and from 

i.ikc.. Pa. 

> ^l^..lIg. healthy chicks froi 



wvjul.l re iiilre to liakh W» chickens, ten to each hen 
will take perfect care of the Cyphers SOO-egg incuK-il 
LItrralljr tllail.nndli of nFr<on> in every walk . 
abovi'aiiotoil. and the smaller sizes of Cyiihers Ir 
'Ti this yfiii can at>s<<Iiitclv depend. Wl. 
,1 ... -- descriptive Iri-pngc " 



-Tills 



largest 



ivi-qn 

est si/, 



cat3l,.n,K-. IKnnnl..,-,.^^|||„c|,c,. liuenttinswiiii. I , . - ;, 

Cyphers Incubator Co., !.'o"ov''.i\.V.-.'i,'i'V,.;';i,::!,'a:: 




Winning: 

White Wyandottes. 

WE WIN East and 
West. At the great 
Chicag-oSnow, 1902 
in hot competition, 
ill a class of 64 
White Wyandotte 
cockerels, 'the fin- 
est ever seen, our 
birds were given two prizes out of five, 
wiiiiiiiig the :id and .'ith prizes. We 
have t pens of high scoring females 
headed by prize birds. Eggs S'i per 1.?. 

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 





Heovlly Feathered, Highly Penciled 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 

Egg's $".!.iili per l.'i. Satisfaction fguar- 
aiiteed. Write for particulars. 

C. J. Beedle. Holdres^e. Neb. 



Barred P .Rocks. 



Hawkin's Strain! 



I breed them by the Trap 
nest system. Eggs that 
will hatch First Prize win- 
ners, $2.00 per 13, $5.00 
per 40. Send an order. 

GEO. H WALLACE 

Box A. Navau, Mltm 



LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 

Prize-vvinning^ stock, first prize 
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
four entries at Kansas City, Mo., 
won 1 first, 2 .seconds, 1 third. 
4 prizes at Kansas State Show. 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 

STECKER BROS., 

4639. Cottaise Ave., St. Louis. Mo 



Ftt'A'e I'rom prize winning Golden 
So* Wyandottes, $2. per i:i, scor- 
ing from IK) to 93'., by Shellen' erger. 



J. Gordinier, 



Keota, III. 



Silver Laced Wyandottes. 

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
Fine scoring 

Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Mo- 



I Sell You 



Barred Rocks at one 
cent on the dollar. 



By selling you chicks just out of the 
shell from stock the sire of which cost 
S50.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00. 
You get chicks for 60 cents each — thus 
one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks 
at 50 cents each. This is the best 
chance in the world to start with good 
solid foundation of pure bred eastern 
stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and 
guarantee safe arrival 1,500 miles. 
Hatching all the time. Order in ad- 
vance. Cash with order. 

PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass. 



White Minorcas. Barred 
Plymouth Rocks, Gold- 
en and White Wyan- 
dottes and Buff Gochin 
Bantam Cockerels. 

♦ ♦-»-♦■»-♦-»■-»- 

I have cockerels in the above 
named varieties for sale and 
eggs In season. (Score cards 
with cockerels). The Wyan- 
dottes are Dustin & Keller 
strains direct. B. P Kocks 
are Elliotts. 
Yours Respectfully, 

Pine Lawn Poultry Parm. 
L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- 

Wakefield - Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Singfie Comb 
White Leg:horns. 

Eggs for hatching from the cream 
of my flock, as I have the advan 
tage of selecting my breeders from 
among seven hundred choice birds 
all bred and owned by myself. 
Nothing but the very best speci 
mens of most prolific layers are 
ever used. Descendant from gen 
erations of great layers of large 
pure white eggs. Write at once 
for circulars 

E. A. TESDALL, 

Slater, Story Co, Iowa 



P stands for P 
U stands for U 
R stands for R 
I stands for I 
T stands for T 
A stands for A 
N stands for N 

C stands for C 
H stands for H 
I stands for I 
C stands for C 
K stands for K 

F stands for F 
O stands for O 
O stands for O 
D stands for D 




uritan; pure and the best, 
sage, this stands the test, 
ation, balanced and true, 
ncome, doubled for you, 
rouble, a thing of the past, 
ctive smart chicks that will last. 
ature whose laws are observed. 

hickens their health is preserved, 
appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
llness which plays them no tricks 
ostly when losses ensue 
eeping these losses from you. 

oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
Id when some are not dead, 
rders, in volume they grow, 
rop us a line as below. 



The line should be dropped to 

IliE Puntan Poultrf Fafuis, Inc. 

For their superb and imnien 
catalogue giving full details f 
this remarkable food and W.^ 
trating the 

World's Largest Poultry 
Plant 

In all its details, also showing 
which are the best Incubators 
and Brooders now in use It Is 
absolutely free to everybody. 
Write today. 

Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. 

Box 357. Stamford, Conn. 



Meyer's Langshans 




1st and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
Score i89>^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
15. $3-5° for 30. $5-00 for 45, from winners. 
Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 



L. E. Meyers, 

Bowling Green, Missouri 



lY. Jm Cheney, 

Breeder of 

Thoroughbred Poultry, 

BOX 68-^*.- -^1/-CIIBA, MO 



Varieties.— B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wvan- 
andotles. Partridire Cochios, S. C. B. Minnrca.s, S, C. 
W. Leeborns. S. and R.C. B. Leghorns. Pekin Ducks. 
Et't's for hatching-, tl 00 per setting. *3.00 for 50. 

Write for ray new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
quotesprieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 



W. J. CHENEY. . 

BOX 68.-^ Crawford Co. -Or-CUBA, MO f 




$5.00 



Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round 
layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 

Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



STAR -^ik i^ t^ 

Incubators 
A«d Brooders. 



A large free Catalogue tells you 
all about them. 



Our New No. 2 Double Walled 
Dead Air Space Self- 
Regulating 

BROODERS 

are without an equal. See cut. 

Price $12.00. 

Our New A-i just the same, only 

with single walls at $10.00 

is the real thing. GOOD 

Brooders for $5.00. 

Send for Circulars and Price 
List 




Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 

Chicks thrive best on a balanced 

feed of meaty, cereal and 

grain element. That's 

STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 

It isn't a medicine, but a health 
and strength builder. It prevents 
most of tlie diseases that kill chicks. 
Carefully compounded from re- 
sults of expert experimenting and 
study. 



Price, at Dealers: 

1 lb. pkg:....10c. 501b. bag.. $2.25 

5 lb. pkg 35c. 1001b. bag.. $.^.50 

Star Incubator Co., 

12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J. 

Star Specifics 
Is guaranteed to cure. 



No I. Obolcra Id old 

Fowls. 
No 2 Samo. for chicks 
No 3 Egc Food and 

Tonic. 
No 4. For Oold and 

Oroup, 



No 5, For Inactive 

Males. 
No 0, For iDdlgestloD 
No 7. Food for Small 

C'hlc-k.s. 
No 8, Disinfect In- 
sect Powder. 




Why Not Buy the Best? 

It costs no more Ihau iiifL.norBt> U-s. Wb claim that 

Adam's Green Bone Cutter 

Is tlie b.sl, li.causu Ills the only IJ.ill Bearini,' ma. hine 
on the mark! t. It workson Ihe sluar liruulple, (urns 
easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 
la Ijetter shape than any other. Wrltealouce. 
CalalaEue No. la Free. 

W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL. 




Golden Wyandottes 

Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
ous, Stock, from careful 
Matiags. 

S, p. VAN NORT, Si-iisSS^r""- 



1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
9i-92ii-9\H and 91 X by Butterfield. 
8 seconds at same show 1900. 1st 
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
Eggs for hatching, $2 per V.i. Stock 
or sale. Write for full information 



S5,000 c:?^t:;ru. FREE! 

1 Ills wfthoutB rival. C- -' ■' ■ 



isr^ 



olee ondleea8es,howtofee4,breei 



iJ. R. Brabozoo. Jr. & Co.. BozlOo.OelavaoTwS^ 



Eggs 

den Sebright Bantams, two dollars 
per setting- of fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks. 
1 wo dollars per setting of eleven. My stuck 
are all strong and vig-orous and have farm 
ranee. All eBrg^s shipped will be strictiv fresh- 

Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb3 MO. 

Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Koiito No. 3. 



Black Langshan, J^^ite p.^<?<=>^;S 

■ C. Buff Orpington 

W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
from $1.00 to S2.50 per setting. Won at 
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
ribbons from 2 to .">. Poor hatches du- 
plicated at half price. 

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin,Peb. 



PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 

Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon 
as made, direct from the farm. If you want 
somethine nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
fresh, i)lease send me your order and I will 
please you. Put up in 1 (rallou cans. 6 cans to 
the crate. Price one dollar per eallon. Order 
early so not to be disappointed and you will 
want more next year- 

E. E. Miller, Falrvlew Farm, 

Montville. OHlo. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvllle, la. 

Lock box 500. 



It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dog. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Eoxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
^-Males $10.00; females $S.00. 



INCUBATOR 

on TRIAL 



The Perfected Von Culin. 

Successful result of 25 years' experience. 
Scientifically correct, practically perfect. 
Non-explosive metal lamps. 
Double and packed walls. 
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
Made of best materials, and highest quality 
of workmanship and finish. 

PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT. 

We muko Brooders, Bee Hives <t Supplies, 
ty Catalog and Price List sent Free. 

The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
Dept. 2l3i Jamestown, N.Y. 



PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 



Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
Comb Brown Leghorn. 



Having disposed of all my sur- 
plus stock and mated up my 
pens, am prepared to book or- 
ders for eggs. Write at once 
for prices 



J. H. TROUGH, 

Minden, - - - Nebr. 




GREAT BARGAINS 

Importers and Exporters of 35 va"-- 
ieties land and water fowls. Stock 
and etgs for sale at all times. VVrite 
before you buy. Bank and personal 
references given. Send lor Full Il- 
lustrated Circular. Iowa Poultr7 C«., 
Box 623, Des Moines. Iowa. 



HORT STORIES 

bring high prires. Thousands of good 
siories which might easily be made 
salable, make up tbegrvat mass of 
■ rejected manuscripts. ' Our School 
of Journalism. In charge of suc- 
cessful authors, crltlcises.correcls 
and revises, as well as teaches 
how- to write. Write tor booklet. 
SAfl rORRESPtlKDENrg nSSIITCTB 
2d Nat'l Bank Bldf. ITtslllDtlon, D.C 




1890 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
1902 



EGGS! 



From our Royal Blood Sll' 
ver Wyandottes. 



/•r/ces l?erfi»cci/ from 3.CXI to 2.00 per settintr of fifteen eggs. Last 
year w.' sold every esrsr we had to spare. This year have two more fine 
pens. We know that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth. 
They are theJcomintr fowl and to boost them along have reduced the 
price. Our Silvers have never been defeated in the show loonl. At Ne- 
braska State Show, Jan. 24 to 28, l'»2, we won 10 of the 16 ribbons, near- 
ly twice as many as all other competitors. We are now shippinp ecffS. 
Fetter book your future eg-g orders now or may not be able to fill them. 
We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock for sale at all times at 
Ponca Wyandotte Yards. Refer to express aet, postmaster. Security 

...... ^. , g^ [^ ^ CONNOR.PoMca, Neb. 



I Bank or Dun": 



IF PANDEMONIUM 



Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale 
you can positively check the mortalitj' by using : : : : 

PUR.it AN CHICK FOOD, 

a readily assimilated ancl scientifically balanced ration. Use it 
under positive guarantee. 

FRlt;E:--Our new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever 
issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 



largest plant 

PURITAN 

BOX 357 A. 



POULTRY FARMS, 

STAMFORD, CONN. 



The Best Work 

can be done only by a good machine— the bpst inacliiue, Wi» 
feel oeVtaiu that if you examiu.- tli.' 

Marilla 

Incubators and Brooders 




j^ a U/of Water or Hot Air,) 

^» i . you will be 
'^- other mach 
back if you 
every other day. Send 4 cents postage 



Marilla IncubatorCompanyyBox 97yRose HIII^N.Y, 




■inced that they will Kive you better aatisfaction than a 
made. We sell them with that guarantee. Your 
■ ■■ They have a regulator that regulates and voi 







Folds info fiat package for storagr 
after season is over. 



Your ProfitS2Kt^".. 

If you are raising chickens you cannot afford to be 
without'the 

Favorite Brooder Coop. 



st in young chi<-k9. 
leii. Convenient for cliicks. 
r;iinst cats, minks, skunks^ 
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Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan- 
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handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden 
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nothing reserved, must be sold by March 1st. Winnkk of 47 regular prem- 
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SOME STANDARD CHICKENS 



One of the oldest if our standard 
chickens is the Dorking. So called 
from Dorking, England. It is said to 
ha\e been brought to England by the 
Rornans. 

The Dorking and the Game are our 
best fowls for table purpose, having 
full breasts of fine grain and flavor. 

The Barred Plymouth Rock, our 
general purpose fowl, is a very recent 
breed. It gets its size and laying qual- 
ities from Light and Dark Brahma, 
which are two of its ancesters; its 
roaming quality from the Pit Game in 
its make up; its fine marking in part 
from the Dominique and Black Java. 

The Black Javas are our oldest 
chickens of the American class. They 
are a fine chicken, as is also, the White 
and Mottled Java, and being a large 
chicken there is no reason why they 
should be so neglected as of late they 
have been. 

The Wyandotte is a general purpose 
fowl the equal almost, if not quite, of 
the Plymouth Rock. It is a new fowl 
and a handsome one. In its make up 
is found the Breda, a French fowl; 
Silver Spangled Hamburg, which gives 
its fine form and proud carriage; the 
Dark Brahma and a little mix of 
Cochin blood. 

The Brahmas, both Dark and Light. 
Ah, there's the rub, to tell just exactly 
what breeds they carry in their large 
bodies. All the large Asiatic breeds 
combined, but principally Shanghai, 
surely, to make that extra combination 
called Brahma. They were first called 
Brahma Pootra and specimens were 
shown exceeding twelve pounds in 



weight for hens and fourteen pounds 
for roosters at some of the old time 
shows. They were known in other var- 
ious places as Gray Shanghais, Coch- 
ins and what not. Today we know 
them simply as Brahmas, and they are 
still our largest chickens. They are 
extra good layers, producing as many 
eggs in a year as many of our boasted 
non-sitting breeds. Their eggs are ac- 
cording to their own size, the largest 
eggs of all chicken eggs. 

The Light Brahmas breed true to 
color. They can never be mistaken for 
another kind, and down to the third or 
fourth generation of breeding out. they 
will persist in carrying their weight as 
well as color with them. This of itself 
proves them originally to have come 
from a mix of large breds and very 
likely not more than two to produce 
the uniformity in shape and color. 

There are four varieties of Cochins, 
Buff, Black, White and Partridge Co- 
chin. The last is most difficult to 
breed true to feather. It seems to be 
akin in this line, as well as others, to 
the Dark Brahma. 

Icannot say that I know exactly the 
origin of the Cochin, but to produce 
his diverse plumage, has necessitated 
the mixing of one or two breeds out- 
side the large Asiatic fowl from which 
he gets his shape and size. I have no 
doubt but that the old Brahma Pootra, 
which had a tendency to pass from a 
rich cream in color to a bright yellow, 
with some black intermingled for the 
males, had much to do in adding color 
to our present day Buff Cochin. Then, 
there used to be a big fowl called the 
Hoang Ho, with a thick growth of 
down that made the young chicks al- 
most impervious to cold when other 
breeds were freezing to death in the 



chilly winds of spring. This fowl may 
have had something to do in providing 
our present Buffs with such a good 
coat and hardiness against cold. 

The Langshangs are the smallest of 
the Asiatic standard breeds, and are 
white and black distinctively. The 
white Langshangs being very white, 
and the black variety very black. They 
are an excellent farm chicken and great 
layers, average weight for hens, seven 
pounds. 

The Leghorn is of the Mediterran- 
ean class of fowls and the egg layer of 
the fowl family. The Leghorn is close- 
ly allied to the primitive breed of 
chickens. They show their close kin- 
ship to the wild breeds by despising the 
close quarters of a chicken house, fly- 
ing high to roose, and their roving 
qualities. The original home of the 
wild chicken is a warm climate, and 
the Leghorn shows this in its lack of 
an undergrowth of down to save it 
from cold. Domesticated it also refuses 
to produce its kind if it can get out of 
doing so. But in their present form, 
the Leghorns have long been domesti- 
cated. There are now six standard 
varieties. Buff, Black, Brown, Silver, 
Dominique and White. 

The Minorca is another of the stand- 
ard breed*- great in laying qualities, 
poor in ^tting. Their origin is in 
doubt. Some think them a variety of 
the Black Spanish, some deri^this. The 
eggs of the Minorca are as large as 
those laid by the majority of the Brah- 
mas. They are a medium sized chick- 
en. Then hen when full grown weigh- 
ing from 6 to 7 pounds. 

The Hamburgs are the handsomest 
of all fowls, especially the Silver Span- 
gled. They are great egg producers 
and are relatives to the famed old 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




A Buff Cochin hen owned by B. H. Dunn, Clay Center, Keb. 



breed of Redcaps, called by our great 
grandmothers, Everlasting Layers. 

The Black Spanish is an old variety 
of domestic fowl. For hundreds ot 
years they ha\e been noted as above 
the average in winter egg laying. They 
equal in size the Leghorn. 

The Blue Andalusian is a handsome 
fowl and the only variety of its breed. 
It is a great egg producer. 

The Black Polish are difficult to rear 
in our climate. They are black with 
a green lustre in the plumage, and the 
topknot a pearly white. It is a very 
old type of domesticated fowl. Long 
ago its various names were Frizzle, 
Wooly, or the Turk. 

The Houdan is a handsome fowl. It 
is five toed. A Houdan is a very light 
feered and, like the Leghorn, prefer to 
hunt for its own grub in summer. It 
is called a non-setter, but my Houdans 
were ready to raise a family for them- 
selves in their second and third year. 

There are several breeds of game 
chickens that are standard. The Pit 
Game I have found an excellent fowl 
for table use and egg production. The 
males at any age are tender and finely 
flavored for roasts, with the taste of a 
wild fowl imparted to dressings and 
gravy. The Exhibition Games arc too 
numerous to mention. The White In- 
dian Game is a fine bird for the epi- 
cure. 



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nearly all the comb honey on the mar- 
ket if manufactured by a "cute ma- 
chine." that the combs are filled with 
glucose and capped over by a me- 
chanical process. The facts are, there 
is no such thing as manufactured comb 
honey anywhere in the United States, 
and in proof of this the publishers of 
leading bee iournals of undoubted re- 
sponsibility offer one thousand dollars 
for evidence to show that comb honey 
IS manufactured, or that such an arti- 
clc is for sale in the open market. .'Al- 
though this offer has been out for fif- 
teen years and has been duplicated by 
other responsible persons connected 
with the industry of bee keeping, no 
one has ever seen fit to take it up. 

The United States Department of 
.Agriruture has put out several publish- 
ed statements denying the existence of 
manufactured comb honey, and the 
American Grocer, the leading trade 
organ of its class, assures it patrons 
that all the comb honey on the market 
is .nhsnlutely the product of the bee. 



ToPKKA. Kan., April '-':!, 1302. 
Mrs. A. L Pinkerton: 

I received today the sack of chick 
food by your order of the 17th. It is 
fine, and the youngsters are very fond 
of it. Yours truly, C, H. Rhodes. 



NEVADA, Mo., March 1, If)02, 
Editor Investigator: 

.As the spring approaches the chicken 
fever grows higher and out one great 
ambition is to raise the largest and 
nicest lot of chickens in the country. 
I am not an old head at the business, 
only about two years, but I have got 
it bad this spring, and each year the 
fever grows worse. I brought it on by 
attending a chicken show. 



While I have been more or less suc- 
cessful in raising brooder chicks, I find 
r have made some mistakes. My first 
and greatest mistake was in starting 
uitli too many kinds. They were all 
non-setters, namely, W. F. B. Spanish, 
S. S. Hamburgs and W. Leghorn Not 
having a very large place. I had to 
keep them in small pens, and right here 
is where my trouble began I could not 
find a fence that they could not fly 
over, and I corresponded with a num- 
ber of fence firms, too. Aly incubat- 
ors consisted of a small Buckeye and 
an old incubator I made over. I have 
named it the Shure Failure, and set it 
out in the back yard, as I do not want 
to enter into the incubator business. I 
am on a trail now for a new incubator, 
which machine, I find on inquiry, gives 
better satisfaction than all the rest 
around here, and I have been around 
some, too. I have sold all my high 
flyers now and taken up my favorite, 
the White Wyandotte. I have a pen 
of nine hens and one rooster to com- 
mence with and shall buy several set- 
tings of eggs from different Wyandotte 
breeders, which will give me a good 
sendoff. I received several incubator 
catalogue some time ago, which ought 
to be in every family that is interested 
in chickens. I am like M. 'M. Johnson 
—a cow or two is a profitable thing 
to have along with chickens. I would 
like to hear through the columns of 
the Investigator the experience from 
some of the readers living on five or six 
acres of ground. What can be done on 
small capital in the way of raising 
broilers or eggs? Now, don't all speak 
at once. And by the way, Mr. Editor, 
can't you make the Investigator a 
weekly instead of a monthly. It is so 
long between times. As this is my first 
I will stop for fear of the waste basket. 
Yours truly, 

W. C. BARTON. 



Burrton, Kan., Feb. 1.5, lOO'J. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

Dear Sir: I have just received ad- 
vice from an old experienced poultry 
breeder, saying that stock that was 
intedcd for breeders the coming sea- 
son should not be fed on egg ration at 
this time of year. The reason he gave 
was, feeding for eggs in the winter 
and having your hens all laying, that 
when sping comes the hens would not 
lay as many eggs and what they did 
lay would not be so fertile. If this be 
so. I am up a tree, as I have a pen of 
B. P. R., ten pullets and one cock, and 
I average eight eggs daily from this 
pen. Give me your idea through your 
papers. Yours, 

S. E. STOUGHTON. 



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No one will succeed in profitable 
liDUltry unless lie has tile proper qual- 
ifications. These qualifications consist 
ill luv-e for the wofk,- not too high 
Slrling in .VoUf- ideas, aiid williiig to 
pluli yoUf wot-k and give it a fair, hon- 
tSt test. Silt if ydii are gfeat on im- 
agination, want to build air castles, 
have fib particular love for your fowls, 
t Whhld advise J-oii to not enter the 
MiMhes,! this ttiattt-fe Bf J)rfi»fit in 
poiiltr^ keet>ihg is i. thln^ each pefson 
iiiiist Solve foi- hitlfseif, SO ttitich de- 
pends upon the keepleh T\*d iiiotlWes 
(not a horseshoe) should be inscrib- 
ed above the door of every hen house: 
"Cleanliness is next to godliness," and 
''Despise not the day of small things." 
A good farmer will get up at 4 o'clock 
in the morning, feed the horses and 
cattle, clean out their stalls, etc., but 
his poor old hens have to roost and lay 
in a dirty, filthy house from one week's 
end to the other and sometimes a whole 
year. Could his horses and cattle be 
profitable under such conditions? It 
seems that farmers cannot realize the 
great improtance of the poultry pro- 
duce of their farm, and that it is equal 
to our state in agricultural products 
marked. What other kind of live-stock 
is there that can compare with it in 
porportion to capital and labor invest- 
ed? My experience has convinced me 
that there are some things about poul- 
try raising that can be taught only by 
expedience, and a little practice is 
worth a world of theory. It takes 
practical planning and patience to make 
a perfect success in the business. Be- 
gin moderately and acquire your own 
experience. Study the wants for your 
flock's comfort and make them pay all 
improvements as you go along. Get 
the best stock you can afford, and keep 
inmporving it, and give them good 
care like you do you horses and cows 
and then not results. I have learned 
that the poultry profit beats that of the 
dairy all to pieces, all things consider- 
ed. I have found there is much more 
profit in selling eggs at the low price 
of fi and 8 cents a dozen than there is 
in selling butter "at 15 cents a pound. 
Whatever is good to increase the flow 
of milk is good to increase egg pro- 
duction. Farmers frequently make a 
mistake in feeding to - much 
corn, as it has been clearly proven by 
experiment that corn should not form 
a very large portion of the grain ration 
for laying hens, it is too fattening, es- 



I pecially for hens kept in close confin- 
ment. The question arises which is 
the best feed for laying hens. There 
is no doubt that bran, in most instances 
is the most economical food.. The 
way I feed laying hens is to take 3 
(juarts of bran, 1 quart of cornmeal and 
one pint of linseed meal. I also add 
one tablespoonful Of Hines Poultry 
Food. I pour ono boiling wat^r add stir 
it thoroughly until the consistancy of 
ordiary mush and feed it warm winter 
and spring, in the morning. The 
quantity tiamed is what I feed 200 hens 
breakfast, atid at noon and evening 
feed soitife vatiety of grain, and make 
them work for it by scattering it some 
kind of chaff or straw. Never give 
your hens all they can eat as it has 
been said a full hen is like a full tramp, 
her wants are satisfied and she won't 
do nothing but loll about until she is 
hungry again. Make them scratch for 
their grain as the exercise will make 
them healthy and vigorous. 

Fowls may have slight attacks of 
various forms of disease, which a little 
watchfulness and care at the start may 
entirely eliminate from the flocks. 
Successful poultry men spend much 
time in trying to prevent disease, and 
as prevention is far better than cure. 
If your hen houses are kept well 
cleaned and free from lice and mites 
and your fowls well cared for, I am 
sure you will prevent disease. Every 
poultry house should have some kind 
of a drinking fountain, for impure 
water will bring disease. 

No doubt it will pay if we occasional- 
ly feed some charcoal, which can be 
by burning a lot of corn cobs. 

Don't begin poultry keeping with a 
vague notion that it is an easy way to 
get a living — all the work being done 
mainly by your hens — as such persons 
inevitable fail, as they ought. Don't 
think there is any easy way that brings 
success. Don't attempt to raise poultry 
this year like you did last, unless you 
are sure you are right, then go ahead. 
Don't think you must raise common 
poultry as your father did, such poultry 
is not progressive, it is not up to date. 
Quality should often be sought above 
quantity. Extra quality is largely due 
to extra care, it is the proper feed 
and management that determines the 
profit with poultry. 

Don't keep mongrels any longer than 
it will require to get better ones. The 
ordinary poultry raiser looses more 



money in harboring and feeding c'aJf 
stock than in any other way, and it is^ 
simply because he don't cull close and 
lireej for quality rather than quantity. 
If you have only mongrel chickens and 
have never been interested in thorough- 
breds, why not invest in at least a set- 
ting of good eggs this year. Make life 
worth living by having stock aroiitndl 
your place that will give you pleasUJe; 
as well as profit, that is if they are 
properly cared for. but if they are not 
properly cared for, they will in nine 
times out of ten, prove a failure. 
Therefore, we wish to impress upon 
the mind of the breeder at the outset. 
that this needs attention as well as 
purity of breed. I take notice that 
here exists gross neglect of the poor 
flocks generally. This neglect is not 
always confined to persons who have 
fancy for line poultry but extends even 
to many who have a reputation as fowl 
fanciers. Still as before stated, for 
poultry to be renumerative there mast 
be good management in their proper 
care and keeping, as this is the first 
step essential to success. 

A good, convenient poultry house 
should be properly constructed and 
should be placed in a warm, dry loca- 
tion with runways ample to allow of 
plenty of exercise. Above all, care 
should be taken that vermin does not 
get a foot hold in the hennery. The 
house and its surroundings should be 
kept scrupulously clean and should not 
be over crowded. Nothing is made by 
over crowding the hennery, on the con- 
trary it will prove detrimental. Use 
plenty of dry earth in the hen house and 
coops as it is a purifier. Slacked lime 
is cheap, and floors, walls, roosts and 
yards may be freely dusted with it.. 

The way some people refuse to use 
whitewash would indicate that it was 
expensive. All poulrty houses should 
be whitewashed at least twice a year, 
and frequent applications of Hines' 
Liquid Lice Killer would destroy any 
living vermin that may be lurking there. 

Every poultry raiser should look out 
for lice. If taken in time and proper 
remedies used it is an easy matter to 
keep them. down. This is of as much 
importance to the health of the bbrood 
as proper food. 

The habit some have of giving too 
much food to poultry is a short space 
of time is a very bad one. If you will 
notice their habits you will perceive 
that the process of picking up their 
food under ordinary, or what we may 
call the natural condition, is a very 
slow one. Grain by grain, is the meal 
taken, and with the aggregate no small 
amount of pebbles and the like, all of 
which passing into the crop, assist di- 
gestion. 



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M any disease which affect chickens 
might be prevented by breeders were 
a Httle precaution taken in the simple 
matter of feeding. Do not neglect 
the grit supply, even if your fowls have 
range. If you will but place a good 
quantity of grit before them, you will 
be surprised at the quantity they will 
consume. 

For stock of all kinds we need an 
abundance of grass. Poultry as a rule, 
grow best when able to feed them- 
selves, and certainly it saves a great 
deal of work. We have great faith in 
alfalfa clover, rye, etc., which are all 
proving excellent grass range crops. 
With an abundance of such feed and 
a little grain the fowls can pick a liv- 
ing from start to finish. 

To many fanciers and farmers, other- 
wise earnest in their business, are very 
earless concerning their fowls in the 
matter of judicious mating. Good 
people, there are the same good 
reasons for making choice of the best 
breeds of fowls as for making the same 
choice in other stock. For while a 
prune breed is as easily reared, fed and 
housed as a poorer one. there is a 
decided difference in the returns in 
favor of the former. If properly cared 
for we do not hesitate to say that 
fowls of superior order do yield the 
farmer the largest interest for the out- 
lay he makes of any other stock he 
keeps. If you select hens well and use 
nothing but first class cockerels your 
young stock are certain to grow and 
do well under proper care, and when 
yi>u come to sell them you can always 
command top prices. 

Some people may say that there is a 
great deal of work and expense in 
taking care of poultry in this way. 
So there is, but what do you get now 



K)ULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

days without trouble?. If experience 
in raising poultry docs not make a man 
or woman wise, it counts but little. 
We often see places where people grow 
gray in the care of fowls and realize 
only little profit from them. This is 
because years ago they decided that 
thi-y decided that they had mastered 
all there was to know relating to poul- 
try . and have since never tried to get 
out of the rut. 

.Arc you stilt satisfied to let things 
drag along in the lod rut, simply be- 
en use it was the way your father and 
grandfather did before you? If so. 
y.iu have some few things to learn and 
ipply to your farm management before 
vmu can be classed among the up to 
il:itc farmers. We have everything of 
the best to work with these days. You 
don't thrash your grain with a flail, 
or tramp it out with oxen. You and 
your father outgrew that ancient 
method. Now just go a step farther 
and apply the knowledge you have to 
other things. 

I learn from older people that they 
never hear of a poultry show unless at 
Chicago, or some eastern city. But 
now how changed! I hope the time 
is not far distant when every county 
will have its own poultry show. Then 
farmers will take more interest in good 
poultry, as the poultry show is the 
poultry educator. Then we can place 
our birds on exhibition and learn who 
has the best birds, how to select and 
buy stock or eggs. 

It has always been a source of 
wonder to the writer why farmers pay 
no attention to the breeding of poultry. 
It seems that the business of selling a 
few dozen eggs and poultry for market 
is so small that they turn it over to 
to the women folks, (they are small in 
business affairs you know.) Likewise 
much less attention is given them than 
their economic importance justifies, 
and the great aggregate of money, 
merchandise and substantial comforts 
they bring into the homes of farmers, 
mainly through the vigilant care taking 
by the good house wives, which is 
poorly comprehended or appreciated by 
the men folks who are so largely the 
beneficiaries. 

The barn yard fowls are regarded 
by most farmers as a very insignificant 
part of their live stock. Theconditions 
in the country are such that the poultry 
industry is capable of indefinite ex- 
pansion, and therefor able to meet 
any demand that may be made upon 
it. either by home or foreign markets. 

Do not edspise and look upon your 
wife as being beneath your dignity 
and consideration. Yo must afford to 
lavish on her a great big pinch of love 
every day in the pear or you cannot 



expect to reach any degree of success. 
Heed the good advice of your wife, 
who knows more of the hen values 
than you do. Give better care, better 
housing and more comfort to your 
hens and they will buy your groceries 
by the way of the egg basket. Have no 
fears this work will ever be over 
done. The demand for poultry pro- 
ducts is on the increase continually. 
We need to know the demands and 
then meet them as nearly as we can. 
To get the best prices, you must al- 
ways provide the niarket with only 
what it wants. The best is always in 
demand, while the inferior is seldom 
wanted. 

When the markets are filled with 
eggs which have lost their quality or 
flavor by long keeping, and many of 
which have acquired an offensive taste; 
when the broilers and roosters offered 
to the consumer are thin, tasteless, 
tough and altogether unfit for the 
table, it is not surprising that they are 
passed by and beef, mutton or pork 
taken in their stead. So it is with the 
exporter in buying for consignment to 
foreign markets, he must be able to 
find at all times a good article of eggs 
or poultry in sufficient quantity or he 
cannot continue his trade. 

The best season to sell chickens is 
from January to October, as every 
farmer seems to despose of his poultry 
during November and December. Con- 
sequently the market is always over- 
stocked at that time. 

We call attention to the fact that 
there is a demand in the market for 
finely bred broilers of a certain size, 
say two pound stock, good, fat, plump 
chickens. From the first of March to 
the first of July this grade of stock will 
always command top prices. The 
demand for 3 to 5 pound chickens 
on the market for the past year has 
been limited, because such chickens 
of this weight as have been sold are 




We breed Barred and Buff Ply- 
mouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, S. 
C. Rhode Island Reds, Embdem and 
Toulouse Geese, Indian Runner Ducks. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




f This half-tone shows a shipment of eggs and poultry supplies made by 
Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo. 



nearly grown cockerels and not the 
finished product of the skilled poultry 
growers, such as are sold in the eastern 
markets at that time. 

There is a great deal of difference 
between a broiler that weighs from 
three to five pounds that is produced 
from high grade stock than mongrel 
cockerels that have been kept from 
April to December or January and then 
offered as a spring cockerel. Settle 
on but one breed of fowls and do not 
keep a mixed lot. Too many young 
cockerels in the poultry yard are a big 
nuisance. Cull them out and sell as 
son as large enough to market. 

Inbreeding is bad for all kinds of 
animals, and poultry is no exception to 
the rule. It causes degeneration. 
Breed only from perfect fowls. The 
crippled, the deformed, the deaseased 
or the otherwise defective bird is apt 
to transmit its faults, on th well-known 
scientific principle of heridity. 

I take notice that in most cases the 
poultry business is a feminine enter- 
prise. If the women folks of the farm 
have this part of the work to attend 
to, why should we not do as we please 
in regard to the matter and take our 
earnings, at least until we get a nice 
flock of well-bred and well cared for 
poultry. If your husband is to busy 
with other farm work, why can't you 
do as I have done. Get a cheap 
mechanic to build hen houses, coops, 



etc. They need not be elaborate in 
their fittings or expensive in considera- 
tion. The hen house and scratching 
shed attached to it should be located 
upon soil which is well drained. A 
dry and gravel knoll is best, but fail- 
ing to find this, the site should be 
raised by the use of the plow and 
scraper until there is a gentle slope in 
all directions sufficient to prevent any 
standing water. The fowls must have 
comfortable and healthy quarters; they 
must have porper food and nesting 
facilities, but it is not at all necessary 
that these should be extravagant. 1 
buy coffee boxes, which with a lath 
front attached, make very nice, large 
rat proof coops. Why not let us wo- 
men prove that we can use a hammer 
and saw in such cases. 

"No one ever obtained anything 
worth having without working for it," 
said Mrs. Brown to her husband who 
was in a discourgade mood when trying 
to make a rat-proof coop. "That's 
so," replied Mr. Brown, reflectively. 
"I remember that I obtained you with- 
out the slightest trouble." 

Poor coops bring their trials and thin 
out the broods. At night the rats have 
a feast by "de glimmer of de moon." 
This could have been avoided, but the 
owner was "just agoing to mend up the 
coops" when it happened. 

A practical man can adopt a systema- 
tic way of doing things that will be 



abor-saving, but little details must be 
considered prominent factors, insig- 
nificant though they be, in poultry 
culture. 

The poultry business is a "wheel 
within a wheel." and I find the tiniest 
wheel plays as important a part as the 
largest. If one part gets out of gear, 
trouble results. 

If you are a poultry crank and want 
to try something that will pay, but 
which calls for a little personal atten- 
tion every day in the year — work 
where a good, clear head will be re- 
(juired and patience a most glorious 
virtue — try poultry raising, for I am 
here to say that I 
.\in't seen — I don't know when — 
Anything that comes nigh an ord'inary 

hen. 
You may talk about corn, and call it 

king, but its plainly seen 
The Kansas hen is the Kansas queen. 



SETTING HENS IN VERSE. 

Josh Billings says: "The time to set 
a hen is when the hen is ready." 

Some there may be who will deny 
this statement or rather doubt it. while 
there are others who will heartily agree 
with the pen picture so graphically 
piven by Holman Day when he tells us: 
When a hen is bound to set, 
Seems as though 'taint etiket 
Dowsin' her in water till 
She's connected with a chill. 
Seems as though 'twas scarcely right, 
Givin' her a dreadful fright, 
Tyin' rags around her tail. 
Poundin' on an old tin pail. 
Chasin' her around the yard. 
Seems as though it was kind of hard 
Bein' kicked and slammed and shoo'ed 
'Cause she wants to raise a brood; 
I sh'd say it's gettin' pay. 
Just cause Natu^ wants its way. 
While ago my neighbor, Penn, 
Started bustin' up a hen; 
Went to yank her off the nest. 
Hen, though, made a 'peck' and jest 
Grabbed his thumb-nail good and stout 
(Like to yank the darn think out). 
Penn he twitched away and then 
Tried again to grab that hen; 
But, by ginger, she had spunk. 
'Cause she took and snipped a chunk 
Big as a bean right out his palm, 
Swallered it. and cool and calm 
H'isted up and yelled, "Cah-cah"— 
Sounded like she said "Hoo-rah!" 
Well, sir. when that hen did that. 
Penn he bowed, took off his hat- 
Sunk just suits him. you can bet. 
"Set," says he, "goll darn ye. set." 



Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick Food can't 
be.beat for raising little chicks. 
* S. E. Ingr.^m, 

""^ Clay Center, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




StandakI) — Score HO as a ok, weight 
12 lbs. 2iicl prize ck at DesMoines 
Fanciers' Show, 2ik1 prize at Nebras- 
ka State Show, competing- in hard 
classes. His barring is beautiful, 
clear, open color. 

These Barred Plyiuouth Rocks 

Hall, Manager. 



Chief— Score 9'.iJ2- First prize B. P. 
R. cockerel in class of 20 at Des- 
Moines Fanciers' Show. He also 
headed First pen at Nebraska State 
Show in class of 11 pens. He is 
barred to the skin, weighs i)>2 lbs. 
are owned and bred by Highland Poultry Farm, DesMoines, Iowa, J, D. W. 



BussiK - Score Dli';. Pronounced by 
Judge Russell as one of the most 
perfect wing barring he has seen. 
She is barred to the skin, a perfect 
black and white bar, no smut color. 
Last season she laved over two hun- 
dred eggs 



Among: Ourselves. 

Ju<l among ourselves. The thing I 
like best to read in a poultry paper is 
somebody's personal experience to im- 
press one. 

A famous evangelist said the other 
evening: 

"The first time I ever tried to preach 
I was called upon to supply the place 
of a regular pastor suddenly taken ill. 
It was a hard place; some of the lead- 
ing members always walking out on 
the appearance of a supply. However," 
he said. "I had one sermon— the text 
was out of the Bible and it was all 
right anyway. Well, we got through 
with the singing, prayer and collection. 
Then I dove into that sermon. I had 
to keep my finger on the place for 
fear of losing myself, but suddenly the 
breeze from an open window carried 
the whole MMS. over into the choir 
stand, scattering the leaves beyond 
hope of rearrangement. Then I step- 
ped out in front of the pulpit and gave 
my experience, and the people said 
they never had a better meeting. Oh, 
T I ell you," he added emphatically, "it 
is a grand thing to have had an expe- 
rience." 

Now without the slightest intention 
of levity, we repeat it: "It is a grand 
thing to have had an experience," even 
in the poultry business, and want of 
this is the shoal upon which the aver- 
age amateur fancier strikes and goes 
down. 

Not long since a man who knows 
about as much about a chicken as he 



does about a Bengal tiger, said to us: 

"I bought those birds when I rented 
this place. They were tiny things and 
the man did not want to bother mov- 
ing them. I have had the greatest 
time! Something ailed them in the 
fall and I asked the advice of every 
chicken crank around here — only you, 
I did not know about you then. Well, 
the majority agreed it must be ver- 
min. They looked poor and downcast 
and their fathers all fell out. I used 
all kinds of powders and finally made 
up a mess in which moth balls figured. 
Mercy, how it smells! But I used it 
faithfull and finally they began to pick 
up. .\fterward I found out they were 
moulting." 

When we told the Other One, he 
said: "Why, late hatched pullets don't 
moult in the early fall." 

So there we leave it. What ailed 
those birds? That man needs experi- 
ence — just the thing we all need. 

Sure we realized this recently upon 
trying for the firt time to operate an 
incubator — a Sure Hatch, if you 
please. 

We should have given up in despair 
had not the Other One came home 
about that time. It ook him at most 
no time to interpret those printed di- 
rections and fit them to the machine, 
and now all is running smoothly, what- 
ever the outcome may be. 

It was wonderful how nnich experi- 
ence some other people had to dis- 
pense those three or four days when 
we could not keep the mercury any- 
where, least of all at "from 103 to 10,"i." 



One woman sent word that it was all 
a terrible trouble, but that the ^ very 
worst comes when the chicks are in 
the brooder; but we are very fearless, 
inasmuch as we have raised so maay. 
large families with only a box or .mus- 
lin crate heated by bricks or hot w.ater 
jug for brooder.' Of course there were 
fatalities, lots of them, but there is ever 
that survival of the fittest, and we. 
made money some of those years. 

The brooder chicks escape so many 
of the vicissitudes of those raised with 
the hen. We remember one season 
when we had had good success hatch- 
ing and some 6 Oor 70 fluffy Barred 
Rock balls were tumbling over the 
green grass. We were so proud of 
them. All at once they began to die. 
.'Ml the warning was they would stand 
around and gap. 

"Gapes!" you say at once. 

If so, we could find no trace of the 
worm and all directions for curing the 
disease were unavailing. They died 
till they got ready to stop, then stop- 
ped — a few of them. However, none 
raised away from the hen — at least 
very few — seemed ever so afflicted. 

But don't you know there is some- 
thing to experience, after all, that can 
not be told? Some way one just 
learns things, and it stays with them 
and operates all right, but when they 
com.e to pass it on — well, it is like a 
cake receipt; you have told it all right, 
but the amateur cannot take the direc- 
tions and make a success after all. 

As they say in the musical world. 
"There is everything in the touch." ; 




1st Black Lang-Shan pullet at N. E. 
Mo. show, score 95^.; by Ben S. Myers. 
Owned by John Hattick, Bowling- 
Green, Mo. 



And so it is that we would discourage 
a new beginner from going into the 
poultry business too heavy. "Besin 
and work up," is as good advice hri. 
as anywhere. 

Speaking of experience — here i 
what an eastern breeder has to set 
forth on the feeding question, and it 
really sounds more sensible than the 
majority of stuff that is going the 
rounds, and that we are all religiously 
trying to imitate. 

He provides receptacles of corn, 
oats and wheat, grit and charcoal and 
just invites the birds to help them- 
selves. He sees that the supply is kept 
good, furnishes milk and water, and 
gathers the eggs. Poultry keeping 
would be quite easy on these terms, 
and he claims that after once having 
all they want, the hens eat only what 
they really need afterward. The milk 
he substitutes for green bone. 

We have left corn on the ear where 
our birds could get it all winter and 
there seems little demand for it. It is 
perhaps all in line with the merchant 
who, on hiring a new clerk, always in- 
sisted that they eat all the candy they 
wanted the first day. They were pretty 
sure to want no more after that. 

When all our agricultural colleges 
have a "course in poultry," then we 
shall see as much progress in the busi- 
ness as we now see in other lines of pet 
stock raising, and there will be a call 
from all parts of the country for "pro- 
fessionals." 

Kingston, R. I., has a most com- 
plete course designed to give instruc- 
tion in the art and science underlying 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

successful poultry keeping; also the 
latest and best in practical manage- 
ment as given by the most successful 
specialists in the various lines of work. 

To my mind nothing is more stimu- 
lating than knowing of others' achieve- 
ments. It never discourages us in the 
least to know that someone else has 
made a grand success of perhaps what 
we have all but failed in. What others 
have done and are doing, we can do. 

We read of great farms devoted to 
the poultry industry and sigh a little, 
m;iybe, over our restricted quarters, 
but soinething like this coines along: 

R. S. Kellerman of Massachusetts 
has a plant of fi50 hens and of his room 
he says: "My poultry plant is located 
partly on a vacant town lot ■2.50 feet 
long and 150 feet deed, and partly in 
the back yard. The three houses run 
east and west and face the south." and 
he goes on to tell how they are built, 
and concluding with "the entire cost 
was about $1,000." 

We read this morning of a New Jer- 




A fine W. Rock ckl owned by M. L. 
Canitield, Belleville, Kan., a winner at 
Nebraska State Show at Linculn, Ne- 
braska. 



sey plant that costt $-50,000, but it did 
not cost much of anything at first, the 
founder building a little house or two 
with his own hands. Evidently he be- 
gan at the bottom. Indeed, some suc- 
cessful fanciers have begun their busi- 
ness career with only a few dry good- 
boxes for roosting rooms. We hope 
no one will adopt the plan, however, 
for winter use in a cold climate. Good, 
warm winter houses are essential, but 
they need not be expensive. Good 
drainage and a sunny front cost little. 
The trouble the coming summer will 
he too much "sunny front." Provide 
shade for the fowls. If you cannot 



have trees or shrubbery in the run, 
make a trellis — anybody can do this^ 
a bean one will do, or one of morning 
glories or wild cucumbers or Virginia 
creepers ,or any fast . growing vine. 
The birds will nearly "dust" the roots 
out, but water well at night and they 
will "stand the storm" all right. Be 
sure to provide something green for 
them to forage in for an hour each day 
at least. Sometimes when our fowls 
look a little droopy and act dissatis- 
fied, we first throw open the doors 
and let them out into the world. Al- 
though they have a large run of their 
own, they appreciate the difference at 
once. Out they will rush and then 
likely raise on the wing for a little way 
and end with a regular game of — well, 
we don't know what they call it. but it 
seems some like "tag." Then they 
settle down to hunting for the things 
they want — just what they are the wis- 
est fancier really knoweth not. 

They always return to their domains 
as chick and lively as possible. A hen 
may lie a foolish thing, but she knows 
some things you and I don't, and things 
w'e can't quite find out. If an ant can 
preach, perhaps a hen can teach. 

Sun Prairie. Wis. ' 



Mr?. Pir\kertor\'s Chiok Food. 

The question of the cost of feed to 
raise chicks past the critical ag-e is 
trivial compared with making- a per- 
fect S' ccess raising them. Mrs. Pink- 
erton's Chick Food is better and 
cheaper than oatmeal and other stuffs 
usually fed to small chicks. It is com- 
posed of just such seeds, grains, grit, 
etc., as the small chick needs on the 
start. It is all feed, no fan mill tail- 
ing's M. M. Johnson, 

Inventor Sure Hatch Incubators. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



From Mrs. May Taylor 



I surely think it must be getting 
along toward spring, because yester- 
day morning on my way up town, the 
first thing when I felt the railroad at 
the foot of the street, where I always 
turn off, there was a group of small 
boys playing marbles. A little further 
on was a couple of green, glossy par- 
rots put out on a newly made perch 
to sun themselves, and I passed by an- 
other warm, sunny nook in another 
place filled with boys playing marbles. 
Today the bees are out; next thing the 
air will be full of kites, and this morn- 
ing I began to ponder what had be- 
come of my old last summer's sunbon- 
net. poor thing. It hung over one oi 
the slats of the sinside gate leading 
into the hall of the hen house for a 
long time during the early winter, and 
I believe was finally used up for rags. 
So now I will have to make a new 
one or beg another old one from 
mother. She never wears out her bon- 
nets, so you see I go begging for one 
she has worn last season and get her 
to make a new one for herself. You 
see I work headwork. 

The turkey hens are keowking 
around and poking into all sorts of 
stray corners on the lookout foor a 
good nesting place. The wheat fields 
in the distance look green since the 
snow went off, making patches of a 
veritable oasis in the desert looking 
wastes of brown and bare fields. The 
apple orchard in the distance looks red, 
so I think the buds must be swelling. 
There are still white patches of snow 
in the gullies and unsheltered spots. 
The roads are dry and dusty and the 
farmers are talking of sowing oats. I 
hope there will be a big acreage of 
oats and that it will yield abundantly. 
We are also looking for an abundant 
wheat harvest. We "sowed" a mixture 
of small seeds on the snow in our poul- 
try yards, where the weeds were the 
thickest and the bare spots were last 
year. We have a few briar patches 
in there which we wish to kill out and 
the quickest way is to smother them 
out with grass. 

Do you love trees? I do. and there 
is no shade so grateful to the average 
fowl than the green leaves of some 
kind of living tree or vine; put trees in 
your poultry yards as soon as possible. 
Fruit trees if you want to; plums do 
well, and the chickens pick up the sur- 
plus, though T think turkeys relish 
plums more than chickens do. Our 
hen yards have all sorts of trees, bushes 
and vines in them. 

We had a hen woman friend to dm- 
ner the other day, and of course we 




A pen of Buff Cochins owned by B. H. Dunn, of Clay Center, Nebr. He 
breeds none but the best, full feathered, elegant in shape and color. If you 
want something nice, try some of his Cochins. 



visited the poultry plant at our leisure. 
Going through one of the gates she 
noticed the way it was made — out of 
lath — and said she must take the pat- 
tern; you know women always take 
patterns, so to speak, quilt patterns, 
tidy patterns, sofa pillow patterns, etc.; 
but in this case we did not cut a coun- 
terpart out of paper, with notches and 
holes where to join together. Oh, no. 
She took the pattern in her head, like 
the judges do when they score chick- 
ens. But to get back to the gate; while 
.she was taking it down mentally and 
saying she must have her husband 
make her some, I remarked incidental- 
ly, "that I had made it myself," made 
it and hung it. and that one over there, 
too, and all those you saw inside, and 
strung up all this wire netting." She 
said she could not do that, and I don't 
say it — tell what I have done — as a rec- 
ommendation for others to go and do 
likewise, unless they have the knack for 
the work and like to do it. I come 
honestly by my love for a hammer and 
saw, because one of my grandfathers 
was a carpenter, and I used to play 
around his work bench and watch him 
handle his tools when T was a very lit- 
tle girl. I have five gates which I 
made and hung all by myself, each one 
of which can be opened and shut, and 
I am going to make some more before 
long, since spring has come. When I 
get that Kodak in running order, will 
send you a picture of a few of them, 
and how they open and stay shut. But 
as I said before, I don't believe in wo- 
men doing this kind of work only in 
exceptional acses, like myself, for in- 
stance. It isn't hard work nor heavy 



work, if one knows how to take ad- 
vantage of it, and then I have such 
perfect health. 

One of our Barred Rock crowers has 
taken a violent dislike to Ruth, our 
general helper this spring, and she is 
very much afraid of him. Now, Ruth 
is the very soul of kindness and gentle- 
I ness and just why this self-important, 
I self-inflated stulty rooster should take 
such a dislike to her is a mystery to 
me. He got her cornered one day 
when she went in to feed them, and 
she said she never would have gotten 
out. for he headed her off on every 
turn, until another crower in the room 
as large and powerful as himself, came 
to her rescue". He engaged the atten- 
tion of Sir Pugilist until Ruth made 
her escape. He is a very fine speci- 
men and not for sale at any price. I 
mean Sir Pugilist, nor the other one 
either, for that matter, but I don't like 
fighting chickens. Do you suppose he 
will ever forget her and be civil? Ruth 
is a great admirer of fowls and likes 
very much to work with them, and I 
wish this one wasn't quite so "fighty." 
though the way he stretches himself 
up and crowds when he has run her out 
of the lot makes us both laugh. He 
tried to run me out a time or two. but 
I didn't run. and I guess he has begun 
to think I don't intend to. and I be- 
lieve if Ruth would just quietly upset 
him. as I did. without in any way let- 
ting him think that there was a row on 
hands, he would let her alone also, but 
she is afraid and runs and shies around 
out of his way; says she doesn't want 
to hurt him. I don't want to hurt him 
either, and would not, for he is a val- 




Black Lang-shaii cock. Second at 
Illinois state show. Score '.H}{ by 
Hewes. Owned by John Hattick, 
Bowling- Green, Mo 



uable bird, but when he made a run- 
ning shot and planted his two feet up 
against me I turned him on over. I 
didn't want him to think that I was 
teasing him and let him alone when he 
showed no fight. I find that he doesn't 
relish turning summercaults, and that 
the worst thing I could do for him 
would be to run, or even stand and 
take it. I helped him out with his fun 
and he didn't like it, so quit, so far as 
I am concerned in the play. When he 
runs Ruth out of the yard he stretches 
himself up and crows and looks so im- 
portant it makes us both laugh. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 



Artificial IncubaLtion 

By MatTIE WkHSTKK 

Again is the hatching season, that 
busiest and most interesting time of all 
the year for the poultry breeder, now 
calling for time and almost constant 
work and care, that baby chicks in 
numbers sufficient to supply the latest 
demand may be hatched and raised to 
maturity. Incubators have been pulled 
out of storerooms, firmly set upon 
their legs and when the right tempera- 
ture has betin reached and held in egg 
chamber for twenty-four hours, eg,.;s 
have been consigned to the "wooden 
hen," and whole many a hatch has al- 
ready been accomplished other breed- 
ers are faithfully and carefully filling 
the lamp and changing the wick every 
evening, that there shall be the right 
degree of heat within this artificial 
mother to insure a successful hatch, 
and patiently turning the eggs twice 
daily, that every side of each egg may 
receive equally the heat of the egg 
chamber. Yes, it means work and 
careful attention to every detail to 
manipulate an incubator successfully, 
but for my part I would much prefer 
to "manage" an incubator than to try 
to manage even one setting hen. We 
set our incubator, place the eggs within 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

and art- perfectly confident that when 
we come again a few hours later we 
will find it ts still "set," and the large 
nest of eggs unchilled and unbroken, 
which is more satisfactory behavior 
than Mrs. Broody Biddy usually dis- 
plpys. It is not always the easiest 
thing in the world to regulate and then 
keep the heat regulated, especially for 
the novice, and I admit that one must 
give the machine watchful care, but 
there is nothing about the manage- 
ment of the incubator that tries the 
breeder's patience like a setting hen 
does. If we must needs depend upon 
the hens to do our hatching, we per- 
force, must await their individual 
pleasure in the matter of raising a 
family of baby chicks; the earnestness 
of our desire has no power to influ- 
ence the biddies to become broody. 
Often when we feel that March chicks 
are what we must have, not a hen will 
manifest a desire to set until late April 
or May. Not so witht our "wooden 
hen." She is always "broody," and 
can he depended upon to give us the 
coveted March chicks if we "sett" her 
and give her the right care. Even 
when a hen does decide to set, every 
breeder knows how perverse she is apt 
to be. In the first place, the nest she 
chooses for the process of incubation 
is not suitable, according to our supe- 
rior wisdom, and we prepare a cosy 
nest in just tthe right place and "si- 
lently and by night" carry Mrs. Biddy 
to it, and with utmost gentleness place 
her upon it. Because of past experi- 
ence we are wise and so securely 
fasten her within the nest. After a 
day or so eggs are entrusted to our 
setter's tender care, and after a few 
days more of close confinement, mov- 
ed by a feeling of pity for biddy, we 
decide to trust to her honor in the 
keeping of her part of the contract and 
remove the barriers in front of her 
nest, that she may view her near sur- 
roundings and be at liberty to partake 
of nearby food and water, enjoy her 
loved dust bath, and after a little 
stretching of legs and wings, return 
to her nest. While there is no objec- 
tion to this proceeding once a day, it 
does not meet with our idea of the fit- 
ness of things to have the greater 
part of each day taken as a vacation 
from the hatching work. No longer 
do I trust Mrs. Biddy when she prom- 
ises to take such good care of the 
eggs I place under her, having learned 
her fickleness by previous experience, 
I always make sure her garrulous 
promises shall be kept by putting it 
out of her power to break faith with 
me. Yes, from start to finish of time 
of hatching I confine my setter, letting 
her off once a day for food, water and 



exercise, and then if she does not re- 
turn "where duty calls," of her own 
accord, in time to prevent any chilling 
of eggs (if early in season), I gently 
place her upon the nest and and secure 
her there. Not only does the setting 
hen show a perverse desire to ex- 
change nests with some neighboring 
sitter, or to desert her own cosy, filled 
nest for some empty box or barrel, 
that we cannot understand its attrac- 
tions for her, but often a fit of destruc- 
tion seems to possess her and when 
she comes off for morning food we be- 
hold a sight that is anything but pleas- 
ing to the eye. Eggs are broken and 
those that are instact are covered with 
the contents and the nest material is 
so smeared also that the remaining 
eggs must be washed, the straw re- 
moved from the nest and a new nest 
made. Now, never have I heard any 
one complain of being subjected to 
such cantakerous behavior by the 
"wooden hen." And how little time 
and trouble is needed for her right care 
during the three weeks of incubation. 
It is true she must be fed once a day, 
but all she eats or drinks is kerosene, 
and less than five minutes satisfies this 
demand and the work goes on smooth- 
ly and uninterruptedly. The turning of 
the eggs is a few moments work morn- 
ing and evening, but they are always 
clean and no time is needed to wash 
them every few days. 

The superior advantages and attrac- 
tions of artificial incubation over nat- 
ural incubation are being so well 
learned and so universally accepted, 
that no longer is the incubator looked 
upon with distruct and disapproval. 
Where very few were in use fifteen or 
twenty years ago, today few fanciers 
or breeders are without one or more 
of these machines, and it is not an un- 
common thing to see an incubator 
side by side with the farmer's wife's 
best furniture in her best room, with 
lighted lamp, and attending strictly to 
the business of realizing her desire for 
"early chicks." And this is as it should 
be; for if the "wooden hen" is a de- 
sirable thing for breederand fancier, 
is it not equally as desirable for the 
farmer folk that hatch many times 
more chicks each season? And do not 
the farmers' wives need to have their 
labor lessened in every possible way? 
Indeed, there are few idle minutes dur- 
ing the day for the farm-wife, and if 
incubation work and care can be less- 
ened and be carried on in the house, 
many steps and much worry will be 
saved her. Are we sufficiently thankful 
for this invention that makes the 
hatching of hundreds of chicks less 
work than the hatching of dozens by 
the natural way? 



10 

POULTRY AS CLEANERS. 

The pig is usually regarded as the 
scavenger of the farm, the receptacle 
into which all odds and ends may be 
thrown with profit. And yet, whi^.i 
we come to think about it, the cliicken 
has as sharp an appetite for variety. 
Almost everything that any farm ani- 
mal will eat is relisbc<l in sunie form 
by poultry. And while the omnivor- 
ous nature is sometimes aggravating 
when fowls are permitted to run at 
large, it is on the whole a convenient 
form of ecimomy. There are so many 
things on the farm that would do no 
good were il not for the poultry, and 
it is in saving the little things that 
the farmer must depend largely for 
his success. 

All of the grains arc acceptable, and 
even the screenings and chafi that the 
larger animals would scorn are thor- 
oughly appreciated hv the chickens, 
which enjoy scratching for the str.iy 
grains that- may be contained therein. 
Seed of sorghum and millet they 
will thresh out for themselves in fine 
shape; and for little chickens too 
young to manage the grains of corn. 
pop corn is a rich treat. The wild 
millet and other grasses and weeds 
contain much nutritious food which 
the fowls will glean. Oil meal and 
cotton seed meal, too highly concen- 
trated foods to be given alone. ;irc a 1 
vantageous in small doses with other 
food. 

A peculiar way of serving green 
food is to throw in fresh sods of grass 
or newly scrouted rye or oats, the 
energy expended in scratching th- 
plants apart giving the needed exer- 
cise to individuals in confinement. 

Few are the crumbs from the table 
which escape them; and in this they 
have an advantage ever everything 
else; not even the cat will so persist- 
ently pick up every scrap. 

As soon as the fruit commences to 
fall they arc ready for it. No matter 
how wormy or dwarfed the specimen, 
it serves the purpose if it is not de- 
cayed. And while converting the culis 
into available flesh or eggs, they at 
the same time destroy many noxious 
insects. 

Even in the garden the chicks d' 
much good and little harm by their 
war upon insecf pests. If incubator 
chicks, the old hen— the disturber of 
peace— to the gardener— will probably 
be a minus quantity. If her services 
are needed, she may be cooped near 
the garden and the chicks given free 
range. It is cheaper and less work 
than buying Paris green or other in- 
secticide, besides furnishing them a 
good living. 

In fall the culls of vegetables and 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

fruits that cannot be used at the time 
may with profit be set aside for later 
use. If there is no room in the root 
cellar apart from the rest, bury them. 
The variety which fowls consume 
with avidity is indicative of the wide 
assortiTient demanded by the systerii 
to secure the best results. And it is 
well to consider twice whether a 
thing cannot be worked into edible 
shape before destroying or letting it 
go to waste. 

The shortage of the apple crop last 
year brought to the writer a prac- 
tical illustration of this. In lieu of 
the larger fruit, experiments were 
made with the little wild crabapple. 
By soaking in water over night and 
then cooking until soft they were 
highly relished. To hasten the prep- 
aration, the crabs were cut into quar- 
ters before soaking. This process, by 
the way, removes the ''crabby" taste. 
and should not be omitted if used for 
the table. One has no idea, without 
giving it a trial, how much this im- 
proves them; and 'he poultry seem 
to enjoy the change as well as peo- 
ple. Even when apples are plentiful 
some of the crabs will be found very 
convenient for late winter and early 
spring use, as they keep much better 
than most of the cultivated varieties. 

A generation ago the housewife 
would have scofifed at the idea of 
there being for chickens any food 
value in clover save the seeds and in- 
sects it might contain; yet the steamed 
product is now conceded as one of 
the most valuable winter foods. This 
but suggests the thought that the 
end of the menu is not yet. Look 
out for the odds and ends and suppiv 
them generously, and keep an opci 
eye for serving new dainties. The 
greater the variety of good food the 
greater the results. Stale amterial is 
never wanted, and shows in the ill- 
Havor of the eggs. 

BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 



From F. C. Hirtman. 

Fkiknd, Neb., Ai'k. Zi, O'l. 
Editor Poultry Investigator, 

Clay CenteJ, Neb 
Di'ar Sir: — I notice in the W. P. N. 
that the Hon. T. L, Nerval still thinks 
that he did not get fair treatment at 
the state show and wants the people 
to know that his pen figur. s out 1-16 
of a point more than 1st and 2nd pens 
which were a tic — ISKs. To figure 
the way Mr. Norv.il does his best cock- 
erel with best females. I would have 
had one pen 184 ."!-lfi, another IS-^Js. 
another l.Sl ',, and four pens with an 
average score of 181 5-U6 by one of the 
hardest cutters that ever scored at 
state show. Mr. N. has h.id it his own 
way so long that he can hardly give it 
up that he was fairly beaten. 

Yours respectfully, 

F. C. HlXMAN. 



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BUSINESS CATCHERS 



WHITE PLYMtlUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
Ek'lfs I 00 per 15. Pekin duck egifn l.OOperU. 
Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois, Neb. 

Barred Plymouth rocks, winners 

from Norv.-il's strain. No stock, all sold, on- 
ly eirgs for hatcllinif. Mated for prizewin- 
ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.50: ZH. 2 00: 3d. 
1.50: 4tli. 1 (JO only, per setting- of IS. (For •'! 
settings, twice the siug-le price) Place vour 
your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Bittner, 'Osce- 
ola. Neb 

MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Hartley, Nebr., Barred 
Rocks, wen marked, c^ctra large birds, bottj 
cocl-erel and pullet, mating- pens. Eggs 2.00 
for IS, 3.50 for 30. ir.-ni-ral flock, 4.00 per 100. 
White Wvandottes. Norval and Coffin strains 
direct, 2.()11 forlj. 3.50 for .>IJ. 

ORIOLE FARMS, Twin Lakes. Wi.sconstn, 
send free a Partridg-e Wyandotte catalogue, 
A. D. Burliaus. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed bv 1st 
and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock Knapp strains',, l.UO 
per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or- 
ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa. 

EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks 
and White Wyandottes, IS tor i.75. S.C.White 
and Brown Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for 
sale. S. S. Dunn, 4550 Chicago Aye., Minnea- 
polis, Minn. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5-6 point cockerel, 
large and pure white. Eggs, 1.50 per 15. No 
stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W. Brehm. 
Harvard. Nebr. 

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13 
varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for 
hatching from oOc to 1.25 per setting. Write 
for particulars. O. O. Lomen, Decorah, Iowa. 

BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen, cockerel score, 
nH. pullets WA to 93: eggs 3.00 for 13. Yd 2 
and 3, 2.LI0 for IS; yd 4, l.OO for IS. 4.00 per 100. 
Bronze Turkeys 2.00 for 10. Mrs. Chas. Lowry, 
Dunbar, Nebr. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES e.tclu4ivelv. Eggs 
from pen, 2.IK1 per IS. These are line birds. 
Those at large, 1.00 per 15: 4.00 per 100. Mrs. 
M. A. Barrans, Leno.x. Iowa. 

EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded 
American Dominiques, Sl.Slt per 13, 2.50 per 26. 
Also cockerels at $3 and pullets at S2. Blue 
Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick, 129 West 11th St., 
Erie, Pa. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Flshel 
strain. Pen headed by?2Scock: every hen a 
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance 
to get the best While blood in the world. H. 
C. Nichols. P. M.. Spearvllle, Kan. 

EGGS-Columbian Wvandottes, finest in the 
land. Buff Orpingtons. White Langshans, 
While Indian Games. R. C. White Leghorns 
Silver Wyandottes. Also from R. C. Brown 
Leghorns very cheap. I-'owls. dogs, birds and 
pigeons cheap. Indian Runtierducks.Enclo.se 
stamp. No circulars. Address Hillcrest 
Farm, Milledgeville, Pa. 

EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
Wyandottes SI. SO per 15. S2.S0 jjer 30. Known 
as I. X. L. Poultry Yards. Satisfaction guar- 
anteed or money refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
Barnes, Topeka. Kansas, Sta. B. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wyan- 
dottes, White Klondlkes, best obtainable. 
Stock and eggs for sale in season. T. W. 
Beecher & Co., Reed City, Mich. 

BELGIAN HARES. J2.50 per pair. S. L. Wy- 
an<l(>tl,-s. Pekiii Hacks. 20 eggs SI.IXI. Also 
Poland China hogs. White China Geese, and 
H. L. Felter, Washta 



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MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S, prize win- 
ning slock scoring from 90 to 95 points Eggs 
$1.50 per 15. Mammoth Pekln Duck eggs 
Jl.ai for 11. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska. 
O. I. C. SWINE for sale from one of the best 
herds in state of Illinois. Booking orders now 
for pigs, single, pairsand trios. Mated Noakin. 
Prices within re:u-h of all. Also eggs from 
la^ge. growUn Light Brahma and B. P. Rock 
chickens for sale at S2.IH1 per IS or W.OO per 30. 
Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111. 



J1.50 per 13. Oris 1 
Fort W;»yne. Ind. 



ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm 
sends free a Partridge W'vandotte Catalogue. 
A. D. Burhans, Twin Lakes, Wis 

SHORT GRASS POULTRY FARM. Thonii)- 
son strain. B. Rocks. S. C. Brown Leghorns. 
Black and Whiu- Langshans. Eggs. 2.00 per 
fifteen. Pride of the West strain of M. B. 
Turkeys. Pen scoring 95, to 'ib'.s. headed by 
40-lb tom. Eggs 3.00 per 9. T. M. Bargef 
Spearsvllle, Ky. ' 




A tine Light Brahma hen owned by 
G. B. Clary, Fairbury; Nebr. 



Learning to Run an Incubator. 

(P,y Percy \Y. Shepard.) 
The greatest and usually the only 
fear of a new beginner in using an in- 
cubator is that they may not be able 
to learn to run it successfully. It is 
not a very hard undertaking to learn 
to manage an incubator. Some make 
a good hatch with the first trial; oth- 
ers fail with the first one and some- 
times with several hatches. Most of 
these different results come from the 
difference in the amount of care given 
the hatcher. The one who believes 
that the incubator will take care of 
itself and make a good hatch with only 
a very few minutes of attention per 
day, is the one who fails until he learns 
different. The one who sees that it 
needs enough attention to properly fol- 
low the needs and directions in hatch- 
ing, is the one who will be most likely 
to learn at the first trial. A beginner 
may study the directions of several dif- 
ferent makes of incubators and when 
he comes to run a particular kind of 
machine he may try to use the direc- 
tions, to some extent, of the other ma- 
chine. This is not advisable. The 
maker of the machine knows more 
about them than you (a new beginner") 
does, and he gives in his book of di- 
rections the very best rules that he 
knows. It would be natural for him 
to do this in such cases, as he wants 
to further the sales of his machines. 
This he can do only by their proving 
effective hatchers. Always follow 
these directions to a letter if you want 
results instead of merely experience. 
To learn to be a successful hatcher de- 
pends much on your aptitude for such 
work and upon your ability to give it 
the proper attention. If you grasp the 
ideas of successful hatching easily, and 
like the work well, you will be able to 
learn easier than you will if all the 



POtjLtkV iisfVlEStlGAlok. 

workings of the machine are difficult 
for you to understand and that you 
can't just get the thing going in an 
easy manner. 

It is no small job to care for an in- 
cubator — that is, it needs much atten- 
tion. Some think that a machine needs 
only about five minutes' attention each 
d.jy. This is a mistake. You must 
cool the eggs nearly half an hour dur- 
ing the latter part of the hatch. You 
may leave them that long and go to 
do something else, yet you must keep 
your mind on them or you may forget 
about them and allow them to chiH. 

Then there is the testing. Twice this 
is usually done. This will take any- 
where from half an hour to an hour 
or more, depending upon your experi- 
ence in this part of the work. It does 
not pay to be too rapid in testing, as 
you may take out some eggs that 
would otherwise have hatched. 

Turning the eggs once or twice a 
day is something that must be done. 
Some say turn them once a day; others 
say twice. It is best to turn them hall 
way over twice a day. 

Another thing is in depending alto- 
gether on the regulator to keep a uni- 
formity in temperature. Do not de- 
pend too much on the regulator. It 
may serve well enough to regulate a 
small change in temperature, but they 
are not perfect and you must keep the 
lamp about right or the regulator can 
not do its work. The regulator is a 
granij, good thing, but upon the lamp 
depends most of your success. Keep 
it properly trimmed and cleaned and 
plenty of oil in it, so it will never go 
out. I saw an incubator become filled 
with sooth over the lamp when poor 
oil was used and one day fell down and 
put out the blaze. It may do no seri- 
ous harm to have the lamp go out if 
ycu discover it before the eggs get 
cold, but it is better to have no such 
accidents occur. Remember that you 
should go to your incubator several 
times a day and in very cold weather 
quite often. If the lamp should go out 
and you were following the belief that 
only five minutes a day were necessary 
for running it, most likely your eggs 
would be wasted. 

If you want to learn to run an in- 
cubator get one now and run it. You 
will learn if you are careful enough 
and will become a successful hatcher. 
Don't become discouraged if the first 
one or two attempts are unsuccessful. 
It is your fault and not that of the 
machine. 

When you have once learned you 
will be ready to make poultry raising 
I an easy matter. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



BU1<'1'' OKPlNUiONS. "Cook's strains," fjiiis 
15 for $3 OOt hateh guaranteed $5,00 from 
blidsbuff to the skin and progeny of im- 
poited .slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
Green. .Joliet. 111. 

EGGS tor hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
prize winniui; Black Laugsbaiis. score 92'/i 
to !i5';. Bull Orpingtons and Kose Oonib 
Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
M. U. Willlaujslield. III. 

EGGS from my Beauty Strain of high scor- 
ing Light Brahuias and prize winning 
Klaek Suniatras. 15 fo'- $1 00, They are up- 
to-date. Chas. M. Palmers. Nassau. N. Y. 

BUFF COCHIN chickens. Toulouse geese, 
Uurc .'eisey swine. Cockerels for sale 
with score cards, Chi ken eggs $2.00 for 15. 
Geese esss 25c each. Chas. A. Allison, Ten. 
nessee, III. 

WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. T. 
Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks. (Rinslet 
Strain, S- S Wvandotles. S. C. Brown Lee- 
horn. Birds for sale. Ettcs in season. Mrs. 
Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo. 

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has SO. Brown 
Leifhorns. Barred and White Rocks and 
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
of East Peoria. D. E. GlatSeld. East Peoria, 
111, manager. 

SILVER GRAY DoKKINGS. White Wyan- 
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
They are state winners. Live and let live 
i= our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting, 
other settings 1.00. Circulars free. U. Mul- 
lin, Beautord. Minn. 

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st 
premium stock at leading" shows. 93 to 94. 3 
errand matings. eetrs 2 So per IS. Robl. Lar- 
mer. Ravenwood. Mo. Box 7. S. V, Pres. Bu£f 
Rock Club. 

EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang- 
shan and sing-le comb Brown Leghorn. From 
pen No 1, Black Langshan. 200 per IS. Pen 
No. 2. White Wyandotte. 150 per 15 M. M. 
Browning. Appleton City. Mo. 

S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans; 
Etrg-s IS forS2.00. S. H. Cotton, Applelon City, 
Mo. 

FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens 
Place order at once- Address Poultry In 
VESTIGATOK. Clay Center. Nebr. 

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
Eggs 1.00 per la White Wyandotte cocker- 
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio. 
Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs. H. M. Clark, 
Sumner. Nebraska. 

EGGS FOR SALE 1 White Crested Black Pol- 
ish, 2.50 per 15. Buff Leghorns, Buff Rocks, 
Light Brahmas. eggs 1.25 per 15. Also Duroc 
Jersev swine. WrTle vour wants. C. E. Ol- 
son. Colon. Nebr. 

S. S. HAMBUKGS. Eggs only for sale: 1 sit- 
ting 1 5U; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per liO. 
Key. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. Kansas. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS and W Holland Tur- 
keys. Eggs tor sale from large healthy 
stock, wiuners at Nebraska state show. 
Chicken ei?gs 2.00. turkey eggs, 1..50. Mat- 

' tie StuBt, Lawrence, Neb. 

GET THE BEST: One dollar buys IS eggs 
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
Comb Black Minorcas. C. L. Norman, Stroms- 
burg. Neb. 

PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White 
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg- 
horns score to 95, headed hv 2nd cock at Des 
Moines show. Eggs 1.50 arid 1.00 per 15; 4.U0 
per 1110. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer' 
Indianola. Iowa. 

AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze 
Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 lbs. 200 cockerels P. 
Rocks.Wvandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin- 
eas, Jersev cattle. Stock and eggs for sale. 
25 years a breeder. F. M. Hunger & Sons, De 
Kalb. Ills. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds, 
1.00 perlS; bred on different farms, free range. 
PekMi Duck eggs, 11 for SOc. B. L. Grover. 
Burton. Kas. 

FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg- 
hornsexclusivelv; 10 years standing: eggpro- 
ducing strain. Can furnish lOO eggs per day. 
Price. 15 for 1.00; SO. 2.50 and 100,4.00. C. H. 
Brown, Council Grove. Kansas. 

B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens. 1.50 for 15. 
SearleV strain, none better. Write your wants. 
Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 



Spring CleaLfving. 

At this time of the year we liear a 
great deal about "house cleaning,'" 
and the male portion of the family 
are in constant dread of cold dinners 
and being asked to help. However, 
this hubbub of cleaning usually ap- 
plies just to the dwelling houses, 
which are gone over from bottom to 
top. No closet or corner is left 
without a thorough overhauling. 
This is all right and strictly neces- 
sary in dustry Nebraska, and more 
especially where we live in one house 
for a number of years. Things will 
get put away and saved until house- 
cleaning time turns them out and 
they find their way into the fire by 
armfuls, which is the proper place fo," 
them. A lot of useless rubbish stowed 
around is only a harbor for mice and 
disease germs, and we cannot be too 
careful of these things. Decayed veg- 
etables, making a foul cellar, can eas- 
ily cause us no end of trouble. It 
was in regards to our poultry houses 
and yards that I started out to write 
about; but by this time my poultry 
friends will have found out that I get 
tired talking too long on one subject. 
and won't expect anything very prim 
from my pen. 

On many farms the poultry hou-,e 
is not a matter of consideration until 
after everything else is done, and 
sometimes not even then. Our own 
houses and yards are perhaps not 
models, but they are cleaned often 
during the whole year and fresh straw 
kept in them. During the spring and 
summer extra care and cleaning is 
necessary. In years gone by we have 
used an apple tree sprayer and kero- 
sene emulsion when we wanted to go 
into the cracks and corners. This year 
there is something of a little later pat- 
tern takes its place. It is a sprayer 
made for the purpose of using disin- 
fectants about houses and cellars, and 
for house plants, as. well as for use in 
the poultry house. It throws a very 
fine spray which can be forced into 
all the cracks, corners and crevices of 
the poultry house. There is no waste, 
and a gallon of lice killer will go as 
far again when used with a good 
sprayer. Nest boxes and perches 
need spraying often, for lice will 
hatch and multiply very fast in a 
poultry house in warm weather. If 
we do not keep everlastingly after 
them our hens stop laying, and we 
wonder why. We found a very con- 
venient way of managing insect pow- 
der to rid the hens of lice. Take a 
good sized box and fill it about half 
full of fine dust, then empty a pack- 
age of insect powder into it, put it in 
a sunny place, and "Biddy" will just 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

mix it to her heart's content, and her 
feathers will be dusted in much bet- 
ter shape than 'we could possibly do 
it. Insect powder is much safer and 
better to use on the hens than liquid 
lice killers and for use in brooders 
and around our young chicks. There 
is a gas used in most liquids that is 
death to many chicks, and after we 
have them hatched we do not want 
them to die from lice or the effects of 
lice remedies. 

Our long spell of cold weather was 
not very conducive to a large supply 
of fertile eggs, and the supply of 
early chicks will be much less than 
last season. At this writing, March 
■25th, we have thirty-six, where we 
had 150 one year ago. However, a 
good large incubator is full and work- 
ing in fine shape, which gives prom- 
ise of a good hatch. When the three 
days' test was started every egg in 
about fifty was found fertile, so we 
quit, and will not test until the end 
of the second week. At that time 
all the poorly fertilized ones will be 
dead, and everything can be taken 
out except the good strong chicks. 
We can see chicks through some 
egg sheels much more clearly than we 
can through others. If the shell is 
thick and dark colored the chick will 
not show up as clear as in a thin, 
white shelled egg. 

Another important thing in running 
an incubator is to change the position 
of the eggs. At each turning take 
the eggs from the center of the tray 
and put them to the outer edg-':.. 
Then, if there should be any aifFer- 
ence in the temperature in different 
parts of the incubator we have over- 
come it, and will have an even hatch. 
We should also change the position jf 
the trays. We know the outside eg^s 
under old "Biddie" are not quite as 
warm as those in the center of the 
nest, but she mixes them up and 
turns them over so many times that 
they all hatch pretty even, so for fear 
of a diflferent temperature in an incu- 
bator it is well to work on the same 
plan. 

Experience has taught us that our 
earliest chicks were the best in every 
way. We can even raise a larger per 
cent of them. To be sure, there is 
much cold wather when we are 
obliged to keep thein in the house if 
we have no extra warm place pre- 
pared for them, but this extra care is 
what counts, and when the weather 
comes out nice they are ready to rus- 
tle before the tall grass and weeds 
are grown to hide tbem. They ha\c 
all summer to gro wand mature, while 
the later ones are about half grown 



BUSINESS CATCHERS. \ 



MAMMOTH WHITP: P.-kin Ducks L-xclusivelv 
Ktsu^ for halchinir. Jl per U. Fri-d Gruetie- 
wald. Ki-ar 347 Lowry st. Allegheny, Pa. 

PARTRIDliE WYANDOTTES and Sin^rle 
Comb R. I. Reds. Euirs from as good as the 
best. Partridfre, S3 per setting. Reds, Sl.SOpcr 
setting. One third off after June 1st. Otto B. 
Cannon, Elsberry, Mo. 

WHITE FACE BLACK SPANISH exclusive- 
ly. Bred them 40 years on free range. Eggs 
will hatch. Free circular. Eggs $i per 13. 
John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co. Indiana. 

SUNNY HILL Poultry Yards. Barre« P. 
Rocks . Highclass, fiiie color, fine cockerels. 
Eggs SI per iS; S1.50 per 30; S2 per 45 $4 per 100. 
James E. Anderson, Montezuma, la. 

INCUBATOR EGGS— Best srain of Barred P. 
Rocks; good size, prolific layers; $2.50 per 100. 
Marsh & Sons. Fort Dodge,' la. 

YOU'LL NEVER REGRET it if you get a set- 
tingof mv Barred P. Rock eggs'at "liveand 
let live" prices, }\.5n per 13. They will 
please you. W. F. Crigler, Nevada. Mo. 

LEGHORN EGtiS from the the greatest laying 
strain on earth. S. C. Brown, and White Leg- 
horn eggs. 75c per setting, *4 per 100. W. P. 
Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. At Macomb, Shan- 
er, judge. 1st. 2n(i 3ri ckls, 'i5';, i3'A,93}i; 
1st, 2d 3d pull. t^. ''5>,. '1?',, 'IS',; 2d, 3d hen, ' 
')S;4,95"4; IM I"". I'M'.. Isi for lUbest birds in 
American cl.i----. '5] '.. Duston strain direct. 
Three yards headed by cockerels with extra 
good combs, eves and lobes and white as snow 
scoring'tSij, 94!2, 94. Eggs Jl per 13. W. E. 
Thompson, Box 195. Macomb, 111. 

BARRED ROCKS. Large, heavv bone, fine 
barring, good layers. Eggs *i per i3. :5 per 
lot). Mrs. Tilla Leach, box X Cherryvile, III. 

BLACK MINORCA EGGS, large fowls, stand- 
ard bred. tl.SO per 15: $2.50 per 30. Minorcas 
exclusively. Mrs. J. C. Wirts, Delavan Prai- 
rie Farm, "Delavan, Wis. 
CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and 
Sharp strains. Eggs II for fifteen. Also fine 
White Wyando 
same price. Gi 
Kendallville, Ind 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Birds and and egg 
for sale. Correspondence solicited. Mrs. 1 
L. Palmer, Noble, 111. 
BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from . 
of selected birds that will reproduc 
selves at *2 per l5. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
- . cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil- 






, Wi! 



TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and cockerel 
mating high scoring Single Comb Brown 
Leghorns. Eggs $1 per setting, 30 eggs $2. 
Rov Glasgow, Science Teacher, Public high 
school, Hannibal, Mo. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES and S. L. Wvan- 
dottes. Eggs $1 per 15; $2 per 39; $4.25 per hun- 
dred. Frank Hard« idge, Ponelo. Ind. 

POULTRY RAISERSs.iidten centsin stamps 
and get a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep 
the nest free from lice and add to vour egg 
production. Pollard & Couthwav, B'looming- 
ton. 111. 

BLACK SPANISH only. First prize winners 
at Mo. state, Kansas state, Kansas City, and 
Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Falls. 
Eggs $1.50 peris. H. W. Chestnut, Birming- 
ham. Kansas. 

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns, 
Black breasted Red Games, Pekin Ducks, 
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine .stock. Get 
price list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville. la. 

BUFF LEGHORNS. First prize winners at 
Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders 
are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars 
free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7036 Union Ave. Chi- 
cago. 111. 

DARK BRAHMAS, the best of all the large 
varieties, for roasters, captms and wintereggs. 
Hardy, l)ear confinement and one of the hand- 
somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the 
season, $2 per 13. 43.50 per 20. ^ per 40. A few 
choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nve, Leaven- 
worth, Kansas. 

BARPED P. ROCK (Bradley,* Thompson! W. 
Wyandotles Duston'sj Buff Cochins iHares) 
fineyoun^ Barred P. Rocks for sale. Eggs 
for hatching in season. Write for prices. J. 
Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th st. Keokuk, Iowa. 

CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties. Felch, 
Upson. Bond. Hawkins. Latham. Empire, Ab- 
bot, Nugget, Cook. Rowlands. Jackson, and 
otlu-r great English and American strains: 
Brahnias. Cochins, Langshans, Sherwoods, 
Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks, Games, Leg- 
lu>rns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks, 
Ponchatoula, La. 



when the cold weather of fall catches 
them, and there are sure to be some 
that will sit round in the cold and 
get stunted. 

Our yards are another matter of 
consideration. There are very few 
fruit yards that do not receive their 
proper raking in the spring. We who 
live in the country can even have a 
lawn mower and keep them cut close 
and looking fine all summer. I once 
thought that such a lot of work that 
we could never do it, but last year a 
lawn mower found its way out here 
and the yard was kept in good shape 
all summer. So I know it can be 
done. 

So much for our fruit yards, but 
how about the back ones? They need 
getting after and cleaning up, too, all 
round the poultry yards and houses 
should be raked and scraped down to 
the earth. Last year two little folks 
came visiting on the Saturday we had 
planned to make use of our own boy 
to help clean yards. But by a little 
talking and the promise of a picnic 
lunch in the grove when we were 
through, all went to work, and the 
yards were cleaned of their winter's 
accumulations in good shape. 

A cake, some cookies, and a large 
pitcher of cherry juice was taken tj 
the grove, and we all had the picnic. 
For myself, the dining room would 
have been much more comfortable, but 
the grove was much the finest place 
for the rest of the company. 

Our cherries are a late, sour kind, 
and in canning them I seal them and 
pour the juice ofT, then add water and 
sugar, and can them. This first juice 
that was poured oflf I boil down quite 
thick, then put sugar into it. It keeps 
nicely, and a tablespoon or two in a 
glass of cold water makes such a 
good summer drink. 

A little extra planning in some of 
these ways saves a whole lot of plan- 
ning, and the work gets done in bet- 
ter shape, to say nothing of the pleas- 
ure of having it che'^rfuUy performed. 
Children when they work hard in 
school all the week don't always take 
to a hard day's work on Saturday, but 
a little extra cooking or planning will 
save hours of scolding. 



ATTENTION, WHITE LANGSHAN 
BREEDERS. 
Recognizing the good qualities that 
the White Langshans possess, and 
knowing that they are deserving of 
more attention than they are receiving 
by those who raise them — by this I 
mean that we do not try to advance 
them any in the minds of the poultry 
world. Those who breed the White 
Langshan could not be induced to ex- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

change them for any other breed, and 
give them up entirely. 

All my letters from people who are 
in the poultry business, either from a 
fapcier's or market standpoint, where 
they are handling several varieties, and 
have the White Langshan, always give 
the White Langshan the top perch. 
Many of our best Langshan breeders 
who have been breeding only the blacks 
arc taking up the White Langshans this 
spring, for they see that if they want to 
make the most out of the poutry indus- 
try they have got to take up the White 
Langshans. 

I have been corresponding with some 
of our old time Langshan breeders in 
regard to organizing a White Langshan 
Club, and they seem to highly favor it, 
and have agreed to help me, but the 
help of a few is not sufficient. I want 
the help of every White Langshan 
breeder in the United States. 

If we get u pthis club I want us to 
make it the banner specialty club, and 
we can do it if we will only all work 
together, Think over this, and all who 
favor the organization of such a club 
will please send me their address on a 
postal card. Let me see how many 
names I can get by the time of the 
next issue of the Investigator. 

I will write more concerning the club 
work in the Investigator from month 
to month, and will also state the num- 
ber of names I have received, so you 
can all see how we are progressing. 

This work is getting up this club is 
not to put any feathers in my cap, only 
just to add a few more to the good 
points of the White Langshan. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR. 

Rock Port, Mo. 



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Guaranteed circulation for 

March 36,014 

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This i.s to certify that the Poultry 
Investigator has reached a circulation 
of 36,0<iO, May l.st, 1902. 

h. P. Harris, Editor and Manager. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me 
this 5th day of May, 1903. 

J. L. Cannpbell, Notary Public. 
Commission expires Jan. 10, 1905. 



Yankton, South Dakota, Jan. ii. 1902. 
Rippley Hardware Co., Grafton, 111. 

Gents: — The Whitewashing Machine 
was a complete success. We gave all 
our buildings two coats with your ma- 
chine. It is a great labor saver. 

Yours truly, 
Walter B. Dean, Sec'y State Board of 
Agriculture. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



BUFF ROCKS. Eeeo from prize winners at 
LSI per 15- Win replace all infertile eggs 
free. Have 7, pens mated, send for descrip- 
tion. We can please you. F. Whaley, Apple- 
ton Cilv. Mo. 

ENGLISH PHEASANTS. Beautiful, hardy, 
grreat pame bird. Etr^s for sale in season. $3 
per IS, $9 per SO. Hatched and raised with 
common hens. Mrs. A. Schluckebier, Beaver 
Dam, Wis, 

EGG machines are my Blue Andalusians and 
BuS Leg-horns. Mortgage lifters and will not 
disappoint you. After May 1st. eges SI per 
IS, $2 per 30. O. P. Nesmitli, Bluford, 111. 

BLACK LANGSHANS, winners at Delavan, 
Wisconsin poultry show. White Wyandottes, 
(Kellar Strain) Sing-le Comb White Minorcas. 
Efrsrs $1 for 13. Chas. Beardsley, Darien, Wis. 

BUFF Poultry Yards. B. and red S. C. Leshorns 
Buff P. Rocks. Etft's $1 per 13. H.Bailey, 
Port Norris, New Jersey. 

BUFF P. Roclis. Buff Leg-horns, Cornish and 
W. I. Games. None better. Eggs $1 per set- 
ting: 2 settings $1'75. J. W' McNeil, R. F. D. 
No. 1 Springfield, Ohio. 

BUFF Wyandottes exclusively. Eggs $1 per 
setting. My Wyandottes are from prize win- 
ning stock. Cock heading this pen scores by 
Shaner. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bert Chap- 
in, Galesville, Wisconsin. 

LARGE Black Minorcas E.xclusively. Eggs 
from Chicago prize winners, S2 per 15. S3.S0 for 
30, guaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin, 
Harvey. 111. 

NARRAGANSETT Turkeys, good size and 
quiet. Eggs ISc each. B. P. Rocks and S. C. 
W. Leghorns, both good laying strains. Eggs 
15,$1: -10. $2: 100.$4. Money order, Salem, Ind. 
Martha Hoke, Oxonia, Ind. 

200 SILVER WYANDOTTES, farm raised, 
scored to 93 by Heimlich. Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys, score %J.i. Stock and eggs reason- 
able. Quality good. Mrs. J. D. Lydia, Box 12 
Atlanta, Mo. 

EGGS from Golden Wyandottes, scoring up to 
94. and Mammoth Pekin Ducks, $1 per setting. 
W. H. Turkey eggs, $1.50 per setting. Incu- 
bator eggs a specialty. W. G. Young:, Che- 
mung. 111. 

FOR SALE. Eggs from S.C.Brown Leghorns. 
$1.25 per 15: breeder for 15 years. Also from 
Snow White Wyandottes. $1.50 per 15. Stand- 
ard bred birds. Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind. 

BjVRRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from 
pens, headed bv winners at Red Bud and 
Nashville Shows, S1.50 per IS. during May 
and June, if you mention Investigator. Grav- 
el Creek Poultry Farm, Sparta, III. 

BUFF P. Rock cockerels $2. Eggs Sl.SO per IS. 
Double standard Polled Durham bulls ready 
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong- 
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My- 
er, Kempton, 111. 

S. C. BLACK MINORCAS, winners at Cleve- 
land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13, 
four settings for fiie dollars. Catalogue 
free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Beecher St., Syracuse, 
N. Y. 

EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win- 
ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11; 
W. P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J. 
Hicks, Onarga, 111. 

EGG.S FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two 
pens Congers, one pen Bradley Bros, also Era. 
pire W. Rocks. Eggs from either, $1 per 13. 
Stock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbury, 111 

W. WYANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks. 
Eggs from two grand pens SI per 15, $3 for So. 
Dr. Fred Evans, 1004 N. Syracuse st. Grand 
Island, Neb. 

BUFF COCHINS. My specialty is fine Buffs. 
Heavy feathered, rich colored birds fit for 
any company. A few choice cockerels for sale 
at $2 each. W. H. Minton. Springfield Kan. 

EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair- 
view poultry yards, 3settings, $2, per 100, $3.50. 
Slock strolig and vigorous. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 148 S. 27 st. 
Lincoln, Nebr. 

FOREST HILL poultry farm. R. C. B. Leg- 
horns exclusively. 10 years standing. Egg 
producing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per 
day. Price $1 per 15, $.250 per SO, $4.00 per 100. 
C. H. Brown, Council Grove, Kan. 

FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and 
Barred P. Rock and W. Wyandottes 15 for 
Sl.SO, 100 for S". S. C. Buff' Orpingtons im- 
ported. 3 strains, IS $2.50,100 forSU.OO. Jacob 
Bassinger. Columbiana, Ohio. 

R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy- 
andottes, Barred P. Rocks, B. P. Cochins, B. 
Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all 
Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland 
Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 70U. 



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SILVER LA' 'ED Wvaiiddttes exclusively. 
Ktroiiif. healtliy stock, bred for show anu best 
eirir production. Tliey are winners, etrirs that 
will hatch. 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, .•'troms- 
burif. Neb. 

FOK SALE. Two 20(1 ega size .>Jure llntch In- 
cubators, la Hrst uliiss conriiiion. will sull 
v.-ry cheap. White Kock Farm. Wap llo, 
Iowa. 

CuMU-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Leithorns 
ItPeolar e»,'K niachines. Stock direct from 
best I'listorn brci'deis. Ejit'S for sale l.Od 
for 15. W. E. Combs, .lullnn. Neb. 

HATTIE BYEIELD. Mc' 'ook. Nebr. Ecks 
for halchini,' from prize winiiin? Linht Brah" 
mas and Whi.i- Wvandotte chicken. White 
Holland lu'keys and mammoth Pekin ducks, 
15 hen et'k's S2.II0. 1 turkey eirfs $1.50. U duck 
$1.00. Duck eiffi-s $6.00 per 100. A few nice 
drakes to sell. 

THE INTEHNATIONAL TOULTHY EX- 
Chair.i(' w;inlN f\fiy pfwon wliii li.t- troud, 
medliinipnciil ilioiuuu'brcd pooltrv forsale 
lo send (U'M-ftpi iofi and prices with loc. to 
answer iiMjuirii-s; :ilsc> anyunc wishes to buy 
any breed of ihoioimhbred iioultry losend 
for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
your home. O. K. liuulap, Siipt. Liberal, 
Kansas; U. S, A. 

ECiUS for sale. While Crested Black 3 50 
per 15. Buir Kocks. BnlT Lechorns. Light 
Uriihnias. eh'Ks 1 3.? per 15 Stock for s»le. 
Write your wants, c. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. 

WHITE I'LYMDUTH KOCKS. Farm raised. 
EgKs 75 cents pei Id. Strawberry plants 60 
cents per ItO. Loudau Bed Kaspherry 
plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
Cory vi lie. Pa. 

EGGS. Barred Ro'-ks (Tlionipson strain) 
White Kocks (Erjiirci Wljiir Wvandoite 
lI)usU)n) Silver Liu-id Wyiirnlotii- iCoeite) 
Lisht Brahma (Felch) i:i fi.r 1 2.-. Also a f.'W 
tine cockerels. L M. Whiliaker. ai45 east 
Roble. St. I'aul. Minn. 

BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins 
Sliver f.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb 
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock 
If you want something good write at once. 
C. P. Kurtz. Lawrence, Neb. Have tine 
English Berkshire hogs. 

EGGS. Barred PlytTiouth R.ick birds scoring 
90to!t2;4. Eggs $150 per 15; 3 511 per ;jO; 
Birds scoring w to 113. $i 00 per 15: 1 50perao, 
4.00 per 100. .1. K. Loun s Son, North Eng- 
lish. Iowa. K. F. 1), 2. 

BELGIAN HARES. 25 voungdoes bred toBne 
bucks scoring 'Hii at $3.00 each, or 2 does and 
a buck for $7 00. All first-class stock. J . S. 
Markel. Wahoo. Neb. 

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 
heavily feather.-d pulU-t.. for sale. Eeifs$l.5l) 
per 15. Pen lKa<leil l.v 2d ckl Nebr. state 
show, l'i.)2. Satisfaction guaranteed, H.E 
Bowman, Lawrence. Nebr. 

SILVER >PANt;LEI) HaMBURGS. Most 
beautiful fowl and (freat lavers. Cockerel 
forsale. Begs $1.25 for 15: $2-25 for .TO; $3 00 
for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, Alonroe Co. 111. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
class and my prices right. I have spared nei- 
ther time or expense to gel the best sli.ck- 
Scores from •)2'/5 to OS*^. Eggs for sale, $1.50 
per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular fr*e. 
E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw. Neb. 

EGGS from .Single Comb White, Brown. Hull 
Black. Dominique, ~iiver Duckwing and 
Rose Comb Wlute Buff and Brown Le^. 
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley, 
Port Clinton. Ohio, 

SUNNY SLOPE FKl'IT AND POULTRY 
Farm, C. F. Austin. Hearing. Kan.. White 
Kock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
.lohn Hughes strains. 15 cockerels forsale 
Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

WHITE WYANDOT PE^. cockerels scoring 
to iMX. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring 
to 9IH4 sired by a Torn weighing 40 lbs ana 
from hens weighlnir to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
sonable. W, H- Liike, Hampton. Nebr. 

PIGEON BOOIv complete. Illustrating, de 
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed 
ing. feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig 
eons for sale. Prices f ' ce. Wni, A. Bart 
lett& Co. Box 37. Jacksonville. III. 

OHE.AP to close out. As fine a lot of birds 
as you cversaw- Golden Wvandotles. Bar- 

dPiyiiiouth Kocks and Buff Cochin Ban 
tauis, U.Gregory; Wayne Neb,, 



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Some R.equisites for ■ R.aLtsir\g 
Turkeys. 



In some respect the turkey is of all 
the denizens of the poultry yard most 
desirable. II designed for local market, 
ts large size and the almost invariable 
advance of at least two or three cents 
per pound over the price of chickens 
are in themselves sufficient argument 
in ils favor for profit. The supply is 
not so general, hence prices are more 
firm. While if raised for breeding 
purposes, the higher prices realized 
both from birds and eggs are still suffi- 
cient incentives. 

Yet there are certain conditions nec- 
essary which render not every farm a 
desirnble location for an embryo tur- 
key plant. Some who can raise chick- 
ens most successfully find in their 
more noble relative many unlooked for 
obstacles. On the other hand, there 
are certain difficulties in turkey raising 
that have been over-estimated; and 
the poultry grower who is wise will 
certainly consider the question before 
limiting himself to the smaller birds. 

Turkeys require a greater range than 
chickens, and those who have only a 
limited range will most likely be dis- 
appointed in any attempt at their 
growth. The wild blood has not yet 
seemingly been eliminated, and non-re- 
straint in the meadows and pastures is 
their delight. There they find the in- 
sect !ife. which is their standard bill of 
fare. And it may be emphasized that 
one of the greatest advantages in tur- 
key raising is the large amount of 
grasshoppers and other troublesome in- 
sects they devour. On a moderate 
sized farm a flock of from thirty to 
fifty turkeys will keep in check these 
troublesome pests, though neighboring 
lands on all sides not similarly fortified 
are stripped of living green. 

Turkeys, too, have the troublesome 
habit of "going visiting," and some- 
times they are not inclined to return 
It is a curious custom, doubtless in- 
duced through the love of companion- 
ship; for certainly in some instances the 
home abandoned has seemingly as good 
inducements as the adopted one. Nev- 
erlhehless, it is a fact that when two 
flocks once get together it is very hard 
to get them separated permanently. 

This is apt to lead to hardness be- 
tween neighbors. Perhaps both are 
strictly honest. One has to endure the 
inroads of the doubled flock in orchard 
or g.-irden, and of course this is un- 
pleasant to the other as well; for 
though he may drive his flock home 
repeatedly, they soon find their way 
back. Sometimes, too, both parties are 
not strictly conscientious in the matter. 
It is an easy matter to feed a little 



heavy and induce a flock of thrifty, al- 
most grown birds to remain. If of the 
same breed they will so nearly resemble 
their companions that it is difficult to 
separate them. The owner calls, the 
trespassed upon keeps "his number"; 
and though his neighbor may be fully 
convinced in his own mind that this 
number has swelled materially since 
the combining of the two flocks, he has 
no recourse but to accept the leavings 
or resort to a quarrel unpleasant if 
not disgraceful. More than one hist'ng 
feud has arisen from just such pro- 
ceedings; and those surrounded by 
neighbors already engaged in turkey 
raising will do well to steer clear 
of it. 

Likewise, those near ;i village will 
find their number of friends greater if 
this branch of the poultry department 
is not touched upon. The birds enjoy 
long walks; more, they enjoy cabbage 
and all similar garden dainties; and 
unless they have a wide range the for- 
bidden ground will be appropriated— 
much to the disgust of the owner. 

True, turkeys raised by a hen are 
much less inclined to rove. Yet they 
seldom thrive as well as when given 
their freedom unrestrained. It has been 
claimed that the wooden hen and 
brooder will satisfactorily settle this 
difficulty; and it would seem that the 
latter would be a decided improvement 
over the old hen, who is persistently 
fussing and tiring the tender little 
things out by running around hunting 
bugs, when they want her to cover 
them. It is also said that they may be 
enclosed by poultry netting as well as 




A Partridge Cochin ckl owned by 
Wm. Postal, Aurora, Neb. The pul- 
lets from this mating are owned by 
W. F. Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., as 
well as other prize winners. 



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chickens. But having seen them fly to 
to the top of a moderate sized barn on 
one or two occasions, it seems a little 
discouraging to think of shutting them 
into a roofless enclosure. 

Some are deterred from undertaking 
the business in the belief that turkeys 
are difficult to raise. Barring the first 
few weeks of their existence, when 
they are more tender than chicks, 
this is not the case; a half-grown tur- 
key rarely fails to reach maturity un- 
less some accident befalls it. Grapes 
are, of curse, to be expected as with 
chickens, and treated in the same way. 
But aside from this, the young ones 



when nicely feathered out are as hardy 
as chicks. In their earlier days the 
secret of health seems to be freedom 
from wet, draggled plumage. This 
almost invariably leads to sickness and 
often to death. And just here is 
where the hen, if allowed to have her 
own way, fail. I believe a good in- 
cubator and brooder would many 
times out-distance her in raising tur- 
keys. If the little ones are kept from 
the grass during the rain or while wet 
with dew, much trouble will be saved 
in the end. 

BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 



,il pi einis, allciilo 
y.iur wants. Robert Hefti, Wayiif, Neb. 

A. STRANSKY, Chiltmi. Wis. Breeder iif 
Black Laiigshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W. 
lliilden and Buff Wvaridottes. S. C. Brown 
and Buff Lejfborns, W. and B. Minorcas, 
Houdans,. Eugs, l..=;(l per tifteen. B. Turke.v 
effg-s, i.so per f. Pekin and Rouen duck.s 1.50 
per 11. Red Tumblers, i.uti per pair. 

KOR SALE. Li-'ht Brahmas, I. K. Felch strain 
none better. Sin(rle birds or breedin.' pens. 
Etrs-s from stock birds scorinir ')23y(2 by Rus- 
sell, 1. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Bergen, Pe- 
tersburg-. Neb. 

PINE BROOK PoultJv Farm. Barred Rocks, 
wirin.r- .it ih,- big- Ft. Wayne show; first ckl. 
Iii~l.~.. .111,1 jiid third puUets; first pen. W. 
\V\.ui.l.iii. -, Huff Rocks I. R. Ducks, efg-s 
i.iiii p. 1 s,-uing. W. P. Smalley, Napoleon. 

BUFF LEtlHORNS. Eirffs i.UO per setting, 
5.0,1 per llMl. Grandsims of first ck. and hen. 
New York i'»oi, head breedinir pen. Females, 
Arnold strain. Loring- N. Kirk, 525 l2th st. 
Newcastle, Ind. 

HOUDANS e.tclusively. Winners at PKn- 

, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi 

cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eg-g-sonly 2.00 

per l5 straig-ht. Stock reasonable. My birds 

will not disappoint in breeding pen or show 

S. D. Lance, Troy, Ohio. 

HOMERS. Imported and domestic. Strong 

flyers. Runts, Pouters. Prices reasonable. 

for poultry. Must sell. Black, Red, 

Red Pyle, Irish Gray Games, W. Rocks. C. 

A. New-ton. Naperville, 111. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS e.iclusively. 

EgffS tifteen for2.uO. from my best pens. Pure 

w-hite. f,'-ood vellow legs, low combs. You are 

sure of prize 'winners. (Pishel stock) Only a 

spare. M. E. Cunningham, 

R. C. W. LEGHORNS and W. Guineas. Eg-g-s 
1.50 sixteen, or O.oO per hnndred. Mrs. Win- 
nie Chambers, Onaga, Kansas. 

DO Y'OU WANT winners? If so. buv eggs of 
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, 111., W. Plymouth 
Rock,G. S. bantam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per 
fifteen 2.25 per 30. A. Z- Copeland. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Eggs from English 
standards best select stock. Indian Runner 
ducks. There are none better. Finest values 
k;uaraiit.-ed. L. E. Coryell, Monroe, V\ is- 
.,.ii..iii. K.F. D. 1. 

(.IM1S1-; BREEDERS send 10c for my book on 
-,„,sv- raisin.. Embden and Toulouse Geese. 
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S.Price. 
Specialty Breeder of (.eese.. Pres. National 
Toulouse Goose Club, Waukejan. 111. 

R. I. REDS. Choice e.'L-s from Pan-American, 
New York and Boston winners, 2.00 per set- 
tiii . 5.0,1 for 40. Circular and standard free, 
.lolin Crovvther. .sec. R. I. Red Club, Fall 
River. Mass. 

SHERWOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock ejrgs 1.75 
for fifteen, 3.00 for thirty. My catalogrue tells 
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg-, 

BARRED P. ROCKS. Conger strain, farm 
raised, larjre size and fine layers. Effg-s l.Oo 
per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eg-gs. 3.0o 
for 12. Mrs. C.JT. C. White, Paris, Mo. 

P. WYANDOTTES. 1,2.3,4,5, prizes, Wor- 
cester Boston. New York; breed only choicest 
hens; 44 vears a breeder; raise p 
ly. C. O'. Lorinjj, Dedham, Ma 
e.Kpress paid to western points. 

MONEYMAKERS are the four new kinds- 
Part. Wyandottes. beautiful plumage: Silver 
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wyandottes, beau- 
tiful soft gray; Violet Wyandottes, bunch of 
violets; Sicil.y W.vandottes lay at 4 months; 
8 first prizes.'and 3, 4. 5. 6, prizes, at great Bos- 
show* i''02. Half express paid to western 
points. C. O. Loring, Dedham, Mass. 

ONE DOLLAR buys fifteen eggs from extra 
fine stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rock. 
W, Wyandottes and R. C. Brown Leghorns. 
C. R. Norman. Stromsburg. Neb. 

FOR SALE. Three trios oj W. Plymouth Rock 
high scoring' prize winning birds scoring from 
'J2 to ''5 points, are bred for their great egg 
production as well as show qualities. Each 
trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price 
per trio. 5.00. Eggs i.OO per fifteen. Mrs. D. 
Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 4bS, Butler, 
Indiana. 

P. NEWCOMB. of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, has the 
largest loft of fanc.v pigeons in the west to se- 
lect from, having ail the leading colors in Eng- 
lish and Bohemian Pouters, Fantails. Arch- 
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers, 
Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows. Magpies, 
White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale. 



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COOPS. 

As we do not all own brooders, it is 
time to plan and build coops, that they 
may be in readiness when needed. I 
usually make my own, as I am pretty 
handy (for a woman) with a saw and 
hammer. At any rate I can make a 
coop that will turn water, rats and 
skunks. 

Last year when the carpenters were 
building our house I gathered up all 
the scraps of rustic, ceiling and floor- 
ing; also some pieces of one by four. 



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left from the new picket fence. With 
these I made some coops in this way: 
For the frame I used the picket stuff, 
sawing four pieces each three feet in 
length, two pieces two feet long, two 
inches lolng. For the frame of the 
front of the coop I used the two 24- 
■-'•"> inches, two 17 inches and two 24 
inch pieces and two of the 3-foot ones, 
laying them in a level place in this 
way : 

Then I drove the eight penny nails 
into each corner, taking care tn have 
iho corners square. 

Next I used the two 17-inch and the 
other two 3-foot pieces in the same 
way for the back, after which I nailed 
a 2-foot piece from the bottom of the 
back to the bottom of the front and 
the 25-inch ones at the top of each 
end. and the frame was done. 

As some of the scraps of siding were 
quite short, I nailed them up and down 
at the back and larger ones at the ends, 
sawing them to fit the slope at the top. 

Six penny nails are large enough for 
this purpose. 

Across the top of the front I nailed 
a G-inch board, and used 1-inch board 
below that for the door. 

A small block was nailed on the 
frame at each end to hold the door in 
place and a button fastened it at the 
top. The cover was made of boards 
laid double, so there would be no leaks. 
The floor was scraps of old boards, 
sawed a little longer than the coop 
and fastened together by nailing cleats 
across the under side, but not nailed 
to the coop. 

Then when the chicks were out on 
nice days, the coops were turned up, 
the floor cleaned and allowed to sun 
and dry. The floor should not extend 
back of the coop far enough to catch 
the water from the roof or it will run 
into the coop. 

I suppose all these details look un- 
necessary to the men folks, but per- 
haps among the readers of the Inves- 
tigator there may be some other wo- 
men who have to make their own 
coops when the men folks are too busy. 
These measurements make large 
coops, but as I always give a good 
many chicks to each hen and keep 
them housed in bad weather, they need 
lots of room. 

It is well to have a door of screen 
or lath to use during the day time, or 
warm nights. The 3-footstrips should 
be on the outside of the coop at both 
the front and back, to nail the siding 
to. Boxes that have good, tight bot- 
toms may be turned up side down and 
doors cut in one end and used for 
coops, but should always have tight 
floors. This keeps rats and skunks 
from digging under and keeps the 



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FOR K.XCH ANGE. A liO-egK gure Hatch In- 
cubalur. for E.\htbltlon B. B. K. Games. 
Must I).- first cla^s stocl;. A. J. WUliunis. 
Clay Ceuter. Nebr. 

RDFP FLYMODTH ROCK Cockerels from 
Bist- prize cock; very promtsing. Write fur 
prires. Allien K. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
Elgin, 111. 

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio. Poultry 
Judire. All Varieties Private scoring 
aud expert mating a specialty. 

FREE. GAMES, Eggs $1,00 per 13. Circular, 
Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays, 
Tornadoes, Irish Elks. Reds. Cornish In- 
dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C.U.Smith. 
Fort Plain. N. Y. 

DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand- 
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and effers 
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
Nebraska- 

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for 
sale. Fggs $.i.00 per 100. Jl.OO per 13. My 
stock is first class and have won In show 
room. J. P. Schioeder. clay Center, Neb. 

ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniburgs. Buff 
and Brown Leghorns. BulT Rocks. White 
Wyandottes. Polish and Andaiusian. Won 
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
kota state fair. Egg-s for hatching. 11.00 
and up. Circulars free. U. P, Larson, 
Beresford. S. D. 

LIGHT BRAHMas. I have a few good hens 
and pullets fur sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Allen, 
Clay Center. Nebraska. 

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
Light Brahmas. $1.50 per settinp of l-'i eggs. 
Write wants, .lobn H. Rownd. Downs. Kas. 

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
15. $1; 39. $-Z. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W. 
Cook, Poneto. InU. 

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels at *! each. Toulouse Gand- 
ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $i each. Pol- 
and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
J. D. Grimes. Chambert, Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
and up to 95t-4. Write for prices. Geo. N, 
Wood, Wetdon. la. 

SCO BUFF. BARRED. White Plymouth Rocks. 
Light Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and 
pulletsSJ tn $3 each. Eggs 15. *1-00. 100. $6.00. 
Milton Brown bo.\ ')4. Middleboro. Mass. 

WHITE h! TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck.. score 
94*/^ by Russell, for sale. Also et'gs from 
D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. PekIn s- 
E.xpert Judge. P. M. cooley Milton. la. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor 
val strains direct. Score '12 to '<5 by Judge 
Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 200 per 15. 
Belgian hares, chas. C Wilson, Holdrege, 
Nebraska. 

O. K S. I.. WYANDOTTES are all right 

Eggs Sl.aiper 15 or:^^^lo per 100. W, T. can 

aday. Dover. Lee county. Iowa. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively 

E^'g-- $400 f r lOti. SI. 00 for 13. Adam A 

Weir. Clay Center, NeUr. 

EGGS from standard bred While and S. L. Wy- 
andottes and Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting. 
C. Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES, pure white and as 
good as the best. Egg's 51.50 per 15. $2 50 for 
30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray. Clay 
Center, Nebr. 

CORNISH INDIANS a soecialtv. Winners 
wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews. 
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
Bannson. Sarcoxie; Mo. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe- 
kin duck. Large tine specimens for sale at 



reasotiat)ie prices. Our stock is as good as 
money could procure. Mrs, E. I. .■■■ 
Morning Sun. Iowa 



, Mathews, 



R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left. 
Eggs 1-00 per 15- Also a few Stay White Wy. 
andottes- Eggs 100 per IS- C H- Courier, 
Ashley, Ohio. 




Carl Dare, Oseola, luwa. Mr. Dare 
has been a breeder of exhibition fowls 
for years, and comes well recommend- 
ed to us as a poultry judjfe and is ready 
to judge shows or do private scoring-. 
Parties wanting the services of an ex- 
pert will do well to correspond with 
Mr. Dare. 



chicks dry during rainy weather. 

When the floors are separate they 
may be scalded and cleaned easily and 
there is less danger of vermine finding 
a hiding place. JESSIE L. 



POULTRY ASIDE FROM A 

SOURCE OF PROFIT. 

(By Perwas.) 



Aside from their value as profit- 
bringers, let us consider poultry in its 
other phases. First, we look over the 
country and see many who are not 
breeding fowls for the money alone. 
They are not going into the business 
for a fortune, but instead they breed 
them as a source of recreation from the 
dull routine of work of other indus- 
tries, and as a way to take their minds 
from the cares of business and life, to 
something that is a different work and 
study. For instance, you are running 
a store and perhaps have some spare 
tim.e in which you desire something 
that will allow the thought of the cares 
of the store to pass from your mind 
at present. You can then look to poul- 
try for a different study. It is a rest 
to come home and care for some fowls. 
It is a rest to read a poultry journal 
after reading some of the sensational 
stories and articles in the modern daily 
papers. It is a rest after a hustling, 
busy day, to go to the poultry yard 
a'nd watch the beauties as they partake 
of their evening meal. It is something 
helathful to spend a few hours out of 
doors in the fresh air after a day's con- 
finement in the store or office. And 
it is a joy to anyone to possess a pen 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

of beauties such as we may find in the 
yards of any high class breeder. Of 
course there is more joy and rest to an 
office clerk or merchant to care for 
such a flock in the summer, yet there 
is pleasure in" caring for them in win- 
ter. 

Also poultry is educational. It al- 
lows study and plenty of it. In poul- 
try there can be as deep thinking and 
as much careful research as in most 
anything. There are many different 
opinions at present regarding feed, 
houses, hatching, mating, etc. The 
differences are not great, yet they are 
nut all exactly the same. This shows 
that there is a chance for some deep 
thought and study on the subject yet. 
Men have been studying and mating 
and improving and trying to get per- 
fect birds. A perfect bird must score 
100 points according to the Standard 
of Perfection. No bird has ever 
reached that point yet. To anyone 
who does not know much about poul- 
try it may seem strange that no bird 
has ever been produced that would 
score 100 points. Yet while there are 
some that come very near it, none has 
reached it and probably never will. 

This is where the greatest part of 
the work is when profit is not consid- 
ered. It is in producing birds near to 
perfection as possible. There is pleas- 
ure, ioy and hope in watching the 
work from the time that you place the 
eggs in the incubator or under the 
hen, until the eggs have hatched and 
the birds grown to maturity. There 
is no other source of pleasure and way 
of recreation to a business man or of- 
fice clerk who cannot leave home nor 
spend a large amount of money for it. 
that will compare with poultry. Of 
course you can raise pigeons and other 
pet animals, but yet they do not com- 
pare with poultry.- It does not cost 
much to start with poultry. And even 
if yon don't care for profit, they will 
pay enough to allow you to make 
inany experiments and even then will 
more than pay for their feed and the 
time given them. 

Poultry is all right for either profit 
or pleasure, or both. 



4!E> 



Jos K \)s\vaiuler, 



17 
Do you keep Bees? 

THEN learn how to 
ie iheni pay and 

-iend for our lar^e il- 
trated free catalog. 
Showing the best up- 

i(>-date hives and oth- 
articles used by 

progressiye bee keep- 

Des moines, Iowa. 



IncubatorSm 

Built on entirely 'new principles and the 
only machine made that will allow the chl-^lis 
when hatching to come out of the machine 
In the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
win. ju..^t exactly the same as tbey do when 
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to Im- 
itate natutecloser and to hatch equal to any 
machine on the market. For further partic- 
ulars address with stamp, 

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 



Notice to Advertisers. 

After this all matter relating to ad- 
vertising, such as new ads, changes, 
etc., must be in the Poultry Investi- 
gator office as soon as the loth of the 
month preceding the date of issue to 
insure insertion as we must hereafter 
print 30,000 copies to meet our circula 
tion each month and we must have a 
little time to "male up" and print the 
paper. All matter received after the 
15th will consequently lay over until 
the following month. 



Winning 

White Wy ando ttes. 

WE WIN East and 
West. At the great 
Chicago Snow, 1902 
in hot competition, 
in a class of 64 
White Wyandotte 
cockerels, the fin- 
est ever seen, our 
birds were given two prizes out of five, 
winning the lid and .ith prizes. We 
have 4 pens of high scoring females 
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13. 

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 




PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 

Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
Comb Brown Leghorn. 

Having disposed of all my sur- 
plus stock and mated up my 
pens, am prepared to book or- 
ders for eggs. Write at once 
for prices 

J. H. TROUGH, 

Minden, - - - Nebr, 




Heavily Feathered, Highly Penciled 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 

Eggs $2.00 per 1.5. Satisfaction "guar- 
anteed. Write for particulars. 

C. J. Beedle. Holdre^e. Neb 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



S. S. HAMBURG uL'fc's 'Wc. pi-r sitting. From 
hue- birds that will stand tin- test in any 
show room. Guarantee (rood liatch or money 
refunded. Ceo. Dalilenbur^, Seymour, Ind. 

BARRED P. R. et'us. famous RinMet strain 
Stock direct from Tliompson. R. C. B. Lcl' 
horn eirp. Schreiber-s strains. Birds scoring 
"2 to 04 by Heimlicli. One scttin,r. 2.00, 2 set 
tintfs 3.50. PoiH- & Schwartz. Hillsboro. 111. 

BARRED ROCKSexclusively. Ej-'ifs f rom pen 
"I fi"e I'irds hard to beat, l..";,) per settinir 
Mrs. Alice Jackson, Champaiirn, 111. R. F. D, 

KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and 
Ky. Domiiiuiues. Etrgs 2.(X) for Is, 3.00 for 
30. Cocks 5.00, hens 1.S,. Ben Lucas. George- 
town, Ky. •• 

W. P. ROCK Etrt's from the very best strain 
m the country Our birds equalto ancestors. 
Eeirs 1 50 for IS. Write wants and ask for 
Novel Epir bolder free. Geo. F. Stanton & 
Sons, Hennepin, 111. Bo.x F 

SIX PENS of W. Rocks. M.ist noted strain on 
rarth. Our birds score from Qi to 96 bv relia- 
ble judtres. huK'i this sea.son only l.soaer i^ 
Our ele^rant .y,, folder free. Geo.F. Stltnt in 
& Sons, qox P Hennepin, III. 

NO TIME OK MONEY has been spared in se- 
lecting our .s^tock of Liffht Brahmas, Pekin 
Ducks and Poland China swine. Eifirs oer 
setting 100 Harry W. Garman, ParkTille, 
St. Jo. CO. Mich. 

ORDER AT ONCE. Et't's from my 94J, to 06 
point S.C. W . Let'llornsand Black tan^shans 
at 1.2S per selling,. Kt premium wherever 
shown. Henry N,.th. Davenport, la. 

BARRED ROCKS. 3d bred 1st: cock, 3d ckl, 
vm""^ pullets and 1st pen at Kankakee, 
H IK- '■'1>'"'[ ^!"^^ breeding 3.(K) peris. Reeve 
Holbie, Kankakee. 111. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig- 
orous birds Clean sweep racine show." Eggs 
3.00 per setting. R. C.Brown and S. C. W 
Leghorn eggs 1 5<) per setting. Louis Mogen- 
enson, Racine, Wis. 

FRANK.S' BARRED ROCKS. First pen head- 
ed by best ckl at M.-icomb. .Score OZjf- 2d pen 
by ckl score ''i. Shaner, judgg. Eires 1 50 
and l.on. F. L. Chambers, BlandinviH^! Ill 

BUFF ORPI.NGTONS are the coming general 
purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9 
I :• ^'■'t'"','", ■''■•'■^"n- 1-SO per 15: 3.00 per 30. 
Levi N. ScliuUe, Oregon, Missouri. 

S.L. WYANDOTTE.S. Sixteen years a breed- 
er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac- 
ing: laced wing bar. My strains wins prizes 
in the h.^nds of my customers. Eggs I.SO per 
15. J. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. 

SNOW WHITE POULTRY FARM. S C W 
Leghorns and W P. Rocks. Eggs from pens 
he.ided by our prize winners at Illinois state 
fair,1..5(l per 1.^ 7^1 per lOo. W. S. McGraw. 
Springfield, 111. R. D. 5. 

EGGS;^ « per 15 s.-u-cted W. Wyandottes, scor- 
«h*Lii,I" ■"•"'■, "'■"' "•^•••s scoring 91 to 93 
Shellabarg.r. Incubator eggs S4 uer 1011 
John Old, VV...,dl.ine. 111. ^ 

MAMMOTH W. H. TURKEY eggs. « for for 
10. r rom prize birds at Chicago. S. C Buflf 
and Brown Leghorns, Barrel Rocks, T„„"p 
son s, Colhe puppies. White (luineas. W. C. 
Jackson, Route, 3, .South Bend, Ind. 

BUFF ROCKS exclusively. EgL's from tw,> 
fine p.-ns mated for this seasonSi'"bre'.™ "/ V. 
fj ''"■!? or "o for .TO. All stock fa 
B. E.Woods, lihiford. 111. 
WHITE P. ROCK ,.ggs 1. 00 for IS: high scor 
ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat- 
isfaction guaranteed. J.B. Piper, Whitehall, 

BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Egg.s. 15 for one 
dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col- 
or. Alwve price low for the quality. A. A. 
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa. 

SILVER WYANDOTTES. first and third prize 
pen scoring iKDJ and ISS. Eggs from this f,-,- 
mous stock, $2 ller fifteen. Incubator lots 
ck. 6.(K) per hundred. Martin Bender, 









ifciiE^ilifllijsJlcjpffiltiB^S!^ 






broode^'L'f ;'hP p' '"{"'"'"i^ awarded the Cyphers Iticu ator Co. on its iucubator and 
Drooderat the Pan American P:.\position October, lilOl. 



lised. 



Wi 



, Mi 



PEA COMB P. ROCKS, Barred, Buff, White. 
Also Rose eonib Wliite Fiice Black Spanish 

hoof^^^^-'iisir"^''^""""'"^^- °-'^^- 

MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P 
Kocksi-xclusively. E. B. Thompson strain. 
Eggs K per 1=; 13.50 per 30. Eggs shipped in 
Erie baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
Frank Purnell, Mahomet, III. 

PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred, 
Buff and White Rocks: S. C. W. and Brown 
Leghorns and Black Minorcas. Fertile eg^s 
IS for SI. Stock for sale. A. Starzinger,, Car- 
liondalc, III. 



WINTER EGGS AND HOW I GET 

THEM. 
Editor Poultry Investigator: 

At the present time 80 per cent ol 
my pullets are laying and have been 
all through the last four weeks of cold 
weather, and still shell out the golden 
egg so much prized at this time of the 
year. As there is not one farmer, I 
will say out of twenty, that his hens 
average one dozen eggs each through 
the months of December, January and 
February, while with the proper feed 
and better care the same hens would 
average twenty eggs each for each oi 
the three months, and with very little 
e.xtra labor. Most farmers expect the 
chickens to rustle their own living and 
roost wherever they can, and of course 
he doesn't expect many eggs (and well 
he may), for the best of hens could 
not lay under these conditions. 

Every man or woman has his or her 
fancy for a certain breed for winter 
layers. My choice is B. P. Rocks. I 
do not think they are the only breed, 
but I do believe, with what experience 
I have had with different breeds, they 
are among the best ,and my love for 
old Biddy extends back to when I was 
a boy of twelve years (now a man of 
thirty-three years), but I have lots to 
>earn yet. Something new comes up 
every day. Now as to my feeding for 
eggs. At night I scatter oats or wheat | 
in the scratching shed so they will have 
something to do when they leave the 
most. I cut alfalfa hay in length one- 
fourth of an inch long, pour boiling 



water over it, let stand over night, 
pour off water, mix in bran and mid- 
dlings. Feed warm every other day. 
I mix in with this fresh lean meat, cut 
fine, allowing one pound for each 12 
fowls. At night I feed whole corn 
warm, and often parch it. My main 
idea is to keep the hens busy all the 
time. Several times during the day I 
throw a little wheat or oats in the 
leaves to give them something to do, 
for a busy hen is sure to lay, while one 
that is lazy (caused by being too fat) 
will seldom lay. I believe better suc- 
cess can be obtained by only having 
one breed of chickens on each farm, 
and look after that one breed carefully 
and never try to overcome but one 
fault at one mating. It is slow, but I 
believe surer. This is my first letter to 
the Investigator and if it doesn't find 
the waste basket before it does tlie 
typesetter, I may write again. 

S. E. STOUGHTON. 
Burrton, Kan.e 



Through an error one of the series 
of poultry articles by Dr. B. F. Van 
Nuys of Tiffin, Ohio, was printed in 
our columns of last month. This ar- 
ticle was one of a series written by the 
Doctor for Farm papers and had been 
submitted to the editor personally vrith 
no intention of publication in the In- 
vestigator, We regret the circum- 
stances but are pleased to state that 
later on the Doctor has agreed to con- 
tribute a series of articles for our read- 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Light Brahmas, owned by Chas. M. Palmer, Nassua, N. Y. 



HOME-iMADE BROODERS. 

Many people buy an incubator, but 
make a brooder themselves. They 
realize that a home-made incubator 
would not pay, so they prefer to buy 
one, but when it comes to the brooder, 
they try to make one that will, serve 
and be much cheaper than to buy one 
of a manufacturer. It will be cheaper. 
You can make a sort of a brooder for 
almost nothing, but it will not be of 
much value after you do get it. Now, 
in the first place, to be of practical 
value a brooder must be such that the 
chicks will live and thrive in it. All 
home-made brooders will not do this. 
Very few of them do it as well as a 
good one made by some reliable man- 
ufacturer. Of course, you may make 
iust as good a brooder as any manu- 
facturer if you put enough work and 
proper material in it. But in that case 
it will cost as much or even more than 
a ready-made one would, unless your 
time is not occupied with something 
else and you do all the work yourself. 

A brooder is as important to be 
well made as is an incubator. An in- 
cubator must be well made and run 
properly or it will not hatch the chicks. 
So a brooder must be the same or it 
will not raise the chicks. You may 
say that it is easy enough to raise the 
chicks after thfy are hatched, but that 
it is hard to hatch them. You may 
be able to raise some without much 
care, but most likely they will not be 
strong when developed and never get 
full size nor be worth half as much 
as those that were well taken care of. 
Such you would be able to raise in a 
worthless brooder. 

In a good brooder you would stand 



more chances of raising as good birds 
as was possible. In a brooder that 
would be kept at an even temperature, 
admit plenty of sunlight and air, it 
would be possible to raise valuable 
birds, providing other necessities were 
supplied, such as proper feed, water 
and grit, together with cleanliness, etc. 
A good many home-made brooders 
are never as easily managed as a re- 
li^ible factory-made one. If you have 
plenty of time to spare and a good 
plan it may pay you to make a brood- 
er. But if you have not got plenty of 
time and no good plan, do not try to 
make a brooder unless you merely 
want to experiment. A properly con- 
structed home-made brooder will do 
well enough, but guaranteed brooders 
can be purchased of reliable manufac- 
turers so cheap that it does not pay 
to trust to untried ones. A good 
brooder is necessary. You need one 
if you intend to raise any amount ol 
chicks. Hens will take care of a few 
chick?, and if you are raising only a 
very few, perhaps the hens will be all 
that you need. If you are raising more 
than a few, then a good, trusty incu- 
bator and a capable brooder are neces- 
sary. Percy W. Shepard.) 



TO BREAK HENS OF SETTING. 

There is no excuse for the cruelty 
practiced by some people to break a 
hen of setting. Simply place her in a 
good coop and feed and water her 
well for three days and nights, and not 
ore in a hundred will go back to the 
ne=t. 

They should be turned out in the 
morning without their breakfast and 
they will go right to work. JESSIE L 




19 
Eggs. 

Huff Wyandotles, B. 
Cochin Bantams. . . 

Yards contain Bos- 
ton, Kansas City 
and Topeka prize 
winners and high 
Prices reasonable. 

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 



White Wyandoites. 

First and second premiums at Min- 
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 lo 21. 
Eggs from birds scoring 93 to dS'/i 
$1.00 per setting. Special price on 
large lots for next 30 days. 

W. H, Swarlx, Mlaneapolla, Kaaaas. 



High Hill . 



Poultry Yards 

Bronze Turkeys and Buflf Rocks. 
Turkeys are bred from prize winners 
and are winoers. making almost clean 
sweep wherever sliown. Young Toms 
geach; Pullets. $:3.50to$.3 OOeach. My 
Rock*.; are noted for shape and orange 
colored legs. 90 point (JO'-lierels, $1.50 
each; 91 to 93^ POi ut Cockerels $a.OO; 
each Pullet not scored. $1 00 each. 

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 



CROWELL'S 

Buff Orpingtons. 

Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. .Sd, 4th and 5. 
Hens 1st, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs, 
$;!.00 per 1.""), $r,.00 per 30. Two trios 
Indian Runner Ducks at $5.00 per 
trio. Eggs $2.0U per 15. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. 

F. A. Growell, Granger, Minn. 



Silver Lace Wyandottes 
White Wyandottes : : : 
.,^.^;^^^^_,^~~. Buff Leghorns 
Pekin Ducks... 

All first class stock. Eggs for sale. 
MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 



Barred Rock Eggs, 

—For Hatchina;.— 

Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is 
What you want. Try mine this year. 
$1.50 for 1.5, $2.50 for .SO, $3.00 for 45. 

A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 



Buff Orpingtons 
Bronze Turkeys 



We keep nothintr but the 
choicest stock. Eg-gs for 
sale. Write for prices. 



C. E. BROWNING, 

Fairbury, Nebr. 



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iW^Pt^^^M^^^ 



BUSINESS CATCHERS. 



"MODOCS". •■Siimvballs." "R.-d Cubans" and 
"Mc<;inty Warriors," br«l tofiirht for my own 

aniouiv. Illuslrati-d circulars with rulvsof the 
l)it fr;-c-. E- H. MaCoy, Paw I'aw, Mich. 

B. VVY.\NDOTTES, Pisi-r strain. Good lay- 
t-rs, t'ood market fowl, just the rif^ht size and 
a ^'u<)d every day color. Ejtk's from fine 
birds, $1 per settini;. Breeders for sale. H. 
K. Yarnall, Pottstown. Pa. 

B. C. BANTAM eirus from selected hifrh hijfh 
scoricii; stock. A few (food cockerels and 
pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J. 

C<;'>w, Norfolk, Neb. 

FOK SALE. Et'L's at S2 for 1? fr.mi Black 
r-anu-haiis anil Litflit I!r.ilim.i~ ili.it .in- lin-d 
anil iiKil.-il ri^-lit. I .-xl, ,l.,i, ,1 nn l..iMtrshans 

al liiilianaimlis-Kaiiei,-,-- A-s,,.,.,, Show. 

l'«.H." winning' American Lau^rsluu. Club cup 
in hot competition. H. J. Kader, La Fayette, 
Indiana. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS et'irs from pen of birds 
of the Wyckoff strain scorinir ')3U, ''2^^, 92, >»1, 
W, al Jl.(«.i per li;, 55 per I(X). Satisfaction 
Ifuaranteed. M.C.Sherman, Delavan, Wis- 

JFRSKY STRAIN Liirht Brahnias, winners at 
the bivr eastern shows. Illustrated circulars 
free. El.'(,'s S3. Fine breedinif cockerels, S3 
up. F. R. Mu'ller, OS Freeman St. New- 
ark. N. J. 

BARRED ROCK EGGS for hatchintr. E. B. 
Thompson's Ringlet strain; ISel. LewisRob- 
erts. Franklin, 111. 

SILVER Gap.- worm extractors, unequaled. 3 
for2.'^- Hiif prnlits to aL'enls. Samples and 
particulars Inc. Satisfaction (ruarautced or 
money refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis- 
ville. Bucks Co. Pa. 

ALL STA.N-DAKD Varieties, "new and old" 
pnzi- |.i.ultr\. pigeons, hares, collies, Anjrora 
■ ■ els and supplies. Stock cheap. E(,').'s 
'■••■' free. John D. Souder, 

BUFF LEGHORNS tlml are buff to the skin. 
Eir^s from this t'real laying- strain, SI per IS. 
G. Fischer. Elkhorn. Wis. 

S. C. B. LEGHORN . l'us. 30 forSl.50; 100 for$3- 
tt>. W. Plymimth Rockets, IS for $1. A. H. 
Carlson, Chanule, Route. 2, Kansas. 

ROSE and Sinirle Comb White Lcphorn eirirs, 
15 for SI; 20 for SI. .5(1. Sll forS2.S0, 100 for S4.ai. 
Good stock. I bred them since 1892. Joseph 
Kappes, jr. Ashton. Iowa. 

BARRED P. ROCKS exclusively. Thompson 
4: Hawkin's strain strain, 12 years with this 
variety. Score 'ii n, 1)41,. E'(,')fs $1 per IS; S4 
p-r l(«i; S2.5iiper.50. Satisf-action guaranteed. 
Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion, 111. 

JOHN R. GARBEE, Killinirs. Mo. Breedcrof 
fine pnuUry. For Mav and June will pay ex- 
press i.n eiri,"- ami il, -liver In vour express of- 
li.e. While Hollanil Turkev .x'i:s, in forS3. 
liolilen Wyaiiili.ties S. C. I!. Let'hi.rns, Barred 
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea 
eirits 15 for S2. All are pure slock. Remember 
express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention 
Investigator. 

ANGORA CATS, squirrels,, ferrets ehii)- 
monks. cavies. while rats and mice. Bel^'ian 
hares. sonL' birds, sixty varieties of poultry, 
piireons. turkeys, treese, »4 pairecalaloifue, llic. 
A.H. Nyce. VeniHeld, Pa. 

EGGS from While and Black Minorcas, Buff 
Leifhorns, Barred Rocks SI for 15. One (rood 
hen, four pullets and one cockerel, not related 
for sale after May 1. Price of the six, $10. 
Also pen of While Minorcas for sale cheap if 
taken Slum. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O. 

UOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith, 
Osceola, la. Larj^e dark lavin(f strain. Ecffs 
from spi-cial mated iM-n all' winners S2 per 15 
S3..50 for 30. Order now. GoihI hatch (fuaran- 
teed. 

EGGS from Buff Orpinptons of hiph class 
[Cook's and Edward's strainsjS2.50 per sett injj, 
also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Mai- 
or.. ili'i Tlh street. Port Huron, Mich. 

INDIAN KINXER ducks. Rei.'ular etrir ma- 
chines. Kt'L'- balance of season Sl.SO per sel- 
lini.' or »2 p. r 20. Pine Brook Poultry Farm, 
NajKil 1. Ohio. 

BITFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best, 
picked from isO carefully bred Buffs, none bet- 
ter, Ki.'t'sS1.5o iK-r 1.3. Herbert S. Redhead, 
1757 Itr.ii.ks si, Des Moines, Iowa. 

ARE von LOOKING for .(rirs that will hatch 
S. C. B. Leirhorns. Place vour order with Ed- 
win W. Staebler. 36 Tremont st Cleveland O., 
Ei.'trs Sl.50 per IS. Winners of 3<l ck, 3d and 5 
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list 
of (jnat shows. 

BIG MONEY for ajrents sellinir our Fumiira- 
tinf nest eifif. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom- 
ioiftun, III, 



POULtKY INVESTIGATOR. 

THE BUFF LEGHORN. 

My experience with poultry has been 
short, ranging back only a few months. 
But, though just a beginner, I believe 
I have made a very wise choice in the 
selection of a breed, it being the Buff 
Leghorn. What breed is there so hand- 
some, so full of life, as the noble, indus- 
trious Buff Leghorn, with its pure gold- 
en color, its spry, alert motions? Not 
only is the Buff Leghorn nice looking, 
but when it comes to filling the egg bas- 
ket they are right in it. To show this 
I will give you a little bit of my expe- 
rience with them. 

I would say right here that I have 
not much time to tend to them, as I am 
away from home from 7 o'clock in the 
morning till 6 at night, part of the time, 
but most of the time I am at home at 
noon. In the morning I feel screen- 
ings, for which I paid 5 cents a sack; 
sometimes corn, and eery two or three 
days I give a mash of bran, with just 
enough water to make it crumbly, .^t 
noon they get screenings or corn, and 
sometimes mash. I do not feed them 
at night, as I am seldom at home in 
time, that is, gefore they go to roost. 
I seldom feed any green foiod, for I 
have none to feed. And yet from a pen 
of four females I often get three eggs 
per day. Right in the coldest weather, 
when the mercury was away below zero, 
I would often get two or three eggs 
per day. 

Now, as to size. Some people think 
the Buff Leghorns arne't large enough 
to eat. Well, that's all right to think 
so, but I think that a hen which will 
weigh up to six pounds is all right to 
eat. And there are many Buff Leg- 
horns which will weigh between five 
and six pounds, and the cocks will of 
course weigh more. 

Taking it all together. I think the 
Buff Leghorn is among the best gen- 
eral purpose fowls of today. I suppose 
I have written about enough for today, 
and if this article is good enough for 
the columns of the Poultry Investigator 
maybe I will write again. 

Success to the Investigator and Buff 
Leghorns are my best wishes. 

G. PAUL PITT. 

Watertown, S. D. 



A.11 g-ood ones and lots of them; more 
than I can use. Eggs for hatching 
from my prize winners and scored 
stock at $1.00 per 13 during May and 
June. Ida E. Bard, Imperial, Neb. 



R.ed Spar Grit. 

This is sonicthinf,'^ New in Poultry 
Grits — is hard and sharp. Blocks in- 
stead of flakes. Guaranteed to please. 
We like it best of all grits. Price 1 '^ 
cents per pound f. o. b. Clay Center 
Nebr. Sure Hatch lucubater Co. 



The poultrymen of Pontias and vi- 
cinity held a meeting March 8th and 
organized the Livingston County Poul- 
try and Pet Stock Association, with the 
following officers: President, J. R. 
lughton; vice-president,' C. M. Rice; 
secretary and treasurer, Harry Herbert; 
Board of Directors, W. L. Talbott, A. 
T. McClanahan, Ed. Damon, F. E. 
Righton, G. B. Eggert and L. L. Crum. 

The first show of this association will 
be held Dec. 22, 23 and 24, 1902. D. T. 
Heimlich, judge. They expect to make 
it one of the leading shows of the com- 
ing season. 

HARRY HERBERT, Secretary, 
Box 344, Pontiac, 111. 



HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas and B. 
P. Rocks al Nunda. 15 prizes includine 7 Ists 
with to entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill. 
113 Adams St. Yards iO,001 S. Wood st, Chi- 
cag-o. III. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en- 
tries in class of 60. I have been winner 1st, ck 
2d ckl, 1st, 2d and 3d pullet and 1st pen. Efrgs 
Sl.SO per 15. Satisfaction g-uaranteed. Edw. 
Pietsch, Elsberry, Mo. 

BDFP ORPINGTONS— WYANOOTTES. R. 
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
Tndffe. Port Huron. Michigan. 



Pnill TffVMFN ^"""^ stat.onery 
I ULILl ni lllLll won't look well 



unless pniVT'Tpn neat! v. I do it 



I do 
it is ■ mi^ a uv well and use g'ood 
cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
N. K. MEND ELS, Grand Rapids, illich. 



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ORPINGTONS 
LEGHOR.NS 

ak.rvd Bro\vn LegKorrvs 

Y. uiiKoriild st k. (irst class lilrd-, i^heap 

Hundreds to seleci from. Egi-'s hII the time 
M.& F. MKK.MAN, 

Bx irts Hlusilitle. Ill 



J Poultry Investigator { 



? Is edited by a practical poul- 
;trymanof 30 years experi- 
)ence and is full of plain, ( 
! common sense articles by; 
; those that breed poultry and^ 
) work instead of theorizing. (*) 
jit is just what vou want.: 
'Send us the names and ad- 
) dresses of IS persons inter- 
tested in breeding good poul- 
' try and we will send you the^ 
I Poultry Investigator one( 
! year for your trouble. Sub- 
y V scription price 2.')c. Address, ) 

•^ Poultry Investigator Co., Wj 

^^Claj tenter, : : Nebraska )j^ 

m , m 



B. P. Rocks. 

Descendants from winners. Eggs 
$1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 120. Toulouse 
Geese eggs 50c per 9. Satisfaction 
in-ured. 
Ludwig Uehling, R. R. 1. Hooper, Neb 



The Best 

BUFF WYANDOTTES in the world 
are t • be found at Shnshan N. Y. 
Ihave some of them. Ferry of this 
years breeders fcr sale at S'J.OO each. 
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15. 

J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. 



After May 10th p"'r. %re?ding 

stock at very low tig-ures. These birds 
have brought me pul ets that scored 
90, 92 ,'2 and 93. All these birds will be 
as I represent them. Eggs after the 
10th of May will be $2.00 per l.">, or 
three settings for .$0 00. 

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, ia. 



BRIGEL'S Celebrated Stralas 

Rnrrfiil Males scoring as high as 94^ and 

lln/l. females a« high as 94'/j under such 

aucus. Judges as Bridge. Lane. Jones, have 

won 1st prizes at such shows as ihe 

freat Columbus show. Newarli. and the Ohio 
tate Exposition. Stock tor sale at all times. 
Eggs $2.50 per 15, the kind that win. 
F. \. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. 



FOB SALE! Light Bratimas. 

Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
from stock scoring 92 to 93 J^, 
fi.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 

Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Well Pleased with Results. 

A. P. Rogers, Bowling Green, Mo., 
a breeder of B. P. Rocks, says: "We 
have sold all the stock we could possi- 
bly spare and could have sold more if 
we had had it. Enclosed is copy for 
May." 

t t t 

H. P. Larson, Beresford, 111., breed- 
of varieties of pou.try, says: "I am 
getting all the orders I can fill. Con- 
tinue my ad, and hope it will do me 
still more good." 

t t t 

Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kansas, a 
White Wyandotte breeder says: "I am 
receiving lots of orders for eggs from 
my ad in your paper. Continue it up 

to July." 

t t t 
W. J. Gow, Norfolk, Neb., writes: "I 
have sold all my surplus stock at good 
prices. Continue ray ad in May. I 
am well pleased." 



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LETTER 



White Plymouth Rocks, 

Scored by Rhodes from 92>^ to 94. 
Owens & Canfield's strain, "Stay 
White." Eggs $1.50 per 1.1. 

Wntm Randolph, 

Lawrenee, Kanaaa. R. D. Mo. 1. 



Ir*LT.re 13red 3r*oiiltry. 

DARK BRAHMAS 
SILVER WYANDOTTES 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 

M.D.KING, Minden,Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Eggs $2.50 per 15. 

H. R. McLean, 
Osceola, - - Iowa 



FROM THEODORE 
HEWES. 

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17, 1902. 
Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, 

Mo. 

Dear Sir:— It is certainly a pleasure 
to write you in regard to your "Per- 
fect Chick Feed." For the past year 
and a half I have used and handled it 
myself, both in the yards and show 
room, where we were hatching young 
chicks, and have sold it to hundreds ol 
people, but have never yet heard one 
complaint. Our experience has been 
in making hatches at the shows where 
we have fed from four to five hundred 
young chicks for a week at a time on 
this feed, that they start off and grow 
and seem to thrive, and are always 
healthy. It does not seem possible that 
any one can ever make a better teed 
or one cheaper, considering the growth 
it makes and the healthy condition of 
the chicks while growing. 

Wishing you success and trusting this 
year's busines will double that of any 
previous year, and assuring you that 
we feel that our goods warrant it, and 
with kind regards, I am. 

Yours very truly. 

THEO. HEWES. 



Black Langshans- 



I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and 
3d ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
$$1.50 per IS. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15. 

J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 



WhiteC Wonders! 

The Farmdrs and Poultrymau's mon- 
ey makers. The best combination 
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2.00 
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Dr. I.e. Stephens & Co. 

Carletoii, Nebr. 



White Rocks Exclusively! 

Two pens mated for this year's 
breeding, scoring from 90 '4^ to 94X- 
At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d, 
ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev- 
ery premium entered for; Russel, 
Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 30 for 
$3.50, SO for $5.00. 

W. H. Utterback, Hillsdale, Iowa 



Black Minorcas. ffi 

No. 1 stock, up to weight and x 
the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
13. No stock for sale. 
Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb. 



EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS. 
Address 



L. G. French, 



Deep River, Iowa. 



The sixth annual show of the North 
Missouri Poultry Association will be 
held in Kirksville, Mo., December 2, 
3, 4, 5 and 6, 1902. W. S. Russell, 
Judge. 

F. M. BUCKINGHAM, Sec. 



Taylor's Otoe '*"''*" r- 

Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 
coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
S, 10 and IS cents each. Write 
for particulars. 

C E Taylor, Nebraska City. Neb. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS, 

(Exclusively.) 
Farm Range. . - . Good Stock 

Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
$1.00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 



i 



D0N7 SET HENS; 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




Bi.ackPkinli a i;;,uk Lang-shan 
owned by Juhn Hcuicli, Bowling 
Green, Mo. Score ilS'j. 



GREEN FOOD FOR POULTRY. 

When planting for spring crops be 
sure to provide for the poultry. If 
they are yarded they will not need 
green feed all summer, and whether 
they are or not they will need plenty 
of it during the long winter months. 

A small patch of millet will raise a 
lot of chicks next year and is fine feed, 
too. Chickens, ducks, geese and tur- 
keys are all very fond of vegetables 
and keep in better health than when 
kept on a diet of grain alone. 

We grow lots ofmangel beets, Dan- 
ver carrots, cabbage, turnips, pump- 
kins and squashes and save the small 
potatoes and cull onions for the poul- 
try. If one has a cutter vegetables 
m.ny be fed raw, or may be sliced and 
cooked. 

If your garden space is limited, the 
pumpkins and squashes may be grown 
in the corners or along the fence, and 
the cabbage plants set where hills of 
corn or potatoes are missing; also 
where early lettuce, radishes and peas 
have grown. 

To provide green summer feed for 
yarded fowls sow kale, lettuce, spin- 
ach, etc. You will be surprised to see 
how quick young chicks will cat greens 
and they should have them, too. It 
is well to sow some rye in the fall. 
where the poultry can run on it during 
winter. JESSIE L. 



We carelessly left out the ad of C. K. 

Norman, of Stronisburg, Nebr. He 
breeds B. P. Kocks, Buff Kocks, K. C. 
W, Leghorns, and White Wyandottes. 
His stock is good. 'I hose wishing eggs 
will do well to correspond with him. 




Chalk 
Vthltm 
Wyandottes. 



Buff Orpingtons 

E.xhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
isfaction assured. 

G.B. CLARY Fairbury Nebr 



FREE,. 



THINK OF IT! 



By special arrangement you 
can get all three (3) of the fol- 
lowing one year for only 50 cts. 
Never an offer like this before 



The Poultry Investigator 

Clay Ckntkr, Neb. 
The only exclusive poultry paper 
publislied In the west. Original, 
up-to-datfi. instruttlve. Profustly 
UuistrateH and never nrluts adead 
linp. Contains from 33 to 40 pages 
each month. 

Fancy Fowls, Hopkinsville, Kj. 

The Icadinf: poultiy orsan of the 



Michigan Poultry Breeder 

BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 
Established ISS.'i. The publisher 
has devoted 1^ years of his entire 
time and attention to the poultry 
industry. Its a success— 34 pages 
The price asked for these papers 
all one year is only 50 cents, wiiich 
any of them are worth, and you 
get the others free. Send your 
suijscripilon to any one of them. 
A free sample copy can he had by 
addressing each one. Belter send 
your order now. 



White . 
L angshans 
Exclusively 



Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing from 90 
to 95 points, 
SI. 50 per 15; 
$2.75 per 30; 
this season 
only. Some 



good Ckls. for sale with score 
cards by Ben S. Myers. 

All Stock Farm Raised. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
Rook Port, Mlaaourl 



Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 

winning i) firsts, ') seconds, 4 thirds, 
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92 
At three shows in last two years 
won 11 fiists, U seconds,' 6 thirds 
and specials, Cocerels for sale. 
Eggs SI. 50 per setting 

J. F. Relnelt, - Tripp, S. DaJcota 

—Vice-President State Association,— 

BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 

C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 

Eggs from the four best breeds in the 
I MUiitry, at Sl.i.'i per setting for next 
:^0 days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons 
and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few 
trios of B. < )rpingtons for sale. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 

Just a Moment Please! 

How is the time to book your orders 
and Wm. Kkrsknbkock has 
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins, 
Silver Laced and White Wyandottes 
and Cornish I. Games. 

Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb. 



Black 

Buff 

White 



Pekin Bantams 



Aa Good as the Landlcan Altord— 

—Eggs $:i,00 per i:i.— 

A.J. WILLIAMS, 
Clay Center, Nebr. 



Black Langshans, 

Of iiO of my prize-winning Black Lang- 
shans entered at State Fair and Neb. 
State Show the past -.' years, I won 
25 1st, a 2d, and 1 :<&. Eggs $'J.00 for 
15, S3.59f r3U. 

J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
White Leghorns, 

Fggs from \\nr\i »:j.ii(i per .".ii, *5.u0 per 100; 
froni choi.-e liiatings.li M per la »2 .W per 26. 
Can till no more order... for ovtjr lOu egg lots. 
Scottish Terrier puppies «.(«! and $.i.(iO 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 

R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 



EGGS 
$2.50 for IS 
it.SO for 30 
iMj- aim, 
fertile egrg. 
hardy 
duck, bred 
to win best 
to lay. 



STOPl 

«*' kOSE and SINGLE, "«» 
Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg- 
horns. Winners wherever shown. 
Only strong robust stock in my 
pens and you will not regret it if 
you send your order for eggs to 

£rfc Aui^llua, 
Parry, Lake co. Ohio 



If you want .... 

Belgian Hares 

Call on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 



.^,'^..^.^.^'^..^,.^..^.^.^t^.^9 I 100 Hares to choose from 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Drop me a postal card today asking for 
description of matings and price of 
eggs for hatching-. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 



Eggs for hatching from White Poultry. 

WWv'ds $1.50 uer IS, $4.00 per SO. 
Cochins, $1-S0 per IS. 
I. Games, $2.00 per IS. 
Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16. 
H. turkeys from stock weighing 
18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in 
the west, $2.(10 per 12. 
W. Embden eggs from extra large 

stock, $2.50 per 11. 
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring 
93}i to 95>|, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per SO. 
Eggs for incubators from stock scor- 
ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for 
sale at all times. 

White Plume Poultry Yards. 

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa. 



wUff ^fPtifltoflg a"" gocbTns< 



I won more premiums than 
any other two exhibitors at 
the Nebraska State Show, 
1901. Before buying any- 
thing write me — it will be a 
pleasure to give you prices. 

iaaJ. Buehier, %%Zt%%n 



RINGLET B. ROCKS 



The Kind that' Win We Double Male. 

Ben Hur, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
Show 1902, at head of our cocker- 
el breeding pen. No females in 
our pullet breeding pen scoring 
less than 90, mated to extra choice 
pullet breeders.; Stock all sold, 
eggs reasonable. Write for prices. 

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 



Brown's Roup Remedy. 

For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won- 
derful antiseptic, soothing and heal- 
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup, 
cankered mouth, chicken pock and 
cholera. Invaluable for horses and 
cattle. Ouickly heals galls and pre- 
vents and removes proud flesh. Price 
35c per package. Sole proprietor and 
manufacturer. Agents wanted in 
all the principal cities of the U. S. 

Robert Brown. Port Richmond 

Richmond Borough, N. Y. 



POULTRY INVESTlGATuft. 

PRAIRIE STATE PROGRESS. 

.'^mong the first i'-cubator advertis- 
ers of which we liad any knowledge 
was tlie Prairie State Incubator Com- 
pany, of Homer City. Pennsylvania. 
We can very well remember that an 
incubator then was mucli of a curios- 
ity, and that the claims of its utility 
and general good qualities were re- 
garded by many people as being vis- 
ionary, exorbitant, and, indeed, im- 
possible. We have lived to see a very 
marked change in the sentiment of 
the public, so that today the incubator 
is regarded as not onlv being an ad- 
junct, but a positiv" necessity for all 
those people who desire to make the 
growing of poultry success. Through 
all these years the Prairie State In- 
cubator has stood out with special 
prominence, and has had, by the su- 
periority of its work, perhaps more to 
do with the changing of this sentiment 
than any other element. Under the.^e 
conditions there could be but one re- 
sult, and that leads us to complele 
faith in the claims of the Prairie 
State people when they assure us that 
they have at Homer City the largest 
and most complete exclusive incubat- 
or factory in the world. 

If anything were needed to further 
strengthen public faith in the Prairie 
State it might be found in the fact 
that in keenest competition in this and 
other countries it has won 342 premi- 
ums, awards and medals. These things 
do not occur to machines of any kind 
without -merit. The $15,000.00 cata- 
logue put out by the Prairie State 
people this season is undeniably the 
finest, most elegant and comprehen- 
sive work of its kind ever issued, de- 
voted to the poultry subject. The 
Prairie State Incubator Company is 
selling more machines today than at 
any time in its history, and they are 
very frank in attributing these im- 
proved conditions to their new cata- 
logue. This applies to their foreig.i 
trade as well, which is very large and 
rapidly increasing. Within the past 
few days they shipped an order of 209 
Prairie State machines to England. 
They have just booked an order for 
1,000 machines to be shipped to far-off 
New Zealand. The "Prairie State" 
was awarded first premium at the 
International and Crystal Palace 
Shows, London, England, this winter. 
1 hey were also awarded first premi- 
um at the Grand Intprnational Show, 
Brussels, February 22, 23 and 24. 
Space will not permit of our enlarg- 
ing upon the merits of these excellent 
machines. Let our readers write at 
once for the catalogue. 




These are white, tine Wyandotte shape 
and heavy winter layers. Score 92 
to 9.^ by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb. 
State Show winners, $2.00 for 15. 
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at 
reduced prices balance of season. 

CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb. 



Why we ask $5.00 for 13 Barred Rock Eggs. 

Because the foundation stock was 
costly; $.')0 for cock and 110 for hen. 
Because we keep up to standai;d re- 
quirements: because it takes about'300 
birds for us to mate up a pen of, 20 
when culled out; because we date ev- 
ery egg the day it is laid so you can 
see how fresh eggs you get; because 
we send you more than you order ard 
pay back casT of .")0 cents each for ev- 
ery infertile egg short of ten fertile 
ones out of each setting; because this 
insures you hatch of thoroughbred 
best eastern stock we can procure. If 
anybody treats you fairer, let us know. 

Finally — we started right - why 
shouldn't vou? 

PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass. 



White Wyandottes Exclusively. 

Score 93 to 95i points by Larson and 
Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.00 
per Hi. Stock is strictly white. 
JV. B. Oarver, - • Hamilton, Meb. 




Choice Eggs 

For hatching from 
fine B. P. Rocks 
and big Buff Coch- 
ins. Eggs Sl.-'iO 
per setting from 
healthy stock. 

lOA M. KESLER, 

Woburrv, III. 




Silver Wyandotte and 

White Langshan 

Eggs $1.50 per 15, 

Guaranteed to hatch. 
A. E. GRIMES, 



"^^^ Decatur, 



Ohio. 



Do 



LAMB. Uu' LeH-lii. 
iii prii 



But his liens wiii prizes as well as lay 

And tUat is the Itind of hens that pay. J[3 



W. A. Lamb, 



IVlaHhattaii ,' Kan. 



S5,000 c:?!;1:;SI;e FREE! 

k It IS without arival. Givi-sloweat iiricesof fowls and egg& 
I ' >ver 50 liretdsTurkeya, Geese, Duoksand Chtckenfl, Haa- 
^ dreds of platesfromllfe. 1 5 best poultry boose plana Treat- 
gise oadifleasB8,howto feed, breed, etc.SendlOc. forpnfliaeti. 

iJ. R. Brabazoa, Jr. & Co.. BoilOcDelavsi;, Wia, 



24 

MY MAMMOTH 



. ,. Are hdldlni? Ihelr own 

PEKIN DUCKS }i'aTe"srwa"i/v!;?„i:rKt 

est honors ui Ureut St. Louis Fair and 
Poultry Show; also In the hands of uiy 
customers. A few elegant UulT Kox at 
tialf real value. 

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo 



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Special departments for dogs. cais. ilireon.-, 
hares, poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely 
lllustralerl. l-er yi-ar. .iOceuls. Sampiecopy 
free. 

The Fanciers' Wo r III 

F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 



Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 

Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
las for all kiuus of stock and poultry 
foods, nere are a few; Chick food 35c: 
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder. 
4.')C: stock cotidltion powder. 35c; hog con- 
dition powder. 30c. Write foi- others. 
A. W. Collitts, 
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 



POULTRY INVfiSTiGAtOR. 

NebraskaL StaLte Poultry 
AssociaLtion 



Black Ixangshans 

Large, vlgontus stock, free from dlsquallti- 
catton: up to standard weight; winners at 
Clay County Show. I'rlces reasonable. Eggs 
$1-00 per 15. $5 00 per 100. 

Address. 

MRS. N. W. JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 



'Twenl^-FiveyearsinttiiPoultrf Yard. 

A perfect Manual for Success. 
Gives symptoms and remedies 
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
pages. Price 25 cents. 



A. H. LANG. 



Covedale, Ky. 



Ml, V««»l ^^ have imported stock. 
Ull leSi R. C. R. I. Reds, R. C. Mi- 
iiorcas. Buff ()rpint,'totus. Barred Rock, 
Anconia.s, Lt. Brahmas, Pekiii and 
Cayug^a duck.s. Kggs SI. .SO per 15. 
Duck esffs $1.00 per 12. Oi.e setting- 
free to best customer. Stock for sale. 
S R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for 
sale cheap. 

P. G. Shelby, Horln, Pa. box A 



Buff Orpingtons 

ADD 

White Wyandottes 



I never have failed to win in W 
largest shows. Birds score from (X 
90 to 95^4. $ 

C ROCKHILL, I 

Harvard, Nebraska. ^ 



Abstract of the proceedings of the 
board of managers of the February 
meeting held at Lincoln: 

All the members were present ex- 
cept Mr. Irvin. 

The secretary read the written propo- 
sitions of the eleven judges, and on 
motion the propositions of Judges' 
Russell, Rhodes, Larson and Carruth 
were accepted.. 

C. M. Lewelling was elected as super- 
intendent. 

Several small bills from the last 
show were presented properly audited 
and were allowed. The guarantee 
bond furnished by the treasurer was 
formally approved. 

The secretary presented the formal 
proposition of the Auditorium associa- 
tion, tendering the free use of the 
Auditorium warmed and lighted, for 
the next show. Also the proposition ol 
the Commercial Club, tendering the 
use of their parlors for the annual 
convention and business meetings. 
By motion both propositions were ac- 
cepted and the show formally fixed for 
Lincoln, Neb., at the time fixed by 
statute, viz. January 19th to 24th, 1903. 

The proposition to reduce the en- 
trance fees from 25 cents to 10 cents 
was formally discussed, but action 
thereon was deferred until the semi- 
armual meeting. The board also dis- 
cussed the question of allowing exhi- 
bitors of any class by vote to decide 
how they would have that particular 
class scored, by comparison or score 
card. Action on this was also de- 
ferred until the semi-annual meeting. 
The matter of printing advertisements 
in the premium lists was also presented 
and formall discussed, but action was 
deferred until the semi-annual meet- 
ing. 

In case any of the judges elected 
failed to accept the term of our board, 
that Adam Thompson be selected to 
fill the vacancy. 

The secretary was instructed to pro- 
test in writing to the board of man- 
afiers of the Kansas City show against 
tlie holding of their show upon the 
same date as ours, and that he respect- 
fully ask them to change the date ot 
their show, as our date is fixed by 
statute. 

Resolutions of thanks were adopted 
thanking the Auditorium .Association. 
Commercial Club, Telephone Co.. and 
the railroads for the many courtesies 
extended. 

LUTHER P. LUDDEN, 
Secretary. 




Owins to my iiidsit g engag'-nients 
for sHa>on of ,l9i'2-3. will 1 ol be able 
to • how my birds and will heiehy 
reduce th- price of eg^.s from $3 00 
to $2 00 per 15 I liavp r^. C. Brown 
Legho lis. Ulack Leithorns. Unrred 
Plymouth Kocks. (Violet Strain ) 

David Larson, wahoo. Nebr. 



It's Up To You 

To g-et 5,01111 new subscribers. We 
will send the Fanciers' (iuide, an up- 
to date Poultry and Hare paper 6 

months for only 10 cents- Special 

ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder 
notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now 
in egg season. 

Faticlers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana. 



R. C. and S. C. B. ORPINGTONS. 

Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr., 

Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 

Cgga for Sale. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



FO'CC 51 ••^'^* P^*" setting, from my 
"Oo' prizewinners at Kansas and 
Nebraska State Poultry Shows 1901 
and 19U2. Partridge Cochins, Bufi' 
Cochins, S. S. Hamburgs, Barred 
Plymouth Rock ai d Light Brahmass 
Write fur winnings. 

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 

0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Win n ui^ 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 

Stock for sale at an tlirics. Esr^'s In reason. 

[.B,OMOHUflORO,BowliogGrEeoJo. 



Banned P. Rock 

Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold. 
E>,'gs from ch ice matings, SL.'iO per 
1.") for balance of season. All breed- 
ing stock scored itO to iri',. Look 
for fine stock n xt year. Send your 
ordt rs early and secure )-our choice. 

Mrs. A- P. Rodgers, 
Bowling Green, Mo. 



9 



IT BEATS ALL. 



Tlie No 

111 ' 



of 



I the 



liKl ejf g hatclier costs only »8. il4,0008old 
principally by agents. We want 5,000 active 
men and women agents for the new season. Speelal 
term, witli you— a lar^re margin of profit. lOe ecs 
rorinulaniufeatalojrue 1,0111 free. It you write to- 
day. Territory may be gone tomorrow. 

NITURIL HEN INCUBITOR CO., B 11, COtUMBUS. NEB. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

^l^^^ays Take 

THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 

For All Points 

East^ South and VtTest. 

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates 
and information, call on or address 

S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. 

St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 




The "Perfect" Hatcher 

s^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00- 

B^IOO-Egg Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5. 

s<^Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. 

T<-sthii.>ulalvanci lUuslialptl circular 2(', 

J. A. CHBLTON, Falrmount.'Md. 



Our Leader B. P. Rocks. 



30 eggs, $2.00, from stock scoring 89 to 91. 30 eggs, $3.00, from stock scor- 
ing 91 t(i92'2. Single settings SI.. =^0 to $2.00 each. Buff Cochin Bantam 
egers, $1 SO per IS. Buff Cochin eggs Sl.SO per IS. S. C. Brown Leghorn 
eggs S.OO per setting. My stock is line bred and will produce 90 per cent 
exhibition birds. They did it last season and they will do it this season. 
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise show birds. 

A. L. PEDICK, box A, Ottumwa, Iowa. 




Miller's Perfection 
Folding Exhibition 

Folds llko a bonk. All In one piece. 
Nothlni: to lo astray. Tlie neatest 
and sironge.st coop on the market. 

Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 



SEED CORN. 



Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and 
Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 




Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize 
Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New 
seed at 80c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper. 

Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to 
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn, 
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds- 



Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh 
at wholesale prices. Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,- 
000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. 



A r Chi as Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo 



25 

o. #. a 

It is winners you would raise for next 
winter's shows and are undecided 
where to send for eggs for hatching. 
Just send an order to the GOLDEN 
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the 
home of prize winning White Ply- 
mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain, 
and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and 
you will be pleased with young stock 
hatched. Eggs S2.00 per setting of 
IS. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
males yet for sale. 

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 

BELMOMT. WIS. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

We have Quality and Quantity. 

Farm raised prize winning stock. 
Eggs $1.S0 per IS, $5.00 per 100. 

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr 



W A FOrhP^ Breeder i, of Buff 
»W. #%. rurueo. ^^^ ^^^'^^ wyan- 
dottes. For the past four years I ave Swoa 
the majority of the best premiums in full 
classes, 22 1st, 10 2ad, 9 3rd and 5 specials. I 
am booking orders now for a limited no. of 
eggs from these prize matings for $2-00 per 
setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00. 

North Topeka, Kan, 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 

None under weight— scores OS to 

J to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin- 

^ coin, also 2d colkerel weight — 31 

pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 

C. M. Hurlburt, 

Fairbury, Neb. 



Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams! 




Eggs. Golden, 
$1.50 per IS. 
Silvers, $2.00 
per 15. Par. 
Cochins, $2. 
per 13. Price 
of pigeons on 
application. 
8 varieties 
for sale. Ad- 
dress 

W. F. HOLCOMB, 
Clay Center, Neb. 



Single^ombJrowM^giioii^ 
Barred Plymouth Rooks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
years in the hands of customers as 
well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
producers as well as premium 
birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 
Cora X. Rlckards, 

SOUTH • CfiDEN ■ FOCITRY • YAEIS, 

Oedeit, Utah. 



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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



Printing for 

Poultrymen 

We! are prepared to do all kinds of 
printing- for iTOulirymeu. We have the 
hiirbest errade machinery and new ma- 
terial: all work iruaranteed first-class. 
Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
patrons. Write us your wants and (jet 
our prices on your work. Address, 

Poultry Investigator 

Clay Center, Neb. 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 

Eees to Hatch. 

S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. J2 per Ih 
Over 300 hens on different farms. Good 

Sure stock. Eeus Jl per 15. U per 100. 
RKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
tem. 60 finf hens and pullels. 4 extra 
large, stately crowers. f coring from 90 to 94 
hy Judges Russell and Stransboufth. Ekks 
g per 15. $:i 50 per 30. 

C. 1, Games. Good pure stoci< on separat€ 
farms. Eges $1..^0 per In. 
ROUP ODKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
Circulars free. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176, 



Jm Wm Castes > > « > 

ButT Orpingtons. R. O. W. Leghorns 
Barred & White Rocks. W. C. P. Ban- 
tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In 
season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes: 
silver cup last year. 

Galesburg, - - Illinois- 

Scott's Cure 
I < Chicken Cholera 

Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
or money refunded. Testimonials on 
applicatior Reference: Rising- City 
Bank. 

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 



Pride of the West.... 

Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
Show record on open book. They 
are in the yards of many of the 
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
from hens. Young stock now 
ready to ship. Write for prices. 
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
sure cure. 

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. H 
CLARKSviLLB, : : : : Missouri. 




1890 



EGGS! 



r902 

From our Royal Blood Sil- 
ver Wyandottes. 



Prices Reduced from 3.00 to 2.00 per setting of fifteen eg-g-s. Last 
year WL' sold every etfir we had to spare. This year have two more fine 
pens. We know that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth. 
They are theJcominir fowl and to boost them along have reduced the 
price. Our Silvers have never been defeated in tlie shf>w loom. At Ne- 
braska State Show. Jan. 24 to 28. IW2. we won 10 of the 16 ribbons, near- 
ly twice as many as all other competitors. We are now shipping eggs. 
Vetter book your future egg orders now or may not be able to fill them. 
We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock for sale at all times at 
Ponca Wyandotte Yards. Refer to express agt. postmaster. Security 
Bank or Dun's agency. I. & T^. M. CONNOR, Ponca, Neb. 



{ IF PANDEMONIUM 

4 Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale 

\ ' you can positively check the mortality by using : : : : 

{ iPURITAN CHICK FOOD, 

f a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it 

i under positive guarantee. 

r FRli;E:--Our new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever 

r issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 

i largest plant 

i PURITAN POULTRY FARMS, 

i BOX 357 A. - - STAMFORD, CONN. 



MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 

■ C=1 BPRRnRP«; OF IT^l , „ 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
Pekin Ducks. 

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne- 
braska, State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 
pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel— 

a first prize on every bird entered. 

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 

FRIEND, . ■ - - NEBRASKA. 



RARRFn Bradley Bros 

ROCKS. 



New York winners 
is what my flock is built from. Win- 
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale. 



«/. Rm Henderson, 

Sta. B. Route i. 

Columbus, Om 



Mines' Liquiil Lice Killer. 

Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when 
used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg 
basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plj'mouth Rock eggs 
$1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per 9. 

Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan. 



Golden Wyandottes. 

Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
ous Stock, frota careful 
Matlags. 

S. p. VAN NORT, Si-iisS*""- 



1st, 2d, and .3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
94-92^ -91 M and 9\% by Butterfield. 
3 seconds at same show 1900. 1st 
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
or sale. Write for full information 



aSUR.E SEE THE 190S 



Noxali Incubator 




tor Co., Q,aincy, HI. 



Trees and Plants 

That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 

We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealing. 
Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach- 
es 6c. ; Grafted Apples 5c.: Concord Grapes 2c., 
Riiss. Mulberries 30c. per UX1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
Black Locust fl.35 per 1000. Enclish or German 
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. * 

CARL SOKDERF.GGER, Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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All kinds 
of fancy p g- 
eons. Prices 
reasonable. 



Toulouse geese eg-gs 20c each. Rouen 
duck eggs 18 for fl.OO. White Hol- 
land Turkey eggs, Sl.-W for 9. Also 
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
tams, Buflf, Brown and Black Leg- 
horns, S. S. Hatnburgs, C. I. Game-, 
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff 
and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul- 
try eggs. l:i for $1.00. Yards score 
from i)0 to 94 >^ points. Satisfaction 
guarantefd. 

D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 



If you Succeed You musthave a Pull! 

Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton 
and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P. 
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown. 
Eggs per setting, $2.00. Two set 
tings for $3.50. Address 

PINKERTON & Go. Clay Center, Neb. 

Lock Box 24 

JCryry^ Foi" hatching from strictly 
"OO^ high bred prize-winning 
Mammoth B. Turkeys, B. P. Rocks, 
and Pekin Ducks If you are look- 
ing for something good write for my 
circular and price list. 
JOHN BATCHELOR, ■ • Thompson, Iowa. 

Barred Plymouth Eocks 

Stock for sale. Prices rea- 
sonable. Eggs 1st yard, 
$2.00 per 15. 2d yard, $1 .00 
per 15, $4 00 per hundr d. 

Mrs. A. B. Jones, 

Abilene . - - - Kansas. 



POULTRY.® 



at CUT PRICES. 

_ CATALOGUE FREE. 

fng. Co., Columbus, 



Morning ViewfH' 
Poultry Yards. g|l 

...HAVE .. 

..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 

James M. Perkins, 

RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 




^ The Inland Poultry Journal 



Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published. 
The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul- 
try information, profusely and handsomely illus- 
lustrated. It is edited by poultrymen who have 
made, a success of the poultry business and have 
the plea.-ing faculty of telling others how to 
reach success by the shortest route. The arti- 
cles it contains are original, concise and practi- 
cal, covering every phase of the fancy and com- 
mercial poultry business. Every number is 
worth more than the price of a year's subscrip- 
tion. If the best is wanted in poultry literature 
subscribe for the Inland It is 2,Sc a year and 
everyone ordering from this ad will receive a 
book, "Plans for Poulti'y Houses," free. 

w* The Inland Poultry Journal Co-. 

box 14, Indlanapolla, Indiana, 



Donkey's 
Roup Cure 



Cure Ouaranteed! 

TUE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In all Its 
forma as long' as the fowl can 
see to drink. For Oanker, es- 
pp inlly In plueons, thiscure excels 
all orhers. une 50'cent packaiff makes 25 gallons of medicine. Dlr«>ctlons with 
pverv paokaBe. If If falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c. large $1. 
Conkey's Lovise Killer never falls tu I 111. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 
15 ct'tils HXt' a fni- posr.age 

Corvkey's Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 
health, and uri" uce mure eggs than any -iniili.r preparation. 25 cents per package 
,ui.i l.icenis extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO.. Clovela-nd, O. 

PaclH ■ c-oast agents: Petaluma Incuhator Co., Peialuma. Oal. Eastern wholesale 
( fflce; No. 8 Park Place New York City and S.H. I. Oo.. Cltiy Center. Nebr. For 
sHle hy all poultry ^iipi.lv houses. ta^Agents wanted. 



Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

For Poultry, Rabbits, /g. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 




Stt-ongei" and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line— if not, -write us for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

UNION FENCE CO.. DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 



■^ftmF^P^M^^^*^'^* v^k^W^M^^^U^'* ^^U'^^^^'iUV^^^^a^^^^^'^k^^'hF^^'^^^'^'^K^i'^'^'^^^'^'^'^Wttni^k^ 



I FRANK MYERS, 
tFree Port, III., U. S. A. 

S Box 20. 

J Breeder ot_i_,^^ 

\ Barred Plymouth Rocks 

\ They are Barred Rleht and good 
i size. Eirgs 15 f or $3. 30 for $:i.50, 
{ 50 for 4.00, 100 for 7.00. 




Also manufacturer ofj 
Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 



Band 



I ^^^^rf*.****^*«rf^ 



The acknowledged leader. 13 fors 

15c. 25 for 30c. 50 tor 50c. 100 for \ 

7i)C. Samples and circular. of i 

Barred Kocks mailed t 

for stamps. ^ 



28 

silver Laced Wyandottes. 

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
Fine scoring 

Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Wis- 



For Sale. 

lilack Ivaneshan Cockerels, SOc 
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes 
f l.0<) each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
and $3. All stock pure blood. 
Mrs. Albert Ray St Son, Wilsey. Kan. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Nebraska Queen. 

rirmt PriMe Han, WalgM 9 ibm. 



Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
late State Show Judge Myers said 
she was the best one he had seen 
this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
at the above show. 20 years a 
breeder of this variety exclusively. 
Write your wants. A' dress 

F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 



When you write mention the Investigato 



^i^^ipstern old mother experience 

o make perfect The Reliable Incubcito 

ht to have our 2mii tVnUiri PoullrjBo. 
►u but 10 ceuts and >slll make you a master lo 
.' the poultry bu.lnes8. ,,||,^|, |„„|„,„ 4 g„jj„ c„_. j„ ^ 25 tuloci, lilt. 






BUFF WYANDOTTES, 

EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
Wyaudottes are brefi froiu 
best strain obtainable and 
In line. We breed the pure 
R.ilden Buff, not the dark 
red. They're prize winners. 

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

Uliester White Ilogii forsale 
nention the Investigator. 



Why Hall's Famous Prize Winning White Wyandottes 
and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won l.TO regular and spe- 
cial prizes in Chicago and leading western shows All 
our first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. U males and 
females score 90 to 9.S;2— White Wyandottes 93 to 9fi. We 
always win, so can vou if vou buy of us. Our P. Wyan- 
dottes, W. P. Rocks, S. aiid R. C. R. I. Reds, Blk. B. W. 
and P. Cochins, B. and M. C. Bantams, 1. Geese, and Pe- 

kin Ducks are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou 

otocK and eggs for sale. 

J D- W. HALL, Box 700. Des Moines la 




Golden Laced Wyandottes. 



I have three pens which are second to none, con- 
sidering size, shape, color and as egg produ- 
cers. Orders for eggs are promptly filled. 



Pe#r/lfS-Hallock strain. Egg or- 
ders booked now. $1.00 for 11. 

Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand 
lot of youngsters sired by a ^5% 
point bock. Bred does always on 
hand. Booklet on the industry for 
stamp. 

Steptiaul Poultry Co. Belleville, III 

When you write mention the Investigator. 



J. C. Kapser, 



Clay Center, Nebr. 



BUFF COCHINS 

Exclusively. 
Just What You Are 
Looking For . . . 

The Pure Golden Buflf. Win- 
ners in ny company. Elegant 
in shape, profusely feathered, 
as good as the best. Prices 
low, write me. 

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 



B. P. Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm. 

nniie ana ^^^^ ^2 qq p^^ setting, 3 for $5.00. 

Golden Wyandottes l. d. metcalf, Wakefeiid, Nebr. 




You can raise Chickens 

— If you use — 

PInkerton's Perfection 

CHICK 
FOOD. 

It contains everything that Is essential 
to the chick's life. Not a pound of 
material in it that is not the best 
the market afiords. It is equal to 
niiy chick food now on the market. 

ice 25 lbs $1.00. 50 lbs $1.50. 100 lbs $3.00. 
Manufactured by 

MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON, 
Clay Center, ■ Nebr. 



Clubbmg; List 

By taking the advantage of the 
following combinations you can 
get two papers often at the price 
of one. Look at these ofifers: 



Price with 
Poultry 
Invisti- 
gator. 
SOc 



Regular 
price 

Poultry Tribune 50c 

Poultry Herald 50c 50c 

Poultry Gem 25c 35c 

Commercial Poultry 50c 50c 

Western Poultry News. . .2.5c 25c 

Poultry Success SOc 40c 

Poultry Topics 25c 25c 

Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 

Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 

Farm Poultry $l.oo $1.00 

American Poultry Journal ."iOc 50c 

I^eather .50c goc 

Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $l.oo 

..Just Think of it.. 

Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 

Any 50c paper yon choose above. . .50 
The Poultry Investigator 25 

Total 5175 

We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
Address, 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Notice— We do not send sampl«s sf 
•ther papers. 



WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Now is the lime and David City, N. b , 
IS the place to buy eggs that will 
start ) oil ritrht. OOg'g's are atching 
pfood. Our birds were prize wiiincs 
at the Nebraska State Show, 1902. 
Write tor prices. 

J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr 




BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the leading schools of the west' 
Large attendance. Great demand for 
its graduates. Expenses low. Address 

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 

Reference: Sure Hatcli Incubator Company 



BUY STQOK and KGGS from high 



WHITE LAXUWi 
Fine winter laj-ers. 



ANS and BITFF K QfKS . 
Cheap for quality. Eg'B's 
L. MUM"0\VE1{. Duroc 
W.L. MUMFOWEK. 

Chilicothe, Mo. 



BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Edson's Reslsiter-ed citrain. from a Ions line 
of prize-winning ancesters; h^ve made them 
a specially for 10 yed.r«. Now offerins fine 
exhibition and grand br eding stocit of both 
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
half-tones of meritor ious birds. Address. 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. 



Buff Rocks 
Pekin Ducks 
Toulouse Geese 
Bronze Turkeys. 



MRS. FLORA 
SHROYER, 

Perry, O. T. 



Formerly at 

Clay Center, Nebr. 



Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.75 
Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - Jl.OO 
Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00 
New Strain Whlte-Breastpd Guineas - JO.re 
All above fn>m prize-winning stock and line 
bred. Catalogue sent. 

J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 

White Flume Farm. HichHeld. 111. 



Fo'O'e F'"°™ prize winning Golden 
So Wyandottes, $2. per i;), scor- 
ing from 90 to itSyi, by Shellen' erger. 



J. Gordinier, 



Keota, III. 



For Sale f ~ ~ ~ 

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
Ducks. J At State Poultry Show on 
four entries of geese I took first 3 
premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

[GG ORO[RS, Book now for Houston, 



P. R 2 mating.e, score from 90 to 
_ !13J^. Eggs v.. per LI. $.'5 per 100. 
♦ Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2 yards 
!-olid butf wing and and tail, eggs 
%a per 1.-1, $8 per ISO Buff Orping: 
tons, 1 yaid, eggs 53 per l.i, $5 
per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
eggs %2 per 1."), $5 per 40. 

Winners wherever shown. 
Won nf re first and seconds than 
any otner man. Guarantee good 
hatches, true to name and fresh. 



A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 



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Please Let Me Tell You 

My Buff f'oi-hlns have again won their 
shai'e of ihe ril)l)ons at the McCook Show. To 
mako room for my breeding pens I will sell 
trios, pens and singles at bargMins for the 
next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
Eggs in season. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 



Wailen Cameron. 



Schuyler. Nebr. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Eggs $1.50 per IS, $3.00 per SO, $S.00 

per 100. Our stock is first class. 
P. J. SCHWAB. Clay Center Nebr 



My Buff Orpingtons 

At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made 
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
you are going to buy eggs send for my 
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

JOHN A LING 

Harvard - - Nebraska 



White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 

My Rocks are of the best strains to 
be found and I have a fine lot of 
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 

MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
Lincola, Nebr. 



Black Langshans— 

Tho winter layers, of standard 

weights, good colored plumage 

^1^ and eyes, well feathered shan s 

■71^ no scrube among them. Score 

93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 



C M- Hurlburt, 



Fai.bury, Nab- 



SILVER WYANDOTTES 

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
eight State Shows and many other large 
shows, winning- more premiums than all 
other competitors of this variety combined. 
Good birds for sale- Eptrs from prize pens 
15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred 
stock, farm ranee. 100. $4. 

mps J. LU. GflUSE, 

Emporia, Kan. 



The Michigan Jg 
roultryman... ^ 



Only Exclusive Poultry 
Paper in Michigan 



All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
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men will give its readers free 
such information as they 
may ask for. 



All the news of tlie poultry world, 
illustrated. 



Well 



Michiga-n PoultrymaLn, 

Ithaca.. Mich. 



Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 

BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively 

Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00. 

Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb. 



A Generous Business Policy 

has proven the best for 

U.S. We absolutely 

guarantee the 

IncubaLlors 
and Brooders, 

(both hot water and hut 

air) to be satisfactory in every wa 

your money. 12 years in the Imsinesi 

inp Mari Ma's have made us absolute! 

machines will gret big hatches. That our svstem of 

regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is 

the bemt I here ■«. That the Mnrilhi Brooder is the 
that prevents overcrowding and trampling. 
3 our incubators, the best 
stamps. Don't you want it! 

MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY, 
Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. 




Poultry Supplies 

Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1, 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 50c laud 1.00 a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure 50c and $1 a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices . 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center#«12. 

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
per 100 pounds $1.20 

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O- 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr. 



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Standard of Perfection 

Revised Edition. 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 papes, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

The Standard of Perfection 

— .VND— 

Ttie Poultff Investigator 

One Year, for $1.00 

Address, 

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 

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K)ULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Single Comb 
White Legfhorns. 

Eggs for hatching from the cream 
of my flock, as I have the advan- 
tage of selecting my breeders from 
among seven hundred choice birds 

all bred and owned by myself 

Nothing but the very best speci- 
mens of most prolific layers are 
ever used. Descendant from gen- 
erations of great layers of large 
pure white eggs. Write at once, 
for circulars 

E. A. TESDALL, 

Slater, Story Co, Iowa 




CHARLES SCHIID. lonii llich. 



When you write mention tlic Investigator. 




Meyer^s Langsh^ns 



Won 

At 

Kansas 

State 

Show 




1st and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
Score 189!^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
15. $3-50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 



c^o^o^c^ 



L. E. Meyers, 

Bowlins Green, Missouri 



Wm Jm Cheney, 

Breeder of 

Thoroughbred Poultry, 

BOX 68-^*^ -^e^CCBA, MO 



Varietles.^B. P. Roclis. Lieht BraUmas. W. Wyan- 
aiKlottes, Partridire Cocliins.'S, C. B Miiiorcas. S. C. 
W. Leeiiorns. S, and R. C B. Leg-liorns. PeUin Duclis. 
Euk's for hatchintr. »1 0(1 per setting. *3.00 for 5tl. 

\Vrite for my new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
quotes priee^" on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues fiee. 



W. J. CHENEY. 

Urawfui'd Uu. -^irCVKX, MO 




BUFF ROCKS. 
W. WYANDOTTES. 
BARRED ROCKS. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 



ii:i 



Only $3.00 per ."^O or ^SMil per lilO from our 
white breeds. S4.C0 per 50 or ?7.00 per 100 
from our best pens — Hawkins, Dustin, Felch 
strains. Bred to win and to please. We guar- 
antee our eggs to be as good as the best and 
positively thoroughbred of the best standard. 
The above low offer is for this season only. 
Catalogue free. Member of American Buff 
Rock Club. 



JAMES Q. MYERS, 



Oaks. Pa. 



$5.00 



Buys 1011 eggs, 81.25 one setting, S2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the a ll-y ear-round 
layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 

Write E. W. GEER, Farmineiton, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



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Rules ofthe Cock Fit 

A Best little book of pocket sIes. well boon'l la tongh tag' 
Iw&rd. CoQtalDB all tbe pit rules of ihe Untied States, O&oftdft, 
Uezloo, Oaba, Knglaad, Belgium and Praoae. Also has eom- 
prebeoslre ohapiers oa Heels, HaDdllng, Nuiilog and erexy- 
thiog relative to the royal sport of cocking. 

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Investigator one year 

For 25 Cents, 

Address, THE INVKSTIGATOR 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



Give - 

Your Breed- RabicUfe 

ing Does -^ 



Durinff gestation and while nursing 
their young it will enrich the blood 
Improve the appetite, increase the 
flow of milk, thereby makins'he 
young strong and healthy. 
Give RABICURE a trial and you 

will never be without it, 50c a box 

postpaid. 

Vermont Belgian Hare Co. 

Lyndonvllle, Vt. 



We Don't Want a Cent 



Of ■ 



1 gal 1 



' received. 
The Essex CholeraCure and Condition 
Powder is absolutely pure and free from poi- 
son and all other injurious substances and Pos- 
itively Cures and Prevents chicken cholera, 
roup, grapes and all diseases of the flock. It 
regulates the bowels, blood, dif^restive ort^ans. 
and produces bone, muscle, feathers and larger 
fowls. Nothing on earth will Make Hens Lav 
like it. No matter wh.%t kind of f.icid vou use. 
mix with it daily, the Essex Conditiini Powder. 
Thousands Use It. Price, 00 cents a bo.x by 
mail, 75 cents, b boxes for S3. SO. Write for spe- 
cial prices on ten pound lots. Manufactured by 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J 




Old Homestead Brooder. 

The best on earth. All your chickens can b 
saved iu the Old Homestead Brooder 
Try one. Write for prices. Addres: 

Old Homamtead Brooder Co., 
MIddleboro, Maaa.... 



{\mh Pradical Brooder. 

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications, 
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
your own use, for $1.00. These brooders work out doors or in^ can be cleaned 
in two minutes, are cheap and will last a life time. They have a floor space 
of 'ixi') ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar. 



I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS, Pen No. 1. is headed by the 
cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d 
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1001. These birds are mated to some of my choice 
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $1.00 per 15. 
Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100. 



D. W. GRANT, 



Almena, Kan. 



These Eggs Will Hatch 

White Plymouth Rocks. ^^^S'^^^l^i^f^^'^^, 

Mrs. M. C, Dowultig, Elk City, Kan. 



chicks that have rich yellow legs and snow 
white plumage. 

No. 1, 



Free Barred Plymouth Rock circular teiiing about my su- 

perb- Barred Rocks. Yards 
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from 
prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $.5.00. 

PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 



Leghi 



Buff Legnorns 

The Coming Breed. 



Eggs 



They are no doubt the best laying breed 
there is, and are larger than other Leg- 
horns. Average weight of male and fe- 
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden 
Buff plumage, winners wherever shown. 
7.5c per 15. From trio winners, $2.50 per 15. 



E. C, HaHsock, Spring Valley, Ohiom 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 



ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROUKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue 
as tite skv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN- 
GLE COMB BROWN LUiGHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad- 
dle, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, line striped lankeis 
and elegant combs. In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the 
showroom If so. address. J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box 1. 




Black LangshanS. winner of American Lang- 
shan Cup, at Bowling 
Green, Mo. They won for two years 1st ck, 1st and 3d 
cl<l, 1st and 3d pullet, 1st hen, 1st pen. At St Louis, 1st 
ckl, 1st pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, 1st pen. At Illinois state 
show my 1st ckl scored 95j< , 2 cks scored 94^ each, 2 hens 
95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen \90%. I own the 
highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs 
$2.00 per setting. 



JOHN HETTICH, 



BowliJig Green, Mo. 



32 



$5,000 c:?;;i:;S'uB FREE! 

lem, GoMe, Duel 
dre^of pUtcsfromlue. ISb««tpcultryhooaeplE 
liM ODdlMaKS,howtofeed,breed, etc.S«Q(110c. forposUgc 

IJ. R. Bnbazoo, Jr. & Co.. BoilOo.DeUvao, Wb, 



Cm>^c ThoroufiThbred Barred P- Rock eircrs 
^OO* twodoJIars per seitiiip of fifteen, (lol 
dcit Sebriffht Barttanis. two dollars 
I>er settinjr of fifteen. Colored Muscow ducks, 
two dollars per setlint^ of eleven. Mv stock 
ar.' all strnnjf and vitMnons ;iiid have farm 



All « 



shii.pL-.l will In- 



tl. V fr 



Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. 



Clover Rldjje Poultry Ka 



Black Langshan, '^^}}^J'^^°^\^- 

° C. Buft Orpiiifrton 

W. HollaiKl Turkeys, Mammoth White 
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eg-g-s 
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting-. Won at 
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
ribbons from 1 to '>. Poor hatches du- 
plicated at half price. ■ 

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 



INCUBATOR 

ON TRIAL 



The Perfected Von Culin. 

Successful result of 25 years' experience. 
Scientiflcally correct, practically perleot. 
NoD-explosiTO metal lamps. 
Double and packed walls. 
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
Made of best materials, and highest quality 
of workmanship and finish. 

PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAV. 

Wo make Brooders, Bee Hives &, Supplies. 
|3r~ Catalog and Price List sent Free. 

The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
Dept. 213' Jamestown, N.Y. 




GREAT BARGAINS 

Importers and Exporters ol -^s 'fl' 
ieties land and water lowls. Stock 
and CKKS for sale at all limes. Write 
before vou buy. Bank and personal 
references piven. Send (or Full Il- 
lustrated Circular. low« Poultry O.. 
B«i 623, Des Moines, Iowa. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvllle, la. 

locK box 500. 



It is ne.xt to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Dos;. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
.^arMales $10.00: females $5.00. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

May 1 "SHOW YOU" 

Tliat eggs bought of me will hatch 
Barred Kocks for you that will sat- 
isfy the most exacting. If not 
treated right, publish tne in the In- 
vestigator. CORWIN JONES, 

Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa. 



p 'from'3 yards of prize win- 

^ P" W C''ninir Barred Rocks scor- 
^OO^-ing up to 92,'/^ at $1.50 and 
$2 (Ki per l.">. From my S. C. White 
Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- 
ser heavy laving strains) scoring^ up to 
94 '4, at S2.06 per IS. 



P. Hostetter, 



East Lytme, Mo. 




A Boon for Poultry Keoper.. 
BETTER than a OOLU MI.NE. 

We will tell you how we made our 
hens pay over 400 per cent profit. 
Merely send yotlrname and address 
Waj.ldc rooltr^Co., Cliiitonvllle,CoDn 



Pan-American Houdan Yards, 

— Wauseon, Ohio.— 

Breeder of yno exhibition Houdans. 
Breeders .score from 92to9534. Head- 
ed by cock 91^. Prices reasonable. 

Henry Weichmann, 

Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio. 



Bi P. RochS Exclusively. 

Some good cockerels for sale yet 
Eggs lor ale at $2 per 15, $3 for .30. 

L. A.. DA^Y, 

Bruning, ISJ^eb 



Please mention the Investigator 
when answering advertisements. It 
will accomodate both the advertiser 
and us. 



o ooooooooooooooooooooooooo 

Pinkerton's Perfection Chick Food. ^ 

It contains everything that is essential for 'w' 
the chicks's life. Not a pound of material ^^ 
in it that is not the best the market afi^ords. >v 
It is equal to any chick food on the market \y 
Price 30 lbs, SI. 00; 5U Iba, fl.50; 100 lbs, %2.H\. (J^ 
Manufactured by jTV 

Sure Hatch Incubator Co, <Q> 

Clay Center, Nebr. O 

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You 
Can 
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O Chicks 
if 
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P ULLET S^LE. 



We have no more cockerels for sale, 
but have 50 choice pullets that we will 
sell for 0(16 Dollar each Send in your or- 
der at once, they will sell quick at this 
price. Send tor egfg circular describing' 
our five breeding^ vards, mated for best 
results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 



We Must Have Room! 



15 Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, Sl.SO and S2.50 each. 

10 E.xtra Fine Biifl' Red Cockerels $2.50 and S3.00; worth $5.00 to $10.00. 

10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels SI. .50 to S2.00 each. 

No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough 

bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 per hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per So. 



SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr. 




RIPPLEY'S 

Whitewashing, Spnaying 
and Painting IVIachincm 

GUARANTEED l°e AS REPRESENTED 

Read Our 30 Days Speciai Offer Below. 

This Ma. -liiiie will Whifwash iJuildintrs. \V;,l]s, Barns, 
Poultry Houses, doing it far better, saving '*i^*^**^ time 
over the old method of using brush. Will Whitewash 
Buildings, or Spray Trees any height by using extra hose and 
esteuaion rod to elevate Spray. Endorsed and used by hun- 
dreds of noted Breeders. It is used and endorsed by Sid Conger, 
Shelby ville, Ind.; V. R. Fishel, Hope, Ind.; Meadowbrook 
Poultry Farm, Dallas. Pa.; G. W. Brown, Camden. Ark.; A. U. 
Duston, Marlboro, Mass.; Texas State Fair Ass'n, Dalla?, Texas. 
W. B. ]»eun, Secretary of State Board of Acrleulture, 
ToiiLton, K. |»uk.. Hayst "We gaveall State Fair Buildings two 
coats with your machine. It is a complete success and a great 
labor paver." In order to get. tlieni iiitnidnced in every locality, 



ill alioM' freight 



. t'.ithe 



Gal 



NEXT SIXTY DAYS ONLY, 

t the followini; net <'iir*h prlcep-: ^o. 6.~E)ght Gallon Heavy 
zed Steely complete as shown in cut with 10 feet of M inch 
id one 8-foot bitmboo extension rod and brass cylinder 

?ump with agitator, »13 00. No. 7.— Sixteen Gallonsize. «15.00. 
ermscash with order, or we will ship C. O. D^ if $3.00 accom- 
panies order. Take advantage of our Speelal Offer. Send 5c in 
stamps f ora copy of our 1903 Sprayer and Breeders'Supply Catalog. 

Rippley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton^ Ills. 

Western Office, Box 54, Watertown, So. Da!<. 



Canfield s White Rocks 



E^es from my birds ni ver.fall to produce Prize Win- 
ners. Till' bfst plHfe to huv nggs Is troin a breeder 
who makes a S')'"' ;iltv of one vaiiei> -Blue Bird." 
•■Lady Blue" and the *iest i have ra.sed for three years 

y breed ni: i^e s for IDOi Every bird a beauty an'1 b.irred to tlie skin. My custotu. 

ej-o fn.ui Ihi ^amt hens 1 use for myself. Send for booklet of luMtinas. 



GREER'S PEDIGREED 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



I'oiillr) Exkiiiits I'roperly Jndgeil. 



0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS. 



Write for Circular. 



//. H. CAMPBELL, 



Winners 1, 5, puUet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 ag-ainst 
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per 
15. 2nd, pen, S2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per IS. 



Osaeola, Nebr. 



D' 



ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way, 

and let lice kill tbeai on the nest. 

Tiffaiiy'8 Sure Brath to Lice Powdn' 

. will kill all vermin, and your hen will bring 

t^ berbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para- 

JSp gon I-iice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill 

v^ all lice and mites. Instantly kills lice on 

colts.calves, and hogs. By usin^ our Sprayer a v^ry 

Mtile goes a great way, Penetrates all cracks. Spray 

bottom of bouse for spider I ice. ll\s & poiofv/nl disin- 

jectav/. fl par gal. can; 65c '2 gal. One gallon and 

Sprayer, 11.50. Can get it free where no agents bya 1 

littleworkforus. The Tiffany Co., Lincoln, Neb. ' 



If your hens do not lay try our GritSm 

We have several tons that MUST BE 
DISPOSED OF and we will ship you 
at our ton rates F.O.B.: 100 lbs. Pearl 
Mica Grit, 75c ; 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam 
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15 premiums, in lilOl, IS out of 1.5 
and in 1002, 16 out of 11! possible rib- 
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5th cockerel, 2d, 4th i uUet, 3d cock 
and sweepstakes for best 5 it ."^olid 
colors with weig-ht. Eggs S3. 00 per 
setting, gS.OO for 2 settings. 

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It is wini ers >o 1 would raise for next 
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where fo send for eggs for hatching. 
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mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain, 
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hatched. Eggs S2 dd per setting of 
15. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
males yet for sale. 

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BCLMOMT, VnS. 



p from 3 yards of prize win- 

^OTuC niii^ Barred Rocks scor- 
"00* ing up to 9i'.2 at S1.50 and 
S2 0(1 per l.i. From my S. C. White 
Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- 
ser heavy laying strains) scoring up to 
94 "4, at S2.00per 15. 

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W A Forbes Breeder .of Buff 
WT. M. rurues. ^nd Wh''e Wyan- 
dottes. For the past four yearsi "ave »won 
the majority of the best premium^ in full 
classes, 22 1st. 10 2nd. 9 3rd and S specials. I 
am bookingr orders now for a limited no, of 
eg-trs from these prize matinsrs for $2.00 per 
setting, 2 settinirs $3.50. 3 settings $5.00. 

North. Topeka, Kan, 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 

None under weight— scores 93 to 
J. to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin- 
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pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 

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Fairbury, Neb. 



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Eggs. Golden, 
$1.50 peris. 
Silvers, $2.00 
per 15. Par. 
Cochins, $2. 
per 13. Price 
of pigeons on 
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8 varieties 
for sale. Ad- 
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Clay Center, Neb. 



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layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
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for sale. Circular free. Mention I>r\-ESTIGAT0K. 

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Single Gomb Br own Leghorns. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
birds have taken premiums for 
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well as in Utah. They are bred 
for money makers. Greatest egg 
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birds. New circular free after 
September. Address, 

Cora A, Rlckards, 

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Artificial Incubation for Beginners 

By Mattie Webster 




AF?TICbE 1 











So widely have incubators been ad- 
vertised by the manufacturers of 
them, so much has been said and 
written of the excellent and therefore 
satisfactory work done by these ma- 
chines, and so much cheaper are in- 
cubators than they were even a few 
years ago, that every breeder, or 
would-be breeder, if at all intelligent 
and progressive, has either pur- 
chased, or at least felt a desire, to own 
one of these machines. 

Having considered the incubator 
question and becoming convinced that 
they are a good and profitable invest- 
ment for the breeder, why does he 
(or she) hesitate to act according to 
convictions, and, becoming the pos- 
sessor of a "wooden hen," hatch 
chicks by artificial method instead of 
the natural? It is easy to wish for 
something, but not always is it possi- 
ble to obtain the object of our desires; 
many things may combine to render it 
inaccessible to us. 

Reading and hearing of the suc- 
cesses of others with incubators, it is 
only natural for the incubatorless 
breeder to carefully consider the pos- 
sibilities of like happy ownership. 

The very first mental query is: 
"Can I afford to purchase a machine, ' 
and in many instar"-es this question 
seemingly admits of but one answer, 
and that an emphatic negative. Nov/, 
in a few cases this is true, but the 
majority of those who think they can 
not aflford to buy an incubator with 
determined planning could do so. 



You know "where there is a will 
there is a way," and should this say- 
ing not prove true in your case, any 
brother or sister longing for a "hatch- 
ing machine," "Find a way or make 
it." From experience I can tell you 
of an incubator that will prove a sure 
success every time with right man- 
agement, and I think twelve dollars 
and a half, (thirteen dollars, at most), 
will lay one of a hundred egg capac- 
ity down at your depot. If the 
breeder lives on a farm, who desires 
very much to possess an incubator, 
and has no ready cash for its pur- 
chase, nothing is easier than to turn 
into cash some of the farm poultry if 
the farm flock is large; or, if there 
are no fowls to spare, surely there 
may be found something in the farm 
products that can be spared that will 
bring sufficient money for the incu- 
bator purchase. The breeder living in 
town or village suburb, with so few 
fowls that none can be spared, and no 
farm stock or grain to convert into 
an incubator, must, if unable to spare 
theh money for immediate purchase, 
and yet determined to have a ma- 
chine, plan to save a little here and 
there, or, perhaps, make some personal 
sacrifices of little luxuries that the ob- 
ject in view may be attained. 

Having decided that by careful 
management an incubator can be af- 
forded, a new beginner writes and 
asks: "When shall I purchase the 
machine?" Although this question 
was asked in the winter, my answer 



was: "Send for it just as soon as you 
possibly can, and start it up with a 
few eggs that you may learn to ma- 
nipulate it before time for early 
hatches." Even if a decision to buy a 
hatcher is made late in the hatching 
season, I would advise the purchase 
being made then rather than waiting 
until the beginning of the next season, 
for a trial hatch could be made and 
information gained that will be invalu- 
able next season. No matter how in- 
teligent is the breeder or how much 
sound sense is at command, there is 
much to be learned about an incu- 
bator that must be learned by per- 
sonal experience in operating the ma- 
chine. 

Then an immediate purchase being 
possible, the breeder must decide what 
particular make to buy. This is as 
hard a task as planning for the 
money to be expended for the incu- 
bator, for the advertisements of all 
machines are alike (n substance, if 
not in words. The manufacturers of 
each separate style of incubator h.is 
such faith in their creation that they 
would impress the readers of their 
advertisements with the great confi- 
dence they have in the machine's abil- 
ity to do the most excellent work and 
would influence the breeder to a like 
opinion. There are many good incu- 
bators on the market and some that 
are almost worthless, so one needs to 
be careful and slow in making a 
choice. 

The best help in choosing a machine 
is not assertions of what an incubato/ 
can do, but positive proof of what it 
has done, and there are very few 
breeders or would-be breeders that 
have not some one, friend, acquaint- 
ance, or some contributor for a favor- 
ite poultry journal that, because of 



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A yard of B. H. Dunn's Buff Cochins in liis yards at Clay Center, Nebr. 



articles that "ring true," has gained 
his or her confidence, to whom to 
turn for positive information concern- 
ing the merits of some make of ma- 
chine owned and operated by them. 

Manufacturers of some of the best 
incubators have at poultry shows and 
exhibitions proved the hatching pow- 
ers of their machines by the excellent 
hatches made while there on exhibi- 
tion. 

I was led to purchase my second 
incubator by reading of trips made by 
■.\ certain inventor of these machines 
from city to city, "vith incubators 
filled with eggs and in operation, set 
in a wagon, or carried by rail, and of 
the excellent hatches made under 
these seemingly, at least, adverse con- 
ditions for successful incubation. 
Surely, I reasoned, if that make of 
incubators will hatch chicks in such 
numbers while subjected to the jolt 
of the wagon and the jar of the train, 
and to sudden changes of tempcraa- 
ture, with so little protection from 
cold and storm, it will give me satis- 
factory hatches under the conditions 
of location and operation in my 
home. And so I decided in its favor, 
and have not been sorry. 

An incubator will hatch any and all 
eggs consigned to its care that a hen 
could hatch, but it has no more power 
than Biddy to hatch infertile or 
spoiled eggs, so if the breeder would 
have a satisfactory hatch, fresh and 
strongly fertilized eggs should be se- 
lected for the wooden hen's incuba- 
tion. I say fresh eggs, and would 
pri f< 1 cpKS not more than two or 
We will consmer ii « k.<.uv — . . 



three days old if I could obtain them, 
but eggs saved for two weeks, if kept 
and treated right, will be all right for 
incubation. I had boxes made just 
large enough that a pasteboard filled, 
such as merchants use in egg cases, 
would go inside them, and had the 
boxes made deep enough for two fill- 
ers each. Each box holds seventy-two 
eggs, and as I gather the eggs I wish 
to keep for my incubator I put eacli 
one in its little compartment, smaM 
end down. In the bottom of eac!i 
box, under the filler, is a layer of cot- 
ton batting, and between the two fill- 
ers and on top of second filler, a 
pasteboard square same size as egg 
fillers, and then on t.op of second 
pasteboard another layer of cotton. A 
board lid is fitted over the box, and 
with seven hook an'' eye on two op- 
posite sides, is held firmly in place. 
Every day this box is gently turned 
completely over, and eggs kept in this 
way hatch very satisfactorily. In gath- 
ering eggs for very early hatchin,;, 
one is quite apt to have some among 
those saved that have been chilled, 
and, while some breeders say: "Eggs 
are not rendered useless for incuba- 
tion unless they have been frozen," I 
am satisfied that chilling, even if it 
does not kill the germ, so weakens it 
that if it manages to live until it breaks 
from the shell the chick is not vigor- 
ous and strong. 

All soiled and dirtv eggs should be 
cleaned by wiping off with a cloth 
slightly moistened in clear, lukewarm 
water before putting away to await 
; lh(- time for their iiicubatimi. 



Sonrvethirvg About Mites. 

Mrs. W. C. Downing. 

I wonder if there are any readers of 
Tlie Investigator who have not ha 1 
any experience with mites, or whrj 
have noticed that when the hens arc 
setting and the mites get thick in the 
nests, wliich they very quickly do if 
not closely watched and kept cleaned 
out, that the eggs will not hatch. 

I have had this very trouble more 
than once. The first time I was sick 
and everything was full of mites be- 
fore I even suspected anything was 
wrong. As the eggs did not hatcli 
well I supposed it was because the 
hens set "standing up" nearly all 
night, and again I thought it was be- 
cause the mites sucked the blood out 
of the poor hens' body until they had 
not bodily heat enough left to com- 
plete the hatch. 

I concluded to investigate and know. 
One hen I watched. I brought her 
with her mite infested nest and set 
her on the back porch where I could 
see her at any time. She was a good, 
faithful, old biddy, and stuck to her 
nest through it all, and really didn't 
seem to mind the mites. I fed her 
often an abundance of food and let 
her remain until tirp». was up for the 
hatch. I would examine the eggs after 
night and they wouM be covered with 
gray mites. In the morning the mites 
would many of them be red, and sev- 
eral times larger than usual. 

When the eggs did not hatch, as I 
knew they would not from former ex- 
periences, I broke and examined them.. 
The little chicks were nearly full 
grown and seemed to be shriveled up. 
Every egg contained a chick, some 
of them more fully developed than 
others, and I am convinced that the 
mites suck the vitality out of the 
chickens in the egg. I know it was 
not the fault of the hen because she 
kept in good cond-tion through the 
experiment. I reset her in a new, 
clean, nest, dusted her with insect 
powder, gave her fifteen fresh eggs, 
and she hatched thirteen little chicks, 
and she raised them every one. The 
eggs all come from the same pen. So 
if the mites did not suck the vitality 
out of the eggs, what did the mischiefs' 
Please somebody "investigate." 

We are very careful now that our 
setting hens have no mites in their 
nests. It does take good care and 
very thorough cleaning to keep free 
of mites. Just lately a woman told 
me that last summer she didn't raise 
any young chickens because the mites 
got so bad in her house. She had 
fifteen hens setting and she threw 
away all the eggs and shut the hens 
nnt of the house to rnost in trees. 




W. p. Rock Cockerel owned by J. 
W. Hall, David City, Neb. He always 
will have none but the best. 



She did not know she could have put 
on an old "mother hubbard" and 
cleaned out that henhouse, cleaned 
up those nests, or, better, used new 
ones, washed the eggs, dusted the 
hens with insect povder, and saved a 
large per cent of the chicks. 

I know it is a detestable job when 
once the mites get the start of us. 
Better keep clean all the time and 
not get mites everywhere. We have 
had them in our hen houses so bad it 
seemed like we could never succeed 
in routing them out, but by "keeping 
everlastingly at it" we did succeed. 
Raising chickens is by no means a re- 
creation if one means to succeed, but 
it is a health giving work. We have 
discovered that sunshine is fatal to 
mites, and it fs a good plan to have 
two sets of roosts and nest boxes, and 
change about, keeping one set out in 
the sunshine all the time. We simply 
abhor the vile smelling liquid lice 
killers. Yes, tYhey will kill lice and 
mites and little chicks, but that is 
another story. One may put on old 
clothes and wash them and put them 
out in the sun, but the scent of th.it 
lice killer remains with them still, and 
it permeates one's hair, and every 
time one goes into the henhouse one 
gets "some more smell." And then 
the eggs. Did you ever cook and try 
to eat eggs that were flavored with 
"lice killer?" Ugh! 

Of late years we do not use "lice 
killers." We use a good lice powder 
on the hens for the little chick's ben- 
efit, but mites just revel in it if we 
put it in the nests. We put nev/ 
straw in the nests frequently and burn 
the old; at the same time singe and 
scorch the nest boxes and roost poles. 
Sometimes we scald thsm with water 
left from the family washing and 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

sometimes we whitewash all with hot 
whitewash and dry them in the sun. 
I know it makes them mean to handle, 
Init we soon take an old broom and 
sweep it all off. It has served its pur- 
pose and we are done with it. For 
disinfecting we use copperas. Dis- 
solve about one and one-half pounds 
' >{ copperas in one gallon of water and 
sprinkle it around henhouse and 
chicken coops, on the floors espec- 
ially. It is cheap, so use it lavishly. 
Elk City, Kan. 



Fron Bonniedale Poultry Farm 

By Mrs. Jlaj Taylor. 

"Be brief — we have our living to 
make, and it takes considerable of our 
time." 

The above is the beginning of a 
short sermon from the "echoes" of 
the street column of one of the great 
St. Louis dailies. The writer claimed 
to have seen them on a placard by 
the cashier's windov of one of the 
city's banks, and he proceeded co 
preach a short sermon on the count- 
less millions of useless words and e <.- 
pressions used by public speakers, 
writers and persons in general in the 
daily interchange of ideas betwe:;n 
man and man. 

This is an age of intenseness; peo- 
ples' nerves are strung to the extrem- 
est tension. We as a poultry people 
are a busy people. If we are in the 
business enough to be worthy of the 
name we have no time to waste on the 
enlightenment of the idly curious, no 
time to listen to the Mseless words jf 
the make-talk kind, no time to read 
the long articles made up principall/ 
cl adjectives and adverbs. 

"^Ic doubt I have missed many good 
ihuiiis \'. h'Ch were so deeply buried 
ill verlji.T^-' that I had no time to cull 
them out. 

But of late years T Vjave framed the 
habit of breaking the lengthy articles 
up into paragraphs, just the same as 
if they were short letters, and by this 
v.':iy get about all the good there is 
oi'.t of them. 

(^n'y a few days until Easter, the 
one day of all days that the egg holds 
the scepter. There will be eggs boiled 
and fried, scrambled eggs, and eggs 
served in every way possible for eggs 
to be served. 

There is a big woody pasture back 
of our farm, and always on Easter 
Sunday, if it is a nice day, there can 
be seen small groups of boys wending 
their way to the woods for an egg 
roast. Last year somebody had an 
egg roast under the trestle of the 
railroad, where I saw the remains Df 
the feast on my way uptown next day. 
But while the egg holds sway for the 



day, we must not- forget that there 
are other symbols aside from the 
merely gastronomic. There will be 
many beautiful Easter services, com- 
memorating the bursting forth of the 
New Life. The fi-st article in the 
March Investigator is symbolical as 
well as practical. The growth of the 
new life. The development of the 
chick in the shell is ever a new revela- 
tion. I test the eggs every day, not 
all at once, but a few at a time ea :h 
day, as long as I can see the living, 
moving chick. I like to see live 
things grow and thrive. The opening 
up of plant life as well as the animal 
life. I have a box of tulips dug up 
out of the frozen ground and set near 
the fire. I think they will bloom be- 
fore Easter. 

Near me as I write is material for 
flags of all nations wherein there is a 
call for mission workers. "The bright 
colors remind me of ihe old-fashioned 
Easter eggs. 

Beside me also are other symbols, 
a package of Easter cards, each 
bearing a cross. Who has not a cross 
to bear? But, blessed thought — each 
of these crosses is overshadowed with 
beautiful Easter lilies, so we may take 
up the burden of life well knowing 
that the season's work will bring 
crosses that must be borne; but if we 
do our duty towards all as we would 
be done by the peace of mind that 
comes, with the knowing that we have 
done our best, will overshadow all. 

We are told that one should wear 
something new on Easter Sunday to 
bring them good luck' through all the 
year. Every article cf apparel that I 
shall wear on this Easter, old o r 
new, from bonnet to shoes, will have 
been bought with poultry money. 
Surely that ought to bring me "good 




A W. P. Rock Pullet owned by J. 
W. Hall, David City, Neb., who won 
largely at the Nebr. State Show. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




White Lang^shans in the yards of Mrs. S. Munipower, Chillicothe Mo. 



luck" in the poultry business. The 
desire for poultry knowledge is on the 
increase. Persons who a few years 
ago thought they knew all about 
chickens will now stop you on the 
street or in the big road to ask about 
the management of hens. Some of the 
experiences you hear is quite serious, 
some amusing. Not long ago an old 
gentleman told me that he thought he 
would raise a few chickens for past- 
time, as he didn't have much to do. 
So he fenced ofT a corner in the 
orchard with netting, bought a couple 
of dozen of Silver Wyandottes from 
the market, kept them about iwo 
months, and found out that they were 
all "roosters." It would keep one 
busy all the time at our place to feed 
the grain in litter to scratch out and 
expect the hens to jj'et much exercise 
Bt it. Our hens can scratch a pile of 
litter to riddles in ten minutes or less 
and get every grain out of it; and 
they know when there is no more to 
scratch out, and I never yet possessed 
a hen that would continue scratching 
•.vltn there was nothing there to 
scratch for. When the litter is raked 
into a pile they will scratch it level 
at'ain, but it takes only a few min- 
utes; then they are done. One would 
need to stand around and drop a few 
grains at a time to Iceep them 
sciatching. 

This is the day of the equino.x, 
March 21st, and no rain worth men- 
tioning. The air is «nore like Indian 
summer than spring, and poultry 
raisers are holding back the spring 
hatch fearing another drouth. 



We could not get cut clover, so 
used alfalfa. We buy it in bales, and 
v/h'.n making ready (or use shake it 
up and pick out as many of the long 
.strav.s as possible; then mix with the 
morning mash. This alfalfa is a won- 
derful "grass;" it retains its green- 
ness so well and I Ivve praised it so 
miich since all the stock eat it so 
g'-ecdily that husband even tells the 
neighbors that I make tea of it for 
table use. 

People often wonder why the hens 
scratch so much in the ashpile. They 
are a^ter the charcoal. It is argued 
that ashes has a tendency to bleach 
the yellow shanks, but does anyone 
know for a certainty that it does? 
Wor.'d not the shanks have turner 
rale if they had never seen an ashpile? 
I bill yjit' I do not know, an! am ask 
ing for information. I have been keep- 
ing house twenty years, but never had 
an ashpile. Husband always kept them 
cleaned up for the hogs. I have 
scratched ashes undT the roosts and 
about the yards somttimes, but one 
must always be careful not to scatter 
fresh ashes if it is damp weather, for 
the hens will walk over them and 
make their feet sore. 

We like plum trees for shade in the 
hen yards because they make a quick 
growth and the branches are wide- 
spreading, making good shade. The 
wood is tough and not easily broken 
by the wind. A tree seldom dies root 
and branchh. If the branches die out 
other will sprout out and keep com- 
ing right along. 

Hale, Mo. 



The Cackling Hen. 

Carleton, Neb., April 8, 1902. 
Editor Investigator: One word for 
the cackling hen; long may she live; 
may her comb grow red with prosperi'.y 
and may her egg pay every bill for the 
women. Please note what Uncle .Stm's 
poultry did in 1896: 

Earnings of poultry $290 000.0 ifi 

Value of cotton crop 259,140,640 

Value of wheat crop 237,9.10,998 

Value of swine 186,529,74'. 

\'alue of oats 163,65.'i.008 

Total of school expenses .. 178,215,556 

We can plainly see by the above fig- 
I'.res that the earnings of poultiy arc 
01 great magnitude and yet some peo- 
ple will tell you there is no money in 
poultry; any common breed of chick- 
ens will bring almost $6 per dozen, now 
at the present price, 8H cents per lb. 
What can you raise any cheaper than 
one dozen fowls; besides the eggs they 
have laid all winter, that is if they were 
well cared for. 

For the month of March past we sold 
over !f23.00 worth of eggs, and none at 
a fancy price. We have over seventy- 
five chickens at present writing and 27 
hens incubating. We have not set our 
wooden hen, but probably will later on. 
We have a nice pen of Partridge Co- 
cliins and iLght Brahma, also Black 
Minorca, but give me the P. Cochin and 
you can keep every other breed that 
is in the standard. 

Will some one please give their ex- 
perience how to get rid of the large 
lice that bother both young and old 
chicks? We are trying comphor gum. 
in each nest; results later on. 

MRS. W. H. FERREE. 

Carleton, Neb. 



.-Xniong the newer of the commercial 
poultry foods, and one which has been 
the recipient of much favorable com- 
ment, is "Egge," which is being man- 
ufactured by the .American Stock Food 
Co., of Quincy, 111. It differs quite ma- 
terially from other foods of this class, 
being made on an entirely different for- 
mula. This formula has been the pri- 
vate property of an experienced poul- 
tryman and feeder until it was taken up 
by the company named above, and has 
ong been known for the excellence and 
uniformity of its good results. The peo 
pie who now own and control this for- 
mula are splendidly equipped as to 
means and machinery for the manufac- 
ture of "Egge" and are prepared to 
supply it in any desired quantity. Poul- 
trymen who desire those things which 
are newest and best in the line of their 
pursuits, should write, these people for 
circulars, prices, etc 



We will consiaer ii a b>».o 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

g EGOS OR m:e^tp 



^ 



J. C- Baker 



'w. 







Two persons start into the poultry- 
for-profit business at the same time, but 
each has his own ideas about conduct- 
ing the business and they run on alto- 
gether different hnes. A's plan is to 
rear poultry enough to produce the 
eggs he wants for the market. B's plan 
is to rear mainly for meat stock. Now. 
of course, each will get eggs and each 
have some surplus fowls for sale each 
year, but with A the fowls are only in- 
cidental to the business and the same is 
about true in regard to eggs with B. 
Now let us see how results prove out: 
First I will say that A never counts 
on selling young chicks on the market, 
his main reliance being the eggs he can 
produce during the entire year, while 
with B it is a little different; he sells 
some eggs for hatching besides the crop 
of young chicks he raises annually, ad- 
ding materially to his purse thereby. 
Now you say why couldn't Mr. A do 
as much with the chicks he hatches; 
the answer is, because he does not and 
cannot hatch more than he needs to 
replenish his breeding stock each year, 
for by his plan of conducting the busi- 
ness he must keep all his pullets for 
laying, and not having m'any hatched, 
his extra cockerels barely supply his 
table. He hatches April and May chicks 
which begin laying in October or No- 
vember and keep it up through the 
winter, of course he has his fowls well 
housed and fed and cared for at all 
times; these pullets lay 20 to 30 cents 
a dozen eggs for at least two months, 
so of course the owner thinks he is be- 
ing very well repaid for his trouble and 
cost. Well, about setting time his trou- 
bles begin; he sets his 200 egg machine, 
attends faithfully and carefully to the 
eggs and is rewarded with probably 50 
chicks at th# end of 21 days. They are 
put ^n a good brooder inside of a warm 
brooder house. They get all care .and 
assorted rations, grit and punn water 
necessary, yet by the time they reach 
three weeks of age less than a half 
dozen are alive. His next hatch proves 
some better and the third hatch about 
the same. This is his last hatch, for he 
never hatches any late chicks. He prob- 
ably rears 7.5 to 100 chicks out of all 
these hatches. You ask why such a low 
per cent of chicks? It is simply be- 
cause his eggs, being from pullets or 
yearling stock, the eggs are not strong- 
ly impregnated with fertility and those 



and succumb by the usual period of 
about three weeks. Now he loses at 
least 500 eggs valued at 12 to 15 cents 
a dozen at the hatching period; of 
course he gains, from his standpoint, in 
the winter months, when eggs are high- 
est, but how much is his actual net 
gain? I leave it to figure out; he aims 
to run 100 pullets and six or eight males 
through the winter; he gets say about 
three to four dozen eggs each day for 
an average of three months; each year 
he sells off all his last year's hens, late 
in the fall, keeping only pullets. 

Now, et us, for a moment ook at B's 
way of managing and then compare 
them. He, too, makes one or two early 
hatches, using same size and kind of in- 
cubator, also same plan of brooding as 
A, but unlike A he keeps one, two and 
frequently three-year-old hens to fur- 
nish him with eggs and instead of stop- 
ping at three hatches he goes on hatch- 
ing till about June 30. Well, he may 
not get off his first hatch as soon as 
Mr. A, but he is with him on the sec- 
ond one, so that the loss of time here 
really counts very little. Of course 
B's hens moult in fall and only a few 
begin laying again before cold weather, 
but it is a fact that he gets a few eggs 
at intervals all winter, enough at least 
for home consumption, and the writer 
believes that hen fruit is worth nearly 
as much on his own table as on some 
other fellow's table. Therefore the 
value of them is not exactly lost, but 
getting more to the point, I will say 
that those old hens begin operations 
about March 15th and keep everlast- 
ingly at it till about August 1 or when 
they begin to moult again, and I want 
to say that their eggs are more perfect, 
the germ stronger and when hatched, 
the chicks appear vigorous and strong, 
and a feed or two of rations that may 
not be exactly suited to their taste or 
health does not seem to affect them, 
and out o six or seven hatches or about 
1,000 eggs he has rom 500 to 800 ma- 
tured chicks. Some of the earlier ones 
he sells for broilers at 20 cents a pound. 
The balance soon get so they forage 
for a part of their living, thus helping 
to reduce the cost of keeping and he 
runs them till Thanksgiving, Christmas 
and the youngest to as late as the next 
February, when they bring 9 and 10 
cents a pound. He then sells off all 
old stock over three years old and 
that do hatch are very weak in vitality | again having selected about one-fourth 



large and well developed pullets, keeps 
them with the older females to make 
up his numbr next year, he, too aims to 
keep about 100 hens each year; also 
like A, he shelters all his fowls, feeds 
intelligently and according to the aims 
he has in view. 

Now, reader, I have cited you two 
real cases of poultry raising, ones that 
have come under my direct knowledge, 
and while I have not went into detail 
as to the work, prices and profits of 
either, yet it seefs to me that any fair- 
ly intelligent person can very easily 
draw their own conclusions. It so hap- 
pened that conditions of both these par- 
ties were about the same, the only ex- 
ception being the breeds each kept be- 
ing different. A kept all pure bred 
Black angshans and B had W. P. Rocks 
as layers, kept under same conditions, 
there is little difference, with balance 
if any, in favor of the Rocks, but it 
must be remembered that A's hens, 
when he sold off each year, were two to 
three pounds heavier than Plymouth 
Rocks and twice as heavy as B's chicks 
he sold, so that these two points nearly 
balance. Well, any one may use his 
own calculations in figuring out who 
came ahead, but I will say that I think 
that of the two B had the broader view 
of the situation and had a better chance 
to "catch 'em comin' and goin'." And 
in this day and age it behooves us as 
bread winners and managers of our in- 
comes to make as many sides count as 
we can, and while A and B are still 
doing business at the old stand, yet I 
may add as a hint to you, reader, that 
B's prospects (other things being 
equal) for occupying a front position in 
the poultry world is very good indeed, 
and that A is plodding along in the 
same old ruts, persistently refusing to 
learn the lesson from his neighbor, and 
therefore is not getting any further up 
the ladder of success, which B has by 
tact and good judgment been climbing 
so steadily. It would appear that there 
is an object lesson here and the begin- 
ner might with profit to himself study 
it well ere he launches forth in what 
may be to him an entirely new field of 
business. J. C. BAKER. 



The attention of the members of the 
Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Association 
is called to the fact that the annual dues 
are due and payable in advance the first 
of each year The secretary-treasurer 
desires all members who have not paid 
their dues this year to send in the 
amount at once. There is a right and 
wrong way of doing things. Let us see 
that the business connected with the N. 
P. F. A. is done right. 



f, POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

^ AMONG OURSELVES ^ 

$ By Velma Caldwell-Melville ^ 



Sonu'timcs \vc woiuler that anybody 
survives the vicissitudes of even the 
first year in the poultry business; then 
multiply thcni by ten, fifteen or twenty 
years and the wonder grows. There is 
certainly no other venture so venture- 
some. Half the mornings, least it seems 
as often, when one goes out. one or 
two fine hens are lying under the perch 
dead, and they are sure to be the larg- 
est and hand!;omest in the lot. "Some 
egg difliiulty." we say, sigh and go 
right on Inilding air castles. The fin- 
est cockerels get into a fight and one 
retires from the field bl'nd or maimed. 
Then goes $.">."«• or $l(l.oi), as the case 
may be. We cft off his hea.:, bury him 
and proceed to set a hen, dreaming 
dreams of the fine birds to come out 
of those eggs. 

Seventy-five out of l^O young chicks 
die and we plume ourselves on our good 
lunck. and well we may. 

Such losses in the swine or sheep 
world would drive a man lo — well, to 
drink perhaps, but the fancier is made 
of sterner stuff, and then— but hear 
what a sensible, experienced writer says 
in Fanciers' Gazette: 

"I have bought a good many eggs 
during the last twenty years and I have 
decided from my experience as a breed- 
er that if I get three good chicks ready 
to begin work the next spring, I have 
done well with one setting of eggs 
That means however, a hatch of about 
six chi. k* If half the eggs produce 
chicks and half the chicks live to ma- 
turity, you have no reason to kick. I 
know this proportion looks very small 
to most people, but after you have been 
in the business ten years it will not look 
so small. Besides, the chances are that 
you could not buy three chicks in win- 
ter for what you paid for the setting of 
eggs; and this suggests another point. 
If a good breeding hen is worth $2.00, 
eggs from such a hen should be worth 
$2.00 per setting, and one chick would 
pay for the eggs. How much do you 
expect for $2.0i), anyhow?" 

This writer further goes on to ans- 
wer the quest ion: "Shall we buy thee 
settings of eggs or a trio of birds for a 
start?" He says: "From three set- 
tings of eggs you can not depend upon 
raising more than 12 or 15 chickens. .A 
$0.00 tria, in a season, should produce 
from 25 to 5<i chickens. A $5.00 pullet 
ad'^cd each year there" fter will intro- 
duce nil the new Mood you need." 



We agree with the above. Unr start 
in the White Rocks was a trio, and 
one nf the pullets laid four or five eggs 
a week for <i year. She never "asked" 
to set. of cource there was, we presume, 
a week of rest occasionally, but we con- 
sidered her remarkable. The other pul- 
let did the sitting for the whole family. 
To those who are breeding alone for 
show birds, this would naturally be a 
slow way. Indeed, tlie gathering of 
show birds. \nik'ss one has a mint of 
money, is slow business anyway at this 
day and age when the standard is so 
high. 

Some one has said tliat Mr. ojhnson 
has about taken the jar theory out of 
the egg business with his long trips 
overland, carrying his incubators with 
him and hatching on the way or any 
where. Further, he is said to have hir- 
ed his engineer friends to carry bas- 
kets of eggs on their engines, running 
at high rate of speed; but it surely re- 
mains for us to finish the experiment 
for we are running a Sure Hatch and 
having the house remodeled at the 
same time. If the embryo chicks can 
stand the jarring and noise of — well, 
say the last two hours, they can do bet- 
ter than we can, for we are almost 
driven crazy. 

If we have a hatch after this three 
weeks of turmoil, we shall be willing to 
take oath that nothing in the nature of 
a commotion can interfere with incu- 
bation, and we decided a long while ago 
that if a chicken was destined to live, 
you could not kill it, otherwise you 
could not keep it alive. 
I Owing to some trouble among the 
sitting hens, one evening some years 
I ago, we took several eggs out of a nest 
land laid them down on the damp, cold 
' ground immediately replacing them— 
iall but one that escaped our notice, and 
'was discovered the next morning. It 
; had been a raw. cold night, but that 
egg hatched all right. 
I Once when walking in the wodo? wc 
heard a chick peeping, and there in a 
deserted nest by a tree root, was a tiny 
fellow- forsaken of kith and kin. We 
carried him to a farm house many rods 
distant where his whilom mother was 
found. 

These and many similar observations 
piove conclusively that the naf'rai 
chick is, or was, hardy, but about the 
"new chick," the product of artificial 
heat and most unnatural conditions, we 



do not feel so sure. Indeed our exper- 
ience so far is not of a nature to rrnUe 
us enthusiastic. 

If only some one could find ,t sure 
cure for bowel trouble in b.-ooder 
chicks, we would feel better; but, ac- 
cf'rding to the theory advani.ed by the 
wriier before mentioned, we suppose we 
mi'St look for cnly the survivu of ihe 
filKst. 

It goes withf 111 r.-iv'ng that th.? poul- 
try business is ore of the le; ding in- 
diirtrics of the country, a condition 
largely due to the numerous and ex- 
cellent periodicals now published in its 
interest, also in a great measure due to' 
the habit of advertisinz. which has be- 
come a fixed one with our people. Show 
us a man who does not advertise and 
we will show you a man who makes 
no sales except a few eggs and chicks 
at market price. If we have anything 
to sell, we must "tell it out.' 

We remember of remarking, in the 
presence of a man who claimed to be 
greatly interested in chickens, and who 
kept a good many, that we had ship- 
ped fowls and eggs to all parts of the 
United States the past season. After 
an interval of silence he suddenly 
queried: 

"Did you publish?" 

For a moment his meaning did not 
come to us; then we suppressed a smile 
and answered: 

"Yes, oh, yes, indeed; we advertised 
in any number of papers." 

"I never tried that," he said reflect- 
ively. A write in oPultry Farmer tells 
of meeting a man with a wagon full of 
coops destined to all points of the Unit- 
ed .States. One coop to ouisiana, an- 
other to Oklahoma nad so on. 

He said his business of the week ag- 
gregated $300 and the receipts for one 
day was $1.j3. He gave advertising the 
credit. 

It is unwise, however, to put a poor 
article on the market. 




White Lang.shan cockerel owned by 
Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chillicothe. Mo. 
1st at Missouri State Show. 



We will consiaer 




A White Langshan hen owned by 
Mrs. S. Mumpower, ChilUcothe, Mo. 



FOULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



"A good name is rather to be chosen 
than great riches," in the poultry world 
as well as elsewhere. 

A small fancier gave us his experi- 
ence this afternoon. Out of 52 eggs he 
hatched 37 chicks. Two died, the re- 
maining 35 he keeps in the cellar. Think 
of that! But he says they are as hearty 
and lively as can be. He manages it 
in this wise. A platform was built up 
to the window and enclosed with fine 
chicken wire. In one end is the brood- 
er. The little fellows are "brooder- 
wise" and back and forth they trot all 
the day long. He feeds them chiefly 
cracked wheat and oat meal. At night 
he throws a heavy blanket over the 
brooder to keep in the heat. 

Another gentleman present said his 
father .is a most successful incubator- 
chick man. Out of 200 eggs he has 
hatched 187 birds and he feeds them 
alone on rolled oats until three weeks 
old. 

Some one has patly said that more 
chicks are killed by kindness than in 
any other way and we believe it. 

If one is not feeding any of the pat- 
ent chicken foods containing meat, it 
is an excellent idea to carry a small 
basket or paper box to your meat mer- 
chant and ask him to put into it the 
scrapings from the blocks — fine particles 
of meat and bone and saw dust. This 
feed while fresh and sweet makes the 
the little fellows grow faster, is better 
than bone meal. 

Keep rusty nails in a can of drink- 
ing water and add some of this to the 
water in their fountain. 

Some way this is the time of year 
when the average fancier's heart "turns 
lightly'" — more often heavily — to chick- 
ens, especially the brooder variety. 
Velma Caldwell-Melville. 



Which is the Better, 
Double or Single Mating? 

The mating of Barred Plymouth 
Rocks is a subject that has been dis- 
cussed, debated and written upon in the 
poultry journals for years, and as yet 
it has not been settled to the satisfac- 
tion of everyone whether single or dou- 
ble mating is the better. 

iVlany breeders believe that double 
mating is necessary for the production 
of fine-colored males and females. I 
have always advocated that the proper 
and sensible way to mate Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks is by the single mating 
plan, and I have found is less trouble 
to produce both fine cockerels and pul- 
lets by this method. Fewer culls have 
been raised than when the double mat- 
ing has been practiced. 

I have always opposed double mating 
for two reasons. In the first place, by 
the Standard, or single matings, we 
have fewer unsightly culls running 
around our yard, at which visitors may 
crack jokes, and more birds scoring 90 
points. I have followed the sthandard 
mating for several years, and do not 
believe in the policy of extreme mating 
in any standard variety of fowls. What 
we desire in Barred Plymouth Rocks 
is a uniform color that will breed the 
same in both males and females, and 
as long as we continue to double mate 
we will not reach the desired end. 

.Another serious reason why we op- 
pose the double mating is that we can 
never send out a cockerel or pullet 
from a double mating and guarantee 
them to breed true to color and repro- 
duce themselves, as we are able to do 
with line-bred, pedigreed and standard 
mating. 

The standard mating is the reason- 
able, the practical, the natural way to 
breed all kinds of domestic fowls, and 
therefore is the most successful. If a 
good line-bred, standard colored cock- 
erel, which is well barred dut free from 
wide bars, with good undercolor, show- 
ing no sign of cotton, is mated with a 
standard-bred pullet, good in barring 
and color, standard colored cockerels 
and pullets will be produced if the pair 
are from line-bred stock. There is no 
mist.ake in this plan, as many of the 
best Plymouth Rock breeders are pro- 
ducting good birds by this method. 

The plan of crossing from dark to 
light and from light to dark is contrary 
to nature, n.nd the system of mating 
based upon it will but a zig-zag way 
of producing a few good males and a 
fev.- eood females, with a number of 
black and white culls, without even a 



pedigree to recommend them. 

When birds have been purchased 
from double mating, the buyer does' not 
know anything definite concerning 
ilieir reproductive qualities. He pays 
his money, mates his birds or crosses 
them with another strain, and takes the 
chance of raising some good birds. 
Like will not produce like unless the 
same line of breeding has been estab- 
lished for several years, and then occa- 
sionally we see freaks of nature. 

I have never said that fine birds can 
not be bred by double mating, for such 
is not the fact. Very fine males and 
females can be produced, and it may 
be that there is more money made by 
the double than by the single mating. 
I will explain: Nine-tenths of my or- 
ders are for male birds, especially cock- 
erels. If I desired, I could make a 
special mating each season to produce 
strong-colored, well-barred .cockerels, 
which would find a ready sale among 
the fanciers who have $5 or $10 to pay 
for such a fowl. The pullets in this 
pen could be sold for 6 cents a pound. 
I am not sure the above statement in 
regard to theire being more money in 
the double mating is true, but the dou- 
ble mating advocates cling to the plan, 
and it is probable that it is to their 
pecuniary advantage to do so. It is 
possible the double mathing system will 
produce more high-scoring cockerels 
than the standard mating, and as long 
as the trade demands mostly such birds 
there is money in supplying the de- 
mand. Every breeder knows that ex- 
hibition males bring the best prices, and 
by sacrificing everything else they may 
be produced. 

The question arises. When such a sale 
is made, does the buyer receive value 
for his money? If the birds have been 
bred with nothing in view but to catch 
the trade, the buyer may have a bird 
with a good present value, but with no 
reproductive worth. 




White WvandoUe pullet oviiprl by 
Chas. E. Wilson, Holdrege, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 






The Ja-.-obiii seonis to be very pop- 
ular with the amateur fancier. 

J. R. Bycrs. of Gathenbcrg. Neb., has 
recently started in the fancy. He has 
started right by joining the N. P. F. A. 
He is all right. He sent in his dollar. 

The writer hasn't heard from any ol 
the boys since the state show. Remem- 
ber your promises. Tell us what you 
are doing, and tell it often. 

Jesse Gibson of Florence, Neb., 
writes that he intends to become a 
member of the N. P. F. A. Let others 
do the same. 

A century ago the pigeon flocks of 
Modena were not only the marvels of 
Europe, but of the world. For centur- 
ies the inhabitants of Modena had been 
pigeon trainers and flyers, and the sport 
became an art. The men who conduct- 
ed it took their positions in tall towers 
and by means of flags directed the 
movements of their flocks, some of 
which were all dark birds, others white 
or blue. The original pigeon fliers 
fought their flocks by training them to 
dart into each other, knives being at- 
tached to their feet. When a contest of 
this kind took place in mid-air, bodies 
and feathers dropped, telling of the 
slaughterdone. But in later days the 
fliers merely strive to develop beauti- 
ful figures and evolutions and to show 
the perfection of training. 

We have lost one of our leading 
■western fanciers in the person of John 
Haman, who has moved from Topeka, 
Kan. to Chicago. 

Arrange the nests in your loft near 
the floor and hang the perches low and 
your birds will be tamer. 

Have salt in some form when the 
birds have free access to it at all times. 

The show season has its attractions, 
but it is hard to beat the pleasure the 
true fancier experiences during the 
breeding season. 



The Best General Purpose Food — 
How aLfid Wha^t to Feed. 

As we have been asked repeatedly 
the question, what is the best all- 
roimd food for the production of eggs, 
meat and market poultry. This ques- 
tion has been asked us mostly by the 
farmers and contemplating fanciers, 
etc., and our answer was and is the 
White Plymouth Rocks. They are the 
most popular of all breeds. There is 
no breed of fowls that has won the re- 
spect of the fancier, farmer and market 
poultryman as the White Plymouth 
Rock. Why shouldn't they, as they are 
a beautiful bird and the best layers of 
THE ANCIENT PIGEON. j the Plymouth Rock family, good for- 

A breed of pigeons that seems to be j agers if given the range of the farm. 

but little known, and which is handled ' and they also bear confinement well. 

by only a very few fanciers, is the pret- i and make the best of matters; and the 



liraticm of tin- nock, as docs the Fan- 
tail. The skull of the .Xncient is round, 
and the front quite predominant. The 
beak is short. The eye cere is red and 
quite prominent; the eye itself being 
large and bright. The Ancient has a 
shell crest, and is heavily booted. It 
is marked as even as the Magpie, and 
the colors are very lustrous. Its body 
is very compact and feathers are hard 
and close. The Ancient has a hardy 
constitution and merry disposition. We 
do not see why this breed is not more 
generally bred and admired, as in beau- 
ty it is far ahead of many of the breeds 
that are bred quite extensively. The 
German Ancient is recommended to all 
those who desire a pretty toy pigeon. 



A short time ago some one entered 
the writer's poultry and pigeon house 
and carried away some of our best 
birds, not only pigeons, but a fine pen 
of Buff Cochin bantams. The birds 
were not found, neither was the thief. 
It seem.s to us that about the meanest 
thing a man (of cousre no woman 
would) can do is to steal chickens or 
pigeons. Anyone who does do it ought 
to be caught and hung by the neck 
until he is dead, dead, dead! 



ty little German toy pigeon, the An- 
cient. We know of but one fancier who 
handles this breed, and he raises hun- 
dreds of them annually. The Ancient 
is found in all. colors, and a flock of 
them is indeed a pretty sight. In flight 
the Ancient has the action of the Tum- 
bler, although it docs not tumble as 
much as the latter, as its tumbling pro- 



finest table fowl and demand a better 
price in the market than any parti- 
colored fowl. The White Plymouth 
Rocks are undoubtedly the best gener- 
al purpose fowl in existence. When I 
say White Plymouth Rocks I am 
speaking of the pure bred White Plym 
outh Rocks with pure white plumage, 
true rock shape, with two combs, rich 



clivities are not sought after by the fan- yellow shanks and beaks. Not these 
cier. In motion it has a very slight vi- little, narrow, contracted, high tailed. 



White Plymouth Rocks, like some we 
have seen. 

I started six years ago with a pen 
of eight White Plymouth Rocks, and 
ever since have bred and raised from 
three to twenty-three different varie- 
ties, and still make and will make a 
specialty of the White Plymouth 
Rocks, as we have so far failed to find 
any other breed that can take their 
place as an all round fowl, and again 
say I do consider this the best general 
purpose fowl in existence, but too 
much booming is not good for any- 
thing. What the beginner wants is 
more facts and not so much foolish- 
ness. I also wish to say that there are 
too many people writing for the poul- 
try papers without experience. They 
have probably been breeding pure bred 
poultry for three months to a year, 
and think they know it all; hence write 
it up. They know more then than they 
will know in ten years after. 

I am like Mr. Benedict. I do not 
know now nearly as much as I thought 
I did six years ago. As to what to 
feed and how to feed, people should use 
more good common judgment in feed- 
ing their poultry, and not listen to 
every one who chooses to write a lot 
of stuff about the poultry business (and 
some of whom, no doubt, have never 
owned a hen). The best material for 
food is wheat, corn, oats and buck- 
wheat. Do not feed much corn to lay- 
ing hens. Feed it at night only, and 
feed it hot in cold weather. What is 
the best for the main food for laying 
hens? If the hens haven't a farm 
range, make them work for all the 
grains. Feed by scattering it in straw 
or litter of some kind, and keep them 
working all day if you want "lots of 
eggs and happy, singing hens. For 
my part I do not believe in soft feed 
for a steady diet, but it is good as a 
morning mash two to four times a 
week. Scalded oats, bran, etc., and 
feed it hot in cold weather, and make 
it crumbly, not sloppy. And give your 
poutry plenty of good grit and oyster 
shells, and if the are confined to small 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



R. C. \V. LECHOKXS .itid W. Guineas. E^irs 
1.^1 -;ixlei-n. or (..i»i pfr hnndri-d. Mrs. Win- 
iii.- Cliambers. Onaca. Kansas. 

DO YOU WANT winners? If so. buv eg^s of 
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, 111., W. Plvmouth 
Rock.G. .S. Banlam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per 
fifteen 2.2,': per jtl. A. Z- Copeland. 

GOOSE BREEDERS send loc for mv book on 
Koose raisinK. Embden and Toulouse Geese. 
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S.Price. 
Specialty Breeder of geese.. Pres. Nati<nial 
Toulouse Goose Club. Waukegan. 111. 

PIGEON BOOK complete. Illustrating, de- 
scrlblnj; all varieties, arranging loft, (breed- 
ing, feeding, caring for. 3 cents. 1.000 pig- 
eons for sale. Prices f'ee. Wm. A. Bart- 
lett & Co. Box 37. Jacksonville, III. 



We will consiaer 



ards tlicy must have plenty of green 
food of some kind. 

This advice is not intended for the 
old poultryraan, but for the beginner, 
and those contemplating breeding pure 
bred poultry. Hence I will say that 
anyone that is induced to use one of 
the pure bred egg producing breed for 
the production of eggs in the place of 
scrubs, will never use scrubs again. 
The same is true when a man is en- 
gaged in producing broilers. And for 
general purposes almost any of the 
pure bred varieties of Plymouth Rocks 
and Wyandottes will drive the scrubs 
off the farm, whenever given a trial, 
never to return again. 

We could say lots more, but think it 
best not to say too much at once, so 
we bed to remain. 

Yours respectfully, 

J. B. McQUEEN. 

Palermo, Ohio. 



GEMS 



By Percy W. SKepard. 

There is no royal road to success. It 
is a common, well trodden road to start 
with, but becomes somewhat rough and 
tiresome as you advance. But after you 
get there it is very nice. 

Practically, there's as much sunshine 
in your life when caring for poultry ES 
there is in any work. How much 
brighter and healthier too, is a life 
among the fowls rather than in a hot 
tiresome office? 

Fresh air is good for the fowls. It's 
good for you, too. A breeder's life is 
full of pleasure. A very few find it dif- 
ferent, however. You must love to see 
the fowls grow and then the shows, 
why, they are simply grand. 

It's a continual work, 'tis true: but 
then what of that? It's easy although 
it takes time. Not a long vacation at 
any one time. But still in the autumn 
there is time to get prizes. It won't 
do any harm to try for them. 

Do you think the poultry business is 
being over done? Not when eggs get 
as high as thirty or forty cents a dozen, 
as they were this past winter. At that 
rate it will take some time yet to over- 
do the poultry industry. You will be 
safe in saying that it never will be a 
"failed industry." 

It's a good thing everybody don't 
want to raise poultry. Everybody would 
soon run- it ashore. But never worry 
about that. There's room for a few (?) 
yet. And at the top notch of success 
there's room for a vast number. Try 
to get there yourself. 

If you don't get quite to the top, you 
may get far enough up to make it real 
interesting and profitable. Success is 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

waiting for you. It waits for all. Some 
went and received it; others sat still and 
waited in vain. Waiting never amounts 
to dollars. , 

It's a good thing, push it along. 
What? Why the poultry business. We 
need a few more energetic, lively hust- 
lers to help build up the business to a 
higher state of perfection. In your as- 
sistance you will make a profit and 
learn what really good poultry is. 

The world is moving on. So is poul- 
try. Are you moving with the world? 
You don't have to go backward to get 
behind. Just stand still and the others 
will move on. eKep up. You run in 
the race. The entry fee is light. Don't 
cost much to start. It may cost some- 
thing in time and labor to win, but then 
the prize is a grand one. Get it. 

Did you ever stop to think how long 
it took to get poultry up to its present 
high state of perfection? If not, just 
think how long it has been. It has 
been a few (?) years hasn't it? WelJ, 
the point is this: You can't expect to 
get the very best at a very insignificant 
price. Good birds come high. So do 
good profits. This seems to favor buy- 
ing the besj^t, doesn't it? Yes, buy 
the best. 

Do you know all about the poultry 
business? No, I guess you don't. There 
are lots of others in the same fix. "All" 
is a whole lot to know even if it is all 
about the little (?) poultry industry. 
We don't expect to know it all. Of 
course we learn a little every day. And 
these little learnings build up our work 
and place us where we can manage bet- 
ter and be more successful. 

It pays to be a little particular about 
learning. Go into every part deeper 
than to give .iust a glance and pass on 
without learning all that is possible. 
Close observation, a few experiments, 
some study and common sense will 
teach you a vast amount about poultry. 
But then learning is of no value unless 
you apply some of the knowledge to 
your work. Use your learned facts and 
plans to an advantage. 

Perseverance is a good thing to pos- 
sess. The persevering business man 
gets along well. So does a similar 
poultryman. If you do not already pos- 
sess such qualities you can acquire them 
if you try. You ca nmost always make 
yourself just what you want to be. If 
you want to be persevering and are not 
naturally so, get a hustle on and shove 
the poultry business right along. 

It don't pay. What don't pay? Why, 
many things often done by out-of-date 
breeders never pay. Neglect, cheap 
birds, poor feed, poor buildings, waste, 
lice, disease and a number of other 
things never pay very well. Try some- 
ways that pay. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



BUKF PLYMuDTH KOOK Uockerels from 
Hi-st prize cuck; very pruinising. Write for 
prices. Albert K. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
Elgin, 111. 

BDFF OKPINGl'ONS, •'Cook's Strains." pgK3 
15 for $:j 00; batch guaranteed $5.00 from 
birds butf to the skin and progeny of Im- 
ported stock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
Green, Jollet, 111. 

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
prize winnluir Black Langshans. score 92 '/i 
to 9D!i. Buff Orpingtons and Rose Comb 
Bla:k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
M. U. Willlamstield, 111. 

BUFF COi!HIN chifkens. Toulouse geese, 
Uuroc .Tersey swine. Cockerels for sale 
with S'-ore cards. Chi ken eggs $3.00 for l.'i. 
Geese egirs 35c each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten- 
nessee, 111. 

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown 
Lefe'horns. Barred and White Rocks and 
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfleld, East Peoria, 
111, manaerer. 

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
They are stale winners. Live and let live 
is our motto. Dorkings, 1 .50 per setting, 
other settings l.OO. Circulars free. O. Mul- 
lin, Beauford. Minn. 

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st 
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3 
grand matingrs. eggs 2-50 per 15. Robt. Lar- 
mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. S. V, Pres. Buff 
Rock Club. 

EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang- 
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From 
pen No- 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen 
No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 50 per 15 M. M. 
Browning. Appleton City, Mo. 

S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans; 
Eggs IS for $2.00. S. H. Cotton, Appleton City, 
Mo. 

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
Eggs 1.00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker- 
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducljs 2.50 per trio. 
Eggs per settina. 95o. Mrs. H. M. Clark, 
Sumner. Nebraska. 

S. S. HAMBURGS. Eggs only for sale: 1 sit- 
ting I 5u; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per UO. 
Rev. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS and W Holland Tur- 
keys. Eggs (or sale from large healthy 
stock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
Chicken esjgs 2.00. turltey eggs, 1.50. Mat- 
tie Stutl't, Lawrence. Neb. 

GET THE BEST! One dollar buys 15 eggs 
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
Comb Black Minorcas. C.L.Norman, Stroms- 
burg. Neb. 

PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White 
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg- 
horns score to 95, headed bv 2nd cock at Des 
Moines show. Eggs l.SO and 1.00 per 15; 4.00 
per 100. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer' 
Iiidianola, Iowa. 

AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KW Bronze 
Turkeys, sire 44 to 4(, lbs. 200 cockerels P. 
Rocks.Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin- 
eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale. 
25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons, De 
Kalb, Ills. 

WHITE WY'ANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds, 
1.00 per 15; bred on different farms, free range. 
Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. L. Grover, 
Burton, Kas. 

B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, l.SO for 15. 
Searle's strain, none belter. Write vour wants. 
Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 

HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas andB. 
P. Rocks at Nunda. 15 prizes including 7 Ists 
with 16 entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill, 
113 Adams st. Yards 10,001 S. Wood st, Chi- 
cago, III. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en- 
tries in class of 60. I havel>een winner 1st, ck 
2d ckl. 1st. 2d and 3d pullet and 1st pen. Eggs 
$1.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Edw. 
Pielsch, Elsberry, Mii. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANDOTTES. K. 
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
bred to winners. Good stock, Bt to breed 
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
Judge, Port Huron, Michigan. 



fUULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 




BUSINESS CATCHERS 



Some of Mrs. S. P. Rogers' prize winners at Pleasanton, Iowa. Look up 
her "ad" aud see what she has good for sale. 



Poultff [xpeiiences 

C) ld» E. iiurd 

At this season of the year every 
breeder of poultry is interested in cm-- 
subject — "How can I have fertile eggs 
and setting hens?" There are more 
causes than overfat or too thin in 
flesh and the numerous other causes 
we often read of that infertile eggs 
are found each season, and one which 
I have not yet seen any experienced 
breeder write on. There fore I will 
give my experience which may be tho 
means of saving boih time and birds 
for someone else. My experience is 
with yarded fowls. Those that I have 
out to road at their pleasure I never 
trouble with; they take care of them- 
selves as far as matings are concern- 
ed. Some years ago I had a widow 
lady and her baby living with me who. 
like myself, liked to work with chick- 
ens. As my time was needed in other 
places she wanted to care for the 
chickens in the pens. After telling 
her just what to feed, and I knew they 
were made to scratch in litter for all 
the grain, hens were laying well and 
every bird looked the picture of 
health, but after using three settings 
of eggs and getting no chicks hatched 
from the eggs froir <he pens, I knew 
something must be wrong there, for 
the broody hens had all done so well 
with hatching other eggs and all were 



cared for just the same, for caring for 
the setting hens I don't allow no one 
else to do unless I am too ill to do so. 
I finally told the lady I would feerl 
and care for the fowls in the yards 
for a week and see if I could learn the 
cause of infertile eggs. We may read 
about science and theory in poultry 
rearing, but I learned we must use 
observation and intelligence (such as 
most of us are endowed with) in mat- 
ing up the breeding pens. My first 
work was to examine fowls and se.- 
if they were overfat; learning they 
were not, I must seek elsewhere for 
the cause of infertile eggs, which I 
soon did. Wanting to hatch as manv 
chicks as possible to get started in 
that breed and not having but one 
large yard, after selecting the best of 
the females I then had too many for 
one male, so I put in two, one a cock, 
the other a cockerel. I had noticed 
the cock bird was gallant to extremes. 
He would find grain of some kind, or 
a tempting morsel, and call the hens 
to eat it instead of eating it himself. 
This gallantry prevented him from 
getting as much to cat as his needs 
required to keep up vitality. The rest 
of the time he spent watching the 
cockerel and giving a chase around 
the pen. The result was no matings 
and no fertile eggs. I shut one male 
in a coop, leaving one in the pen a 
day, then changed by leaving the one 
in coop out or vice versa. After that 
I had plenty of fertile eggs and no 
more poor hatches. Another time in 



ENdLISH I'HEASANTS. Beauliful, hardy 
jrrcul (raiiif bird. Eis^'^ tor sale in season. S3 
per 1,";. $'' |).T .';;i. Hatched and raised with 
conimi.n hens. Mrs. A. Schluckebier, Beaver 
Dam, Wis, 
ECG m.ichines are mv Blue Andalusians and 
Buff Leehorns. MortsraL'e lifters and will not 
disappoint vou. After May 1st. efl-'s $1 per 
15. « per .VI.' O. P. Nesmilh". Bluford, 111. 
BUl'F Poultrv Yards. K. and red S. C. Leirhorns 
Buff P. Roc-ks. Eirt's SI per 13. H. Bailey, 
Port Norris, New Jersey. 
BUFF P. Rocks, BufI Leffhorns, Cornish and 
W. I. Games. None better. Etftrs SI per set- 
tinir: 2 setting's Sl'T.^. J. W McNeil, R. F. D. 
No. 1 Spriny-field, Ohio. 

LARC.K Black Minorc^s Exclusively. Epifs 
from Chicago prize winners, S2 per 15, S3.50 for 
.3(1. puaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin, 
Harvev, III. 

NARRA(;.\NSETT Turkevs, pood size and 
HUiet. Eirps 1.5c each. B. P. Rocks and S. C. 
W. Lephorns. both (rood laving-strains. Eires 
15, SI : 40, $2; ll«). Si. Money order, Salem, Ind. 
Martha Hoke, Oxonia. Ind. 

EGIIS from Golden Wvandottes. scoring up to 
'14. and Mammoth Peliin Ducks, SI per setting. 
W. H. Turkey eirtrs. Sl.SO per setting. Incu- 
bator eirL's a "specialty. W. G. Youne, Che- 
munt'. III. 

FOR SALE. Etrps from S. C.Brown Leirhorns. 
$1.25 per 15; breeder for 15 years. Also from 
Snow White Wvandotte.s. Si.SO per 15. Stand- 
ard bred birds.' Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind. 

BARRED ROCKS exclusively. Ejjps from 
pens, headed by winners at Red Bud and 
Nashville Shows, S1..50 per 15. during May 
and June, if you mention Investigator. Grav- 
el Creek Poultry Kami. Sparta. 111. 

BUFF P. Koc-k cockerels «2. Eggs $1.50 per 15. 
Double standard Poll.-d Durham bulls ready 
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong 
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My- 
er, Kempton. 111. 

S.C. BLACK MINORCAS. winners at Cleve- 
land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13, 
four .settings for (iac dollars. Catalogue 
free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Bcecher St., Syracuse, 
N. Y. 

EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win- 
ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11; 
W. P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J. 
Hicks, Onarga. 111. 

EGGS FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two 
pens Congers, one pen Br.adley Bros, also Em. 
pireW. Rocks. Eggs from either. $1 per 13. 
Slock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbu ry. 111 

W. WVANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks. 
Eggs frcmi two grand pens SI per 15. S3 for .So. 
Dr. Fred Evans. 1004 N. Syracuse st. Grand 
Island, Neb. 

BUFF COCHINS. My specialty is fine Buffs 
Heavy feathered, rich colored birds fit for 
any c'ompanv. A few choice cockerels for sale 
at $2 each. 'W. H. Minton. Springfield Kan. 

EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair- 
view poultry yards, 3 settings. $2, per 100. $3.50. 
Stock stroiig and vigorous. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 148 S. 27 st. 
Lincoln. Nebr. 

FOREST HILL poultry farm. R. C. B. Leg- 
horns exclusively. 10 years standing. Egg 
producing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per 
day. Price $1 per 15. S.250 per SO. $4.00 per 100. 
C.H. Brown. Council Grove, Kan. 

FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and 
Barred P. Rock and W. Wvandottes 15 for 
SI.50. 100 for S7. S. C. Buff Orpingtons im- 
ported. 3 strains, lSS2.5;1,10l)forS12.00. Jacob 
Bassinger, Columbiana, Ohio. 

R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy- 
andottes. Barred P. Rocks. B. P. Cochins, B. 
Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all 
Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland 
Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 700. 

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
Fartii. c. F. Austin. Denrinj;. Kan.. Wbita 
Itnck s,„.,.i:,|isi F,'_'i:s Frank Heck and 
.lohn lIuL'his strains, l.i eockerPis for sale 
Strawberry plaiits best varieties. Square 
treatment. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE*, coekerel^ scorlnjr 
to94?i. MnTiinioth Bronze Tnikeys scorliiir 
to mm sired hv » Tom welfrhing40 Ihs and 
from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea. 
snnahie. W. 11- Lake. Hamot/in. Nebr. 

SHERWOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock eggs 1.75 
for fifteen. ,3.00 for thirty. My catalogue tells 
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg, 
Illinois. 

BARRED P. ROCKS. Conger strain, farm 
raised, large size and fine layers. Eggs l.Oo 
per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eggs, 3.00 
for 12. Mrs. C.JT. C. White, Paris, Mo. 



WC will CUIIBIU,. 




Buff Cochin cockerel owned by 
Krause Bros., Milwaukee, Wis 



one season with two yards I had the 
male birds die before the breeding 
season was over. For a long time I 
could not tell why. In my ignoranc— 
I thought feed, water, grit and all that 
the hens ate; if they were hungry 
they would eat if they wanted it, but 
after the second one died from no dis- 
ease I could see, I wrote a friend giv- 
ing description. Not long before, shj 
replied, "that she had the same e.t- 
perience when she started in the poul- 
try business and that a noted poultry 
judge who mates up her yards annu- 
ally gave her the cause of the mak" 
birds dying and the remedy, which f 
will briefly tell." The male bird's gal- 
lantry caused death by starvation and 
the remedy is to remove from the pen 
at least once a day and feed separate- 
ly. Close observation at night by ex- 
amining the crop when on the roosi;, 
to see if crop is full, is a very good 
way to learn if they are getting 
enough to eat. There may be females 
in the flock the eggs of which will b;. 
deficient in fertility which can be 
traced to unnatural mating. Domestic 
animals assert their nature as well a.-, 
the human race and have likes and 
dislikes. Our eyes must be used hero 
and judgment also. \i we see a fe- 
male in the flock where this absence 
of fondness on the part of the male 
is displayed it should be removed from 
the pen. 

"Setting hens." — Anyone knows 
enough to set hens. So thought Soc- 
rates, when he atte"'>pted to set "the 
old blue hen," but what a dismal fail- 
ure. There will be better results if 
broody hens are put in a pen where 
other hens cannot disturb them. I 



POULTRY INVESTiGATOK. 

move my setting hens in the evening 
to the pen purposely prepared for set- 
ting hens; give them a couple of ne\t 
eggs, put a board in front of the box 
to make the nest dark. The next 
evening, if they stay on the nest all 
day, I remove the nest eggs, give hens 
a dusting with insect powder and the. 
eggs I want them *o have, take the 
board from the front of nest and they 
can go off of nest when they wish tj 
get feed and water, which is kept in 
the pen. Thus far I have not had one 
broken egg in the nest and other 
years when I kept the hens shut up 
and let them out every evening to eat. 
I usually had many eggs to wash, 
caused by being broken in the nest, 
and there was so much work to clean 
nest boxes too that I wished there 
were no setting hens, or I might have 
a wooden hen, and I am going to have 
one, too, for my hens persist in lay- 
ing eggs and I like early chicks, but 
I shall set eggs, too. I will tell the 
readers of the Investigator next time 
how I care for chicks. 

IDA E. BARD. 



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Reading Notice 



Our enterprising advertisers, The 
Mississippi Valley Belgian Hare Com- 
pany, advise us that their extensive stud 
is in fine condition and increasing rap- 
dly; they are weaning 400 young this 
month. They have constantly on hand 
about a thousand head of hares of their 
own raising and are therefore at all 
times ready to fill orders for either ped- 
igreed or unpedigreed Rufus Red or 
Bhick Belgian hares, singly or in pairs, 
trios or herds. Anyone wishing to em- 
bark in the hare industry, or those de- 
siring to improve their stock, cannot 
do better than to correspond with these 
people who have been in business for 
years and are well known for honesty 
and reliability. 



Notice to W » arvdotte Breeders 

1 have recently been appointed Sec- 
retary of the Western Wyandotte Club 
.tnd I earnestly wish every breeder in 
the West to become a member of our 
club. We expect to make this club 
second to none in the country, and by 
putting our heads together we will have 
no difficulty in making it such. Send 
me your name, and get as many other 
breeders of this "beauty breed" as pos- 
sible to become members. We expect 
to be heard from this fall at the differ- 
nt shows over the West. Give this your 
arliest attention. 

JOE. C. RUSSELL. Secretary, 
Western Wyandotte Club, 

Breckenridge, Mo. 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



S. S. HAMBURG eirg-s 90c. per sittiuR-. From 
flni' birds that will stand the test in any 
show room. Guarantee jrood liatch or money 
refunded. Geo. Dahlenbur,;, Seymour, Ind. 

BARRED P. R. eg-ffs, famous Ringlet strain. 
Stock direct from Thompson. R. C. B. Leg-- 
horn eg-gs, Schreiber's strains. Birds scorinV 
12 to '14 bv Heimlich, One settinsr, 2.0n, 2 set- 
tinifs .I.Sti. Pope & Schwartz, Hlllsboro. 111. 

BARRED ROCKS e.xclusivcly. Ejtitb from pen 
of tine birds hard to beat, 1.5u per setting-, 
Mrs. Alice Jackson, ChanipaiiLfn, 111, R, F, D. 

KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and 
Ky. Dominiques. Eggs 2.00 for 15, 3.00 for 
30. Cocks S.OO, hens l.So. Ben Iiucas, George- 
town, Ky, 

W. P. ROCK Et'gs from the very best strain 
in the country Our birds equal to ancestors. 
Eggs I. so for 15. Wrile wants and ask for 
Noycl Effg- Folder free. Geo. F. Stanton & 
Sons, Hennepin, 111. Bo.\ F 

SIX PENS of W. Rocks. Most noted strain on 
earth. Our birds score from 41 to 96 by relia- 
ble judges. Eggs this season only l.so qer 15. 
Our elegant egg folder free. Geo. F. Stanton 
A Sons, qo.x F Hennepin, 111, 

NO TIME OR MONEY has been spared in se- 
lecting our stock of Light Brahmas, Pekin 
Ducks and Poland China swine. Eggs per 
setting 1 Oj^ Harry W. Garman, ParkviUe, 



St. Jo. I 



, Mich. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig- 
orous birds. Clean sweep racine show. Eggs 
3.00 per setting. R. C. Brown and S. C. W. 
Leghorn eggs 1.50 per setting. Louis Mogen- 
enson, Racine, Wis. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS are the coming general 
purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9 
lbs. Eggs in season, 1.50 per IS; 3.00 per 30. 
Levi N. Schulte, Oregon, Missouri. 

S. L. WYANDOTTES. Sixteen years a breed- 
er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac- 
ing: laced wing bar. M3' strains wins prizes 
in the hands of mv customers. Eggs 1.50 per 
15. F. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. 

EGGS S2 per 15 selected W. Wvandottes, scor- 
ing 91 to 94. mated with males scoring 91 to 93 
Shellabarger. Incubator eggs S4 per 10l>. 
John Old, Woodbine, 111, 

WHITE P. ROCK eggs 1. 00 for 15; high scor- 
ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat- 
isfaction guaranteed. J. H. Piper, Whitehall, 
Illinois. 

BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Eggs, 15 for one 
dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col- 
or. Above price low for the quality. A. A. 
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa. 

SILVER WYANDOTTES, first and third prize 
pen scoring 187H and 18s. Eggs from this fa- 
mous stock, $2 per fifteen. Incubator lots 
from flock, 0.00 per hundred. Martin Bender, 
Winona, Minn. 

MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P. 
Rocks exclusivelv. E. B. Thompson strain. 
Eggs J2 per 15; 3.S0 per 30. Eggs shipped in 
■al guaranteed. 



PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred, 
Buff and White Rocks; S. C. W. and Brown 
Leghorns and Black Minorcas, Fertile eggs 
IS for SI. Stock for sale. A. Starzinger,, Car- 
hondale. lU. 

P. WYANDOTTES, 1.2,3,4,5, prizes. Wor- 
cester H.istoii, New York; breed only choicest 
hens; 44 vears a breeder; raise prize stock on- 
ly. C. O. Loring, Dedhani, Mass. One-half 
e.xpress paid to western points. 

MONEY MAKERS are the four new kinds— 
Part. Wvandottes, beautiful plumage; Silver 
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wvandottes, beau- 
tiful soft gray; Violet Wvandottes, bunch of 
violets; Sicily Wyandottes lay at 4 months; 
8 first prizes, and 3, 4, 5, 6, prizes, at great Eos- 
show* 1902, Half express paid to western 
points. C. O. Loring, Dedham, Mass. 

ONE DOLLAR buys fifteen eggs from extra 
fine stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rock, 
W. Wyandottes and R. C. Brown Leghorns. 
C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb. 

FOR SALE. Three trios oj W. Plymouth Rock 
high scoring' prize winning birds scoring from 
92 to 95 points, are bred for their great egg 
production as well as show qualities. Each 
trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price 
per trio, S.OO. Eggs 1.00 per fifteen. Mrs. D. 
Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 465, Butler, 
Indiana. 

EGGS from Single Comb WhitP, Brown. BulT 
Rlaok. nomiiiique. -iiver Durkwing and 
Rose Com h White Butf and Brown Leg. 
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley 
Port Clinton, Ohio, 



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Is published the first of each month at 

Clay Center, Nebraska. 

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In Rega.rd to Advertisers. 

We are very careful in soliciting 
advertisements, to see that all are re- 
liable. If at any time anyone answer- 
ing any display advertisement found 
in the columns of Poultry Investi- 
gator is in any way swindled, will 
please write us at once, we will look 
into the matter, and if such an adver- 
tisement has been inserted for the 
purpose of defrauding our readers, we 
will drop the advertisement and pub- 
lish the swindler's name. We wish to 
keep our advertising columns free 
from all such advertisers, and when 
writing to an advertiser whose adver- 
tisement was found in these columns, 
we would ask it as an especial favor 
that you say you saw it in The POUL- 
TRY Investigator. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

that I am now obliged to give up the 
work, but I find that there is an eiul to 
man's endurance. As the Draper Pub- 
lishing Company could give the readers 
of the Investigator so much better ser- 
vice, I felt, as well as the owners of the 
Investigator (the Sure Hatch Incubator 
Co.), that we would be justified in 
turning the Investigator over to them. 
In fact, the new management will 
enter upon the duties with a full sense 
of the obligation to an expectant pub- 
lic, with a clear conception of the far- 
reaching intluence of their policy upon 
one "f the most important industries of 
this country, and with a renewed zest 
and a new dignity to the poultry pur- 
suits and an increased influence and 
remuneration to those engaged in it 
With the assurance iha' all will be for 
the best, and that the patrons of the 
Investigator will in the end be the 
gainers, as well as for the best inter- 
ests of the poultry industry at large. 
With best wishes for the success of 
the Investigator, pairons, and the 
Draper Publishing Co., I am 
Respectfully, 

L. P. HARRIS. 



Address all communications to 

Poultry Investigator Co,. 

Clay Center, Nebraska. 



ChaLnge of Na.n\e aLnd 
Ownership. 

With this issue, I close my year's 
work as editor of the Poultry Inves- 
tigator, and I thank the many patrons 
who have given it their hearty support. 
It has given me great pleasure to see 
its patrons grow into thousands from 
so small a beginning, and it has given 
me much more pleasure to know that 
my feeble efforts to give the readers 
of the Investigator a clean and good 
paper were appreciated, and I am sorry 



This is the last number of the Poul- 
try Investigator. The subscribers will 
receive the Commercial Poultry from 
now on. Advertising contracts up to 
and including this June issue, is a mat- 
ter between the advertisers and the 
Sure Hatch Incubator Company. 

We have negotations under way in 
which we expect to dispose of our fine 
poultry business to a new company 
which will continue the business here 
at Clay Center, Nebr. The growth of 
our incubator business has reached 
such proportions that it requires mj- 
entire time and attention. To give the 
reader a more definite idea of the ex- 
tent of our incubator, poultry, and 
poultry paper business, will mention 
that we have sold nearly 11,000 incu- 
bators and brooders since Jan. 1st, 190i, 
we have shipped over 10(i,0O0 eggs 
since March loth, l!l()2, and in the last 
10 months we have built up a subscrip- 
tion list of 18,000 subscribers for the 
Poultry Investigator. 

Mr. Harris finds the poultry business 
enough to look after, and I am satisfied 
with having done a thorough job at the 
incubator business, henoe the sale of 
the Investigator, to give us both a bet- 
ter show another year. 

I here wish to thank all our patrons 
for their patronage. I hope our pleasant 
business relations will continue. I 
promise you my best eflort. I can also 
promise you a good friend in the Com- 
mercial Poultry and from time to time 
you will hear from me through that pa- 
per. I will feel more at liberty in the 



BUSINESS CATCHERS. 



li-d . 



■ith 1 



i>f Ihe 



pit trie. E. H. MaCoy, Paw Paw. Mich. 

li. C. BANTAM i-irifs from selected hifli hit'li 
scoriiiff stock. A few (jood cockerels ami 
pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J. 
(low, Norfolk, Neb. 

FOR SALE. Et';,'s at S2 for 15 from Black 
Lan^shans and Litrht Brahmas that are bred 
and mated rit'ht. I e.\hibited mv Langshans 
at Indianapolis "Fanciers' Association Show, 
1901," winninj,' Amerrcan Lang-shan Club cup 
in hot competition. H. J. Rader, La Fayette, 
Indiana. 

JFRSEY STRAIN Lijfht Brahmas, winners at 
the big eastern shows. Illustrated circulars 
free. Etrgs S3. Fine breedinff cockerels, S3 
up. F. R. Mceller, 08 Freeman St. New- 
ark. N. J. 

SILVER Gape worm extractors, unequaled. 3 
for 25c' Biy- profits to ajfents. Samples and 
particulars H)c. Satisfaction gruaranteed or 
nionev refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis- 
ville. Bucks Co. Pa. 

S. C. B. LECHORN .irys. 3(1 for S1.50; 100 for S3- 
5(1. W. Plvmoulh Rock ei/t's, IS for$l. A. H. 
Carlson. Clianuu-. Kuute. 1. Kansas. 

BARKED P. KOCKS exclusively. Thompson 
& Hawkin's strain strain. 12 years with this 
variety. Score 91 to 94 '2. EtfsrsSlper 15; $4 
per lOU: S2.50per5o. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion. 111. 

JOHN R. GARBEE, Billinys, Mo. Breeder of 
line iMjultry. For May aiid June will pay e.x- 
press on et.r;rs and deliver to vour express of- 
fice. White Holland Turkey egrg-s, 10 for S3. 
Golden W^yandoltes S. C. B. Leghorns, Barred 
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea 
eggs 15 for 32. All are pure stock. Remember 
express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention 
Investigator. 

EGGS from White and Black Minorcas, Buff 
Leghorns, Barred Rocks SI for 15. One good 



Also pen of White Minorcas for sale cheap if 
taken soon. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O. 

HOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith, 
Osceola. la. Large dark laying strain. Eggs 
from special mated pen all winners S2 per 15 
S3.5() for 30. Order now. Good hatch guaran- 
teed. 

EGGS from Buff Orpingtons of high class 
(Cook's and Edward's strains) $2.50 per setting, 
also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Maj- 
or.. 2119 7th street. Port Huron, Mich. 

INDI.\N RUNNER ducks. Regular egg ma- 
chines. Eggs balance of season S1.50 per set- 
ting or *2 per 20. Pine Brook Poultry ^Farm, 
Napoleon. Ohio. 

BUFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best, 
picked from 2.sO carefully bred Buffs, none bet- 
ter, EggsS1.5ll per 13. Herbert S. Redhead, 
IT.sT Brooks St, Des Moines, Iowa. 

ARE YOU LOOKING for eggs that will hatch 
S. C. B. Leghorns. Place your order with Ed- 
win W. Staebler, 36 Tremont st Cleveland O., 
Eggs Si. 50 per 15. Winners of 3d ck, 3d and 5. 
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list 
of great shows. 

BKi MONEY for agents selling our Fumig.a- 
ting nest egg. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom- 
ineton. III. 

D.\RK BRAHMAS. the best of all the large 
varieties, for roasters, capons and wintereggs. 
Hardy, bear confinement and one of the hand- 
somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the 
season. $2 per 13. J3.50 per 20. $4 per 40. A few 
choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
worth Kansas. 

li.\RPED P. ROCK BradlevA Thompson! W. 
Wvandottes Huston's Bilff Cochins , Hares) 
fine young Barred 1>. Rocks for sale. Eggs 
for hatching in season. Write for prices. J. 
Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th St. Keokuk. Iowa. 

CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties, Felch, 
Upson. Bond, Hawkins, Latham, Empire, Ab- 
bot, Nugget, Cook, Rowlands, Jackson, and 
other gr.-at English and American strains: 
Brahmas. (.ochins. Langshans. Sherwoods, 
Orpingtons, Wvandott.-s. Rocks, Games. Leg- 
horns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks, 
Ponchatoula, La. 

BUFF LEGHORNS. First nrize winners at 
Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders 
are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars 
free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7o30 Union Ave. Chi- 
cago, 111. 

BUFF and BARRED Rocks. Buff' Leghorns, 
Black breasted Red tJanies. Pekin Ducks, 
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine stock, liel 
price"list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville, la. 



We will coiiBi' 



Commercial Poultry .than I could in the 
Poultry Investigator, for the reason 
that some might have construed my 
little write ups as boomers to selfish- 
ly advance our own incubator interest". 
By the way, have you noticed the fair- 
ness shown our ■ onipetitors in the 
Poultry Inve>tigator? The question 
often confronts me as to whether they 
would do the same by us if we had 
changed places. No doubt some of 
them would and others would not. 

During the summer and fall months 
I am going to write a book on poultry 
raising. The name of this book will be 
Sure Hatch Catalogue. It will be 
ready for mailing about Christmas 
time. I hope every poultry raiser will 
want a Christmas gift. I will try to 
have enough books to go around. Talk 
about poultry guides and such things, 
mine will not be that kind. It will be 
catalogue unanomously.but it will have 
enough honest poultry information to 
entitle it to a front seat. It's not going 
to copy* anything or anybody ; it's going 
to be itself and if I know where I am 
at, this book will be the kind that the 
people will keep for the good there is 
in it. 

Now about incubators. We are go- 
ing to put out the best and suit our- 
selves and our patrons on prices, will 
do this regardless of all the nations on 
earth. We are getting rid of side is- 
sues for the express purpose of being 
on hands when the ball opens. 
Yours truly, 

M. M. JOHNSON. 



This will be the last issue of the 
Poultry Investigator under the present 
name and ownership, as the paper has 
been sold to the Draper Publishing 
Company of Chicago and will te merg- 
ed with Commercial Poultry. 

The Poultry Investigator has been 
heartily supported during its entire 
life,and we feel confident that this sup- 
port will not be withdrawn now that it 
is to become a part of the most widely 
circulated poultry paper in the world. 
Thp Draper Publishing Company will 
carry out all our subscription contracts, 
and our readers will receive two num- 
bers of that paper every month for the 
same length of time that their sub- 
scriptions to the Poultry Investigator 
are credited, thus getting twice as 
many papers as they would have re- 
ceived under the old arrangement. We 
ask for Commercial Poultry the same 
support and friendship that has been 
accorded to us. 

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR CO. 



The most graceful pigeon that walk 
-the White Fantail. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

WHITE I.ANGSHANS. 
Being a breeder of the White Lang- 
slians for seven or eight years, I will 
de=cribe them as I have found them. 

I have had some experience with most 
breeds of poultry, but have yet to see 
the fowl that will beat the White Lang- 
shans tor utility. I do not claim that 
they are the best all-purpose fowl in 
existence, but one of the best. 

The aLngshans are natives of the 
extreme northern part of China and 
were first introduced into this country 
n 1878. The White angshans vLariety 
has not been bred so long, but have 
gained rapidly in popularity. 

As a general purpose fowl they have 
no superior and as winter layers they 
have stood without a rival. They are 
one of the hardiest fowls in existence. 
Have smaller bones than any other 
large breeds and the flesh is juicy and 
tender; are gentle in disposition, mak- 
ing good setters and mothers; bear 
confinement well, but if given their lib- 
erty are great foragers; are not lazy 
like most Asiatic breeds. 

They are a handsome fowl in appear- 
ance, being pure white in plumage, 
therefore free from those objectionable 
black pin feathers. At the great dress- 
ed poultry and egg show in December, 
1898, held under the auspices of the 
oBard of Agriculture, a pair of White 
angshans took first prize for dressed 
poultry, also first prize for brown eggs. 
They have bright red combs, wattles 
and earlobes, shanks slate color; bot- 
toms of feet and skin between toes, 
pink, producing a combination of col- 
ors not possessed by any other breed 
of fowls. Thev are a very handsome 
fowl and a flock of White Langshans 
look beautiful on a green lawn. 

The White Langshan is a good breed 
for either fancier or farmer. The young 
chicks when first hatched are a blue or 
mole color, but moult white. I think 
the bluer the chick when hatched the 
bluer the blood, the whiter the chick 
will be when matured. 

1 have had my customers write me 
,aying, "The eggs I bought of you have 
hatched., but none of the chicks are 

white." 

But in a few days their little wings 
begin to grow and show white feath- 
ers so of course by this time they have 
seen their mistake, their fears have van- 
ished and they are pleased. 

With a fair and unprejudiced trial, 
the Wh=le angshans, will establish it- 
self as one of the best of the utility and 
fancy breeds. 

Thev have had no great boom, as 
most other breeds, but have come grad- 
ually to front on their own good merits. 

MRS. L. MUM POWER. 
1 Chillioothe, Mo. 



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BUSINESS CATCHERS. | 

w^iur kUu-M- LnwrV si. AUe^Mieny, Pa. 
PAKTKU.r.E WYANDOTTKS^ '."od llThe 

b"r, ' Punru;e.'$3 pe^-tlint., Reds, $1.50 per 

.,'., Vml' one Ihird off after J une 1st. Otto B. 

Canii'm. Elsl).-rr.v, Mo. 
WHITE 1-AlE black SPANISH exclusive. 

1^ l'r,',l ih.in 411 VL-ars on free range. Eggs 

&,X;neU^ISn».^ie^!l<='^J^?a^ 

^^^^K^Ba'^rSfp^.'^go^^ ll.://aTC^In;i 
Ip?*'l iv.'^' orices, S1.50 per 13. They will 
ple.isi-you W.F. Crig-ler, Nevada, Mo. 

LEGHORN EGGS |r"-^^e^lhe .-a^-t^'-y^"/. 
hon;";;L;sV75cper seU,n,sM per 100. W. P. 
Chamberlain, KirUwood, Mo. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES.^, At Macomb Shan. 



,,., judg-e, 1st, 2nd 3d 
1st, 2d 3d pullets. ''.= , 
9S'4,9Sy,; 1st pen. 1 M 
American class, '>'\ 
Three yards head.,1 



,. iBYi, 93!^, 93'/!;; 
'1?';; 2d, 3d hen, 
,1 1(1 best birds in 
in strain direct. 
,. Ills with extra 
■ I, .....^ uu, ,,,,,. ~.,na white as snow 

f."rM ';'"=''"■ :,i.,;l4. ICircsJlper 13. W. E. 
Th..n,p,,;u,'V.,..xl'i5. Macomb. 111. 
BAKREU HOSKS.^La,^. heavy^bone fine 
?W Mrl- TU.a leach, b.'x X 'dherryvile. 111. 
CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and 
Sharo strains. Eggs $1 for fifteen. Also fine 
Whit? Wyandottef Ind Buff Cochn Bantams 
same price. Good birds cheap. I. W. Smith, 
kendallville, Ind. 
BUFF ORPINGTONS; Birds and and eg|s 
for s.ale. Correspondence solicited. Birs. r.. 
L Palmer, Noble, 111. 
BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from our pens 
nf selected birds that will reproduce them- 
s,.lves at if2 per l5. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Krluse- Bros. cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 
TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and co^kere^ 

Leghonis'*'"Erg"'«l I'r'""^, M 'eggs $2 
RofciliTgow, i?ience 'teacher, P.bhc high 
school, Hannibal, Mo. 

POULTRY RAISERS send ten cents in stamps 
indVet a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep 
?he nest free from lice and add to your egg 
production. Pollard & Couthway, Blooming- 
ton, 111. 

HT ACK SPANISH only. First prize winners 
at Mo stall, Kansas state, Kansas City, and 
Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Falls. 
' Eg^'S $^S0 pe"i3. H. W. Chestnut, Birming- 
ham, Kansas. 

^^rlfn^'^o'S^s^R^Sr^; I'^S^iV:'' LfwisVbl 



nkli 



,111. 



nARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand- 

°tr^b."d pullets for for sale for 1.50 and e^gs 
f.50 per setting. Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
[Nebraska. 

BARKED PLYMOUTH Koeks. No stock tor 
sale E-ss $5.00 per 100. Jl.OO per U. My 
stork is first class and have won in show 
?ooru J P.Schioeder. Way Center. Neb. 

LIGHT BRAHMAS. ^,I^have aj/ew^^^-'^^^ens 



and pullets for sale cheap. 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



cfips FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
?o,nh White Le-horns. White Rocks and 
L"ght Brahmas fl.50 per setting of 15 eggs. 
Write wants. John a. Rownd. Downs. Kas. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1 
vr old hens and this year's pullets and 
cockerels tor sale. Old stock score »i points 
and up to 95H. Write tor prices. Geo. N. 
Wood. Weldon. la. 
WHITE H. TUKIvEYS. 1 W. Rock ck.. hioto 
w/byKus'sell. for sale Also eggs from 
TiK rill mas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekln 9- 
E.xpert Judge. P. M. uSoley Milton, la. 
EGGS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy- 
andottes and Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting. 
C. Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb. 
CORNISH INDIANS a specialty. Winners 
wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews 
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo. 
R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
andottes. Eggs 100 per 15. C. H. Courier, 
Ashley. Ohio. 
FOR SALE. Fantail pigeons, all colors. Write 
voui- wants. Robert Hefti, Wayne, Neb. 



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name i- cTp; ropriale an' it f'lls a long 
lih •■: 1 !. We re;J;y did neeo a western 
poi: iry i.;i)er willr articles written !y 
praiiici! people who hnvc nvestigateJ 
the -tifU .•;"-r>it w:i c 1 t'uy are writ- 
ing. 

We don't lilce theoretical poultry cul- 
ture unles.s we find it al.so practical in 
our every-dav work with our chickens. 
For our.sclves, we have raised and 
soil! chickens i"or some twenty years in 
four different states, both on a farm 
with unlimited range and on a village 
lot where they were necessarily yarded 
in r-mall pen,-=. We have had many "up 
and downs," been bothered with many 
pests and "varmints," including rats, 
skunks, minks, hawks, snakes, wolves, 
pet cats, hogs and the most discourag- 
ing of all, the midnight thief who comes 
and steals our best by the dozens, and 
leaves no due whereby he may bo 
caught. 

What we have written, and what we 
may in the future write about the poul- 
try pusiness in any of its branches, will 
be irom our own experience or of some 
near friend. Our best and most ex- 
pensive teacher has been experience, 
and we hope that we may be able to 
keep some of the readers from having 
any very great loss. 

We have never had an entire failure 
of the chicken crop. We have passed 
through two entire crop failures with 
the accompanying drouth, but there has 
not been any year in all our experience 
that we have not had eggs and chickens 
to sell, and when our account with the 
hens has been counted up. they have 
each year been a source of profit. 

But there are many things we do not 
know and we are always willing to 
learn. We make mistakes sometimes, 
and try to learn a lesson from each and 
every one. We learn some new things 
each year, either from our own obser- 
vation or from the experience of others I 
given in the various poultry papers that 
regularly reach our table. 

■\ good supply of poultry literature is 
almost indispensible in the profitable 
handling of thoroughbred poultry. 

You have, no doubt, been advised 
many times "how to begin," but my ad- 
vice is to begin right. Don't think you 
can learn it all in one season. Begin 
at the bottom and climb up, for if you 
try to begin at the top you are very apt 
to climb down and at a faster pace than 



for and have room for IW chickens, do 
not Iry to raise •'tOO or llM) and lose 
most of them by diesea-^e and over- 
crowding. 

Little chickens must have good care 
and the ymust have sweet and clean 
food of the proper kind, and they ab- 
solutely must have a mother, either 
natural or artificail. 

The isn't any use to hatch riut chick- 
ens bv the hundred to die by the 
hundred, because you cannot take care 
of them, it is foolish and cruel. We 
know of two men, brothers, who intend- 
to go into the poultry business on 
large scale; intended to raise and 
keep a thousand hens. They bought 
two 400 egg incubators and set them 
both. When we were there they had 
out TMl little chickens and the incuba- 
tors set again. It was in August and 
they thought brooders were not neces- 
sary such warm weather. They had | 
small coops and one yard for all of 
them on a village lot. They fed them 
various things, but all to no purpose. 
Of those 750 poor motherless little 
chickens they raised not one. Of the 
later hatch we did not hear, but we 
know they borrowed a brooder from a 
friend, and last spring one of their in- 
cubators was offered for sale at a re- 
duced price. They told us they had 
found out by experimenting that there 
wasn't any use hatching out a lot of 
chickens unless they were prepared to 
take care of them and one incubator 
would hatch more than they could take 
care of with their present conveniences. 
How much better if they had only 
profited by some one else's experience 
and saved the lives of those 750 poor 
little helpless chickens? 

The main thing is to keep them 
I "arm and dray. Make good coops 
with board floors and tight roofs, and 
|ahve them set so the rain cannot blow 
inthe open front. We have a board for 
each coop and we close them every 
mght and when the rain comes up, 
until they arc well feathered ot at last. 
We have always raised ou rchickens 
with hens. While she is setting we dust 
her with lice powder and again when 
we put her in the coop with her babies, 
and again when they are two weeks 
jOld. If it is very cold we i>ut some 
straw or hay in the bottom of the coop 
an<l put an old piece of carpet or some 
sacks over the top of it for a few days. 



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This is for You! 



Owin? to my jihI-I. e enpa?. nionts 
fMi- s-Mso.. of .19' :.'-:(. will ,ot b.-j.l)le 
to-how my biiUs jirid will liei.-bv 
rfrille.. til- pri.e (if I'fts fvoiri $3 00 

I.eL'i.i, ns. Hlack I,.-i.'hnriis. li.rrt-d 
I lyinoma nocks. iV'iulet strain) 

David Larson, wahoo. Nebr. 



ti's Up To You 

To get 5,0(10 new siib.scribers. We 
will .send tlie Koucier.s' Guide, an up- 
to date Poultry and Hare paper 6 

months for only 10 cents- Special 

od rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder 
notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now 
in egg scdsoD. 

Fanciers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana. 

R. C. and S.C. B. ORPINGTONS. 

Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr., 

Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 

^B0S for Sale. 

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 



EffSS '^ P^"" s^"'"g'. from my 

DB prizewinners at Kansas and 

Nebraska State Poultry Show.* 1901 
and 1902. Partridge Co hi„s. Buff 
Coch ns, S. S. Hambiirgs. Barred 
Plymouth Rock a. d Light Brahmass 
write for winnings. 

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 

0. MO. HUN. DRO. 

Breeder of Prize-Winn iig 

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 

stock for sale at all tiuies. Ep-s in season. 

E-B.OMOHUNOROJowliogGfeefiJo. 



Bari'ed P. Rock 

Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold. 
Eggs from ch ice matings, $1..">0 per 
1.5 for balance of season. All breed- 
ing stock scored 00 to 92',. Look 
for fine stock n xt year. Send your 
orders early and secure your choice. 

Mrs. A P. Rodgers. 
Bowling Green, Mo. 



IT BEATS ALL. 



S^lK old "■«}■ of setting: heiis ten 
^^^^ lOOe^fKliatcher cot^ts oniT «2 
^"»^^ principally b.v ngtnts. Wo wrd 
men and women ak'ents for the new seas 
term* with you-a large margin of pn 
forinula iind eiitnlaEut- «ent IVcc. ir v 
day. Territory mayXe gone tomorrow'. 

HITURIL HEK IKCU8AT0R CO., B 



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11, COLUMBUS. NEB. 



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Mrs. Jacob Hughes, Rock Port, Mo., 
breeder of White Lang»hans. 



Wo nut the little chickens in a basket 
or box, covering them with a cloth, 
heavy enough to keep them warm and 
carry them to their home with their 
•■mammy." We shut the coop up until 
evening and then if they run out and act 
hungry, we feed them, be they \1 hours 
or IS hours old, but first, we place a 
rock near the ccop and on this we 
pound up some broken white dish into 
a fine grit which they eat readily, after 
this we feed them most anything we 
happen to have, Kaffir corn, millet seed, 
wheat, oatmeal, bread crumbs or corn- 
bread. When we first raised chickens 
years ago, we fed them raw wet corn- 
meal, because our mother and our 
cousins and aunts told us that was the 
proper feed, and we buried more chicks 
than we raised. We never feed wet 
iced now and seldom feed soft feed. 
Chickens have gizi'ards made on pur- 
pose to grind their own feed and it is 
a saving of time and chickens to feed 
only dry, natural grains. We have fed 
bo'led eggs and potatoes, but they al- 
ways caused more or less bowel troulile. 
so we have them off our bill of fare for 
lal.y chicks. We do sometimes feed 
them cornmeal, but we put it down per- 
fectly dry. 

Do not kill them with kindness by 
feeding them too often and too much, 
bahy chicks are like baby boys and 
girl's, when the eat too much they suf- 
fer. Keep pure water before the Httle 
chicks all the t'me then they will never 
drink too much. 

We seldom feed oftner than four 
times a day the first week; thre times 
a day the second week, and after that 
only in the morning and evening. We 
have feed coops made of lath and in 
these we put feed in the evening and 
they come and eat all they want and go 
to roost. In the morning we put in 



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more tliaii they will eat and they eat 
all they want; run get a dring and then 
go 1.1 the fields bug hunting till night. 
If ihey do not find enough to satisfy 
them, lluy come back to the feed coop: 
■at a little more, run get a drink and off 
to the fields again. Since adopting 
this plan, we are not bothered with 
Ittle cliickens running after us every 
time we happen to go out of doors, and 
they grow so fast and are healthy. 

.\fter all your care if they do get 
bowel trouble, bake some corn bread 
iust the same os you do for your own 
dinner, dampen it with a little cold 
boiled milk, or even water mixed m 
enough Venetian red to color it, .iml 
feed it to them for a few feeds, alter- 
nating with dry grains again. 

We feed some corn chops after chickb 
are two weeks old. but we are very par- 
tial to Kaiiir corn, which we think an 
ideal chick food. We grind in the 
coffee mill for the first two or three 
feeds, after that they can swallow the 
whole grains easily, and as it is con- 
stipating in its action they will never 
have bowel trouble unless caused by 
something other than the feed.. _ 

This season we have to pay $l.i5 per 
bushel for Kaffir corn, but we must 
have it as the chicks we can save by 
u'sin<^ it as a part of their feed will 
more than pay the bill. Last year out 
of about 400 hatched, we did not lose 
one by disease. We accidentally killed 
seven or eight by letting a board fall 
on them, and we got earless and let the 
lice kill several We had some late 
late ones hatched that all died. The 
weather was so hot and dry that the 
grotmd got imbearaby hot that the lit- 
tle chickens feet and legs actually 
shriveled up. We had shade, bm they 
wotild not stay there-they were bound 
to run out m the hot sun until they 
would give up and die, I saw several 
come to the water dish, drink like they 
were famished and immediately die. 
These were small chicks not yet fully 
feathered. The older ones came through 
all right. 



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Incubators. 

oJi;;'L?M^e^:;^^^tS^^f!?sintj«^ 

when hutching to come out of t'^ machine 
In the pure, fresh outside air at the'r own 
will. 1u-te.xactly the same »s they do when 
h-.tehine under the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
u'atP ." tu"e .Moser and to ha.ch equal to any 
n.ichin- on the market. For further partic- 
ulars address with stamp. 

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 



Winning 

White Wyandottes. 

WE WIN East and 
West. At the great 
Chicago Snow, 1903 
in hot competition, 
111 a class of 64 
White Wyandotte 
cockerels, the fin- 

^_ est ever seen, our 

birds were given two prizes out of five, 
Winn ng th; :!d and ."ith prizes. We 
have 4 pens of high scoring females 
headed oy prize birds. Eggs W^ per l.i. 

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 




FLE^SftNT HILL POULTR! \m. 

Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
Comb BrownJ-Xghorn^___ 

Having disposed of all my sur- 
plus stock and mated up my 
pens, am prepared to book or- 
ders for eggs. Write at once 
for prices 

jTHrtROUGlT, 

Minden, - - - Nebr. 




silver Wyandotte and 

White Langshan 

Eggs $1.50 per 15. 

Guaranteed to hatch. 
A. E. GRIMES, 



Decatur, 



Ohio. 



S.VVING— ECONOMY. 

(By Percy W. Shepard.) 
Many men have made their way into 
the world and have built up fortunes 
from a start with nothing but wdling 
hands and energy. They began at the 
bottom and worked their way u. Uid 
thev save what they earned aside from 
the" natural and necessary expenses of 
life' Yes .certainly they did. Ihey 
were willing to economize and saw the 
wisdom of it. These early savmgs are 
what resulted in a fortune in alter 

years. , 

A poultryman just starting out m ttie 
I poultry world is in the same way start- 



Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 

Esgs to Hatch. 

3 DOTTES: Very choice pen, S2 per 15. 
Over 30 hens on different farms Good 
pure stock. Eess $1 per l.i, U per 100. 

BAKKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
tem. 60 fin. hens and pullets. 4 e^t^a 
large, stately crowei s. i-coring from HO to »4 
liy .Judges Russell and Strausbough. Ji-gRs 
S3 per "l5. Si 50 per 30. 

C 1, Games, Good pure stock on separate 
farms. F.gss $1.50 per 15. 

ROUP'iUK^: <Jur make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
Circulars free. 

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 

LOCK BOX 176, 




Che ice Eggs 

For hatching from 
fine B. P. Rocks 
and big Buff Coch- 
ins. Eggs $1.50 
per setting from 
healthy stock. 

IDA M. KESIER, 

Woburn, III. 



For Sale - - 

FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS 

Of III,- l>,.^l KrnliaKvaiul Eilflisll tilciod. Write 
for circular. Alsii K.-.I Fox, flri-v Fox. Wolves 
and all kinds of |k-i stock. Write me for prices. 

F. D. PAGE, 

Miltondale, - Missouri. 



RlflSLET B. B0GKS 



the kind tbnt Kin Wc Uoubic Male. 

Ben Hur, ist ci.ckerel at Lincoln 
Show igo2, at head of our cocker- 
el breeding pen. No females in 
our pullet breeding pen scoring 
less than 90, mated to extra choice 
pullet breeders.,' Stock all sold, 
eggs reasonable. Write for prices! 

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 



R. C. W. LEGHORNS, 

Imported males scoring- yp, 
aud Oo; females to HSji. Af- 
ter June loth, 15 eggs S1,00; 
.^H, SI. .^11: 100, $3.00. Barred 
Rocks: 12 hens scoring ,S9 and 
yo, and pullet mating, line bred, Rus- 
sell and Headle male and 12 of their 
pullets, closing out sale, 25 Birds for 
$15.00. Mrs. S. P. ROGERS, 

H- J>. O, PleasaatOM, la. 

Standard Poultry Book. 

^ Just from the press. Over 
^k^ 2000 copies have been .sold. 
VV Contains 100 pages, 90 illus- 
j-jTj, trations. The most complete 
^^^ l^ook on poultry ever issued for 
the price. Just tne thing for the nov- 
ice. Send for it today. Price 25 cts. 
CHICAGO BOOK CO , 3642 S. Stale SI., Chicago. 



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You can get a good start in Barred 
Rocks from Pinkerton & Co.'s prize 
winners the balance of the .season at 
half price. Remember Pinkerton & 
Co. keep nothing but the pure E. B. 
Thompson strain. 

PINKERTON & CO, Clay Center.Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

lug at the bottom and ready to work 
his way up. It is mainly the beginner 
who needs to save what he can. The 
one who is far advanced in the work 
does not need such advice, as he knows 
his own "business." But the beginner 
IS apt to fail to work it properly and 
k-eep himself from getting along as 
rapidly as he might do. A young 
breeder needs to save feed and save his 
fowls from disease and save money by 
watching the markets and selling just 
when the most profit can be realized; 
also save in other wals. 

Now, in saving feed— lots of people 
don't know how to save feed. They 
really don't and you can see it by the 
way in which they care for the fowls. 
In the first place a fowl must have 
enough feed to repair the waste tissues 
of the body, furnish heat and form eggs 
from. In winter the most feed is used 
to keep up the warmth of the body. It 
IS in this point that lots of people fail. 
They do not realize that a fowl living 
out of doors most of the time and 
roosting in an open shed needs more 
food t keep it warm than it des when 
kept in a warm house. So one way to 
save feed is to keep the fowls warm. 
A fowl in a warm building does not 
need so much food as one half frozen 
all the time. Another way to save feed 
is to give such as will make the foowls 
lay plenty of eggs. Corn as an exclu- 
sive ration for the hens in winter will 
not cause them to lay much. While if 
you had feed some different feed at a 
slight additionaal cost you could get 
them to lay enough to pay for the feed 
and a profit besides. 

Still another wa to save feed. Arc 
you feeding several million of lice 
along with your hens? Do you allow 
"ce to swarm your hens and coops, or 
do ou keep them in check? It costs to 
keep lice. A hen covered with lice will 
not ktep in good condition on the same 
amount of feed as would make her fat 
if she were free from them. 

Saving from disease. Of course this 
is economy. A fowl lost by disease 
represents a profit varying from part 
of that of one hen to that of several 
hens, according to the value of the 
fowl. Besides, a sick fowl, if it get^ 
apparently well, loses much time th;it 
might be profitable were it kept well, 
and also after it gets well it may never 
amount to much afterward. 

Practically speaking, it is economy to 
get the most profit from the fowls. 
And it is a loss to allow them to be 
idle at any part of the time. It is this 
kind of work that makes the people 
say there is no profit in fowls. They 
fail to care for them and a loss results. 
Same in all the ways that you can. 
Be economical at least during the time 



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Rules of the Cock Pit 

A De.t little book of pocket aire, well bound In tooffh tag. 
Jeart. Lontiln, all the pit rulo of ihe Dolled Stale., (fanada, 
Ueiloo. Cuba, Eogl.od. Belgium aud France. AI«o has ooii 
prelieDsIre obapter. on Been. Handling, Hurling and nen. 
IMn, nlaUye to the royal .port of cocking. ^ 
By Da. H. P. CLaBO. IndlanapoUi, ln4. 

The Recognized Authority. 

FBICE, SG CENTS. 
Addnw tilt PublUbsr sf thlm P*p«r. 

Ri'les of the Cock-Pit aud Poultry 
Investigator one year 

For 25 Oents, 

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
Clay Center, Nebraska. 



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Give - 

Your Breed- RabicUfe 

ing Does ^ 



During gestation and whi^e nursing 
their young it will enrich the blood 
Improve the appetite, inciease the 
flow of milk, theieby makini; the 
young strong and healthy. 
Give RABICURE a trial and you 

will nevir be without it, 50c a box 

postpaid. 

Vermont Belgian Haie Co. 

Lyndonville, Vt- 



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ved. 



The Esskx CholekaIJc-ki.; and Condition 
PoWDEK is absolutely pure and free from poi- 
son and all other injurious substances and Pos- 
itively Cures and Prevents chicken cholera, 
roup, g-apes and all diseases of the flock. It 
reg-ulates the bowels, blood, dig-estive organs, 
and produces bone, muscle, feathers and larerer 
fowls. Nothinj; on earth will Make Hens Lav 
like it. No matter what kind of food vou use, 
mix with it daily, the Essex Condition Powder. 
Thousands Use It. Price, 60 cents a box by 
mail, "Scents. 6 bo.xes for 53.50. Write for spe- 
cial prices on ten pound lots. Manufactured by 

John J. Kautzmann, 

590 Bergen Sf. Newark, N. J. 




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Uld Homestead Brooder. 

The best on e.-irth. All vour chickens can be 
saved in the Old Homestead Ur.unler. 
Try one. Write for prices. .Address 

Old Homestead Brooder Co., 
MIddloboro, Maam.... 



BUSINESS CATCHERS 



MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartlev, Nebr., Barred 
Rocks, well marked, extra larg-e birds, both 
cocherel and pullet, matiiif? pens. Eg^ys 2.00 
for 15, 3.50 for 30, g-eneral flock, 4.00 per lOO. 
White Wvandottes, Norval and Coffin strains 
direct, 2.tJ0 for 15. 3.50 for 30. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by Isl 
and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock (Knapp strainsj.l.OO 
per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or- 
ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa. 

E(;r,S for hatching-; White Plymouth Rocks 
and White Wyandottes, IS for 1.75. S.C.White 
and Brown Leg-horns, 1.25. Belgian hares for 
sale. S. S. Dunn, 4S50 Chicago Ave., Minnea- 
polis, Minn. 

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
ly pure white, mated to a ^4 5-6 point cockerel, 
large and pure white. F."-''=. 1.50 per IS. No 
stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehm. 
Harvard, Nebr. 

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13 
varieties of thoroughbrad poultry. Eggs for 
hatching from 60c lo 1.25 per setting. Write 
for particulars. O. O. Loraen, Decorah, Iowa. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel 
strain. Pen headed by S25 cock; every hen a 
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance 
to gel the best White blood in the world. H. 
C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville. Kan. 

EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
Wyandottes Sl.SO per IS, S2.50 per 30. Known 
as I. X. L. Poultr.v Yards. Satisfaction guar- 
anteed or monev refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B. 

MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S. prize win- 
ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs 
SI. 50 per 15. Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs 
$1.50 fiirll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska, 

O. I C. SWINE for sale from ore of the best 

herds in state of Illinois. Bookii g order.s now 

for pigs, single, pairs and trios, ft. a'ed Noakin. 

Prices within reach of all. Also eggs from 

large, growlhv Light Brahma and B. P. Rock 

chickens for 'sale at $2.00 per 15 or S3.00 per 30. 

Addre.ss Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111. 

FOR SALE. Two 20U egg size Sure Hntch In- 
cubators. In first class conrtiiiou., will sell 
very cheap, Wtiitu Kock Farm, Wap Ho. 
Iowa. 

OuMB-^' SINGLE Oo-nb Brown LegborDS 
Regular egg niachiues. Stock direct from 
best eastern hreedeis. Eggs for sale 1.01' 
for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian. Neb. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH R0CK5. F,irm raised. 
Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 
cents per II 0. Loudan Red Raspberry 
plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
(Joryville. Pa. 

EGGS. Barred Roeks (Thompson strain) 
White Rocks (Enilre) White Wyandotte 
(Dustor) .Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) 
J.ight Brahma (Felch) la for 1 2S Also a tew 
fine cockerels. L M. Whittaker, aS5 east 
Robie, St. Paul. Minn. 

BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins 
Silver r.aced Wyandottes. Kose Uonib 
Brown Leghorns. Stuck and eggs for sale. 
Price.s very reasonable for quality of stock 
If you want something good write at once. 
O. P. Kurtz, Lawrence,^ Neb. Have tine 
English Berkshire hogs. 

BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred to fine 
bucks scoring 94!-2 at $3-00 each, or 2 does and 
a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. 
Markel, Wahoo. Neb. 

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 

heavily feathered pullets for sale. Egffs$1.50 
per 15. Pen headed bv 2d ckl Nebr. state 
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E 
Bowman. Lawrence, Nebr. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
class and my prices right. I have spared nei- 
ther time or expense to get the best stock- 
Scores from 92'-^ to 95K. Eggs for sale, $1.50 
per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free 
E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw, Neb. 

P. NEWCOMB, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has the 
largest loft of fancy pigeons in the west to se- 
lect from, having ail Iheleading colors in Eng- 
lish and Bohemian Pouter.s. Fantails, Arch- 
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers, 
Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows, Magpies, 
White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale. 

DAINTY FOLDER FREE telling all about 
our noted strain of While Plymouth Rockn 
and why I sell 15 eggs for '$1.50. Geo. F. 
Stanton & Sons, Bo.-c F, Hennepin, 111. 

DON'T YOU TELL if we sell you White Ply- 
mouth eggs from a strain that others are sell- 
ing for 3 to 5 dollars a setting and we charge 
but Sl.SO per setting. Our novel folder free. 
Geo. P. Stanton & Sons Hennepin, 111. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

before youo have reached an independ- 
ent business. By this, I mean that you 
should be more economical when you 
are struggling to get a business built 
up. After you have got your business 
well started and paying exceedingly 
well, then you can waste more than 
you could at the start and not make 
a serious loss. 

Yet after your business is well built 
up you cannot lose anything by being 
economical theru 



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CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS. 

Or.tmeal is often recommended as 
a teed for young chicks, but is rather 
expensive in most localities. 

1 have found bread crumbs and 
cornmeal, slightly moistened with 
sweet milk or water, a good feed; also 
millet seed and the timothy and clover 
seed that is wasted on many barn 
floors. 

Some hemp seed may be given for a 
change and as soon as they can swal- 
low whole wheat it may be given for 
the evening feed. Never make the food 
wet enough to be slopped, and pro- 
vide plenty of clean water in clean, 
shallow drinking vessels. Sardine or 
the square, flat cans that raw oysters 
are put up in are very good if one 
hasn't a drinking fountain. Give them 
warm coops on cold nights and cool 
ones on warm nights, by having 
boards or screens for doors. Keep the 
coops clean and dry. Scald once a 
week to kill any vermin that may have 
found a hiding place. Diarrhoea is the 
most common of all complaints among 
chicks, and may be caused by cold, 
lice, raw food and hard boiled eggs. 

.Should this disease appear and no 
lice are present, make a complete 
change in the feed. A good remedy is 
to break a raw egg into a cup of boiled 
milk, after cooling, and thicken with 
dry bread, adding a pinch of ginger. 

A laxative is seldom needed, but 
m?y be given in the form of cour milk 
or bran. 

If the chicks are kept housed or 
yarded, some green food, such as let- 
tuce, cabbage, kale, turnip tops, etc.. 
must be given. Also keep fine gravel 
or broken dishes pounded quite fine, 
sand and charcoal where they can al- 
ways get it. 

The mother hens must have wood 
ashes or dust. This is a great help to- 
ward ridding them of vermin. 

JESSIE L. 



White Plume Poultry Yards 



will sell W. P. Rock eggs from prize 
winners at $1.50 per 1.5 or $4.00 per 45; 
incubator eggs at -SS.OO per 100. 

White Wyandotte eggs at $1.25 per 
15 or $3.00 per 45. 

White Guinea eggs $1.2.3 per Hi or 
$•2.00 per 30. 

Guinea Pig^s for sale. 

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
Dallas Center, - - lowa. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 

(Exclusively.) 
Farm Ranee. ... oood Stock 

Eggs that will hatch, $i.00 per 100. 
$1.00 per 15. 

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
White Wyandottes Exclusively . . 

Pullets Scoring as high as 93'4 by 

Green. Pen headed by cock scoring 

94 by Myers, the Pan-American 

Judge. Eggs $1 per 15; $i. per 

50. Orders tilled promtly. 

G.T. Kar&;es, - Fairbury, Neb. 



WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS 

No ^In.u l.ii.N l.,r ...il,. ii.uv, but have a lot of 

nice pets l' 1 l.ncd.-is .u 7.V. Si and Sl.SO per 

P?;i'i™"''"' '■I'-''"' ■' ''■"■ I''''""* "' "VEhhOVf AN- 
CIENTS, the beautiful (lerman Toy Pig-eon at 
two dollars per pair. Watch for my fall sale 
announcement of fine poullrv and ba'ntani.s. 

C- D. McCLASKY, 

Judge and Breeder. Papillion, Neb. 

»S-Sec'y Treas. Neb. Piy-eun Fancier's Ass'n. 



To those who wish to join our State 
Pigeon Association we will say th» 
membership fee is one dollar. This 
amount includes your dues for the first 
vear. You pay one dollar a year into 
the treasury each year thereafter. 



NOW IS YOUR TIME to get a start in pure 
White P. Rocks, 30 ejrps for Sl.OO balance of 
season. The.v are good as the best. F. J. 
Kolasa, DuBois, Neb. 

BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN, Poultry Yards, 
High .scoring Buff Cochins, Black Langshans 
a specialty; cockerels $1.50; trios S3.S0, pen SS; 
Eggs $1 per 15; $1.75 per 30. Satisfaction 
Guaranteed. D. R. Walker, Boscobel, VV is. 

EGGS HALF PRICE— Barred Rocks, Hawkins 
Strain, 30 forSl.OO, $2.50 per 100, brimze Tur- 
key eggs $1.50 per ten; Pedigreed Belgian 
Hares. Catalogue. Elmer Gimlin, Rose- 
mond. 111. 

A. STRANSKY, Chilton, Wis. Breeder of 
Black Langshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W. 
Golden and Buff Wvandottes, S. C. Brown 
and Buff Leghorns, W. and B. Minorcas 
Houdans,. Eggs, 1.50 per fifteen. B. Turkey 
eggs, 1.50 per 'I. Pekin and Rouen ducks 1.50 
per 11. Red Tumblers, nm per pair. 

FOR SALE. Lisdit Brahmas. I. K. Felch strain 
none better. Single birds or brcedini: pens. 
Eggs from stock birds scoring 't23'l", bv Rus- 
sell, I. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Befge'n, Pe- 
tersburg, Neb. 

PINE BROOK PoultJT Farm. Barred Ro«ks, 
winners at the big F"t. Wayne show; first ckl, 
first, second and third pullets; first pen. W. 
Wyandottes, Buff Rocks I. R. Ducks, errgs 
2.00 per setting. W. P. Smalley, Napoleon. 
Ohio. ■ '^ 

HOUDANS exclusively. Winners at Peu- 
American, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi- 
cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eggs only 2.00 
per i5 straight. Stock reasonable. My birds 
will not disappoint in breeding pen or show- 
room. S. D. Lance. Troy, Ohio. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS e.vclusively. 
Eggs fifteen for 2.00. from my best pens. Pure 
white, good yellow legs, low combs. You are 
sureof prize w-inners. (F' ihel stock) Only a 
few settings to spare. K E, Cunningham, 
Ada. Ohio. . ^. '^ 



B. P. Rocks. 

Descendants from winners. Eggs 
$1.00 per IS, S.^.OO per V20. Toulouse 
(ieese eggs r)Oc per 9. Satisfactiou 
inured. 
ludwlg Uehling, R K. 1. Hooper, Neli 



The Best 

BUFF WY.VNDOTTRS in the world 
are t • be found at Shnshan N. Y. 
Ihave some of them. Forry of this 
years breeders for sale at $2.00 each. 
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15. 

J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. 

After May lOth l^'^;t::i^ 

stock at very low figures. These birds 
hav<- brought me pullets that scored 
i)0, il'Jji and '.13. All these birds will be 
as I represent them. Eggs after the 
10th of May will be $-.MlO per l.'>, or 
three settings for $.")-0(). 

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la 



FOeSllLE! Light Brahmas, 

l'"elch vStrain. None better. Hggs 
from stock scoring 92 to 93}^, 
$1.50 per 15. White Wj'an- 
dot"te eggs $1.25 per 15. 

Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb 



EGG REDUCTION . . . 

We are done hatching and have 
turned our breeding pens together on 
range-egg- $1.00 per KS; $1 .^0 per 30. 
From (locks on other farms $4 OJ per 
100. Now, as always, first class White 
Leghorns. 

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

WINNERS ^'"V. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
SIX YEARS Oak, la., won l.st Cock, 1st 
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
Eggs $2. .50 per !■'>. 

H. R. McLean, 
Osceola, - - Iowa 



It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
trained 

Fox Terrier Doe;. 

Our dogs are taught to parole the 
place night and day. Write, Nevada 
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
,^-Males $10.00: females $5.00. 

g ^ From prize winning Golden 
CggS Wvandottes, $2. per i:!, scor- 
inir from '.to'to n^'-i, by Shellenherger. 



«..'^':.H''"'iei, 



Keota, III. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
Cornish Indiatrv GaLmes 

Our poultry papers are filled w itli the 
praise of Plymouth Rocks, Wvandottes 
and other attractive birds, but we sel- 
dom see the Cornish Indian Games 
mentioned or hear their praise. Yet 
they' are gaining popularity very rap- 
idly and bid fair to take the lead as a 
general purpose fowl in the near future. 
Having moved to our new home at Bel- 
ton, Mo., I have resolved to devote my 
entire time to the caring for and breed- 
ing of my fowls, to try to meet my cus- 
tomers' demand for stock and eggs. 

Eight years ago I began breeding 
tlioroughbred fowls. I tried twelve dif- 
ferent varieties, but soon discarded all 
l)ut the Cornish Indian Games, and have 
never had cause to regret my choice. 
I have bred them exclusively for six 
years. As egg producers, games rank 
with any of the ordinary breeds. I have 
had hens three years old lay as well 
as pullets, and this in January, too. 

The eggs of the Cornish Indian 
Games vary in color from very light to 
a dark brown. I am a little partial to 
a nice brown egg, therefore am select- 
ing nice brown eggs to set, and when 
I get my strain established they shall 
be known as the brown egg strain. As 
mothers they are excellent, setting well, 
and as protectors of their young they 
have no superiors. They will attack 
dogs, cats, and almost any of the depre- 
dators of the chicken yard. The yare 
not chmisy, and do not step on and 
crush their chicks, as do many of the 
large breeds. They stand confinement 
well, but are the best of foragers if 
allowed to roam. Give them free range 
and I will guarantee they will not 
starve if theire is a single bug or worm 
on the farm, for they will find him. 
Their chief delight is to work. 

The Cornish Indian Games have 
more admirers among the fanciers and 
breeders for broilers than any other 
breed, being noted for a very delicious 
flavor of meat. They dress excellently, 
having a nice yellow skin and legs, 
which is a quality admired very much 
in market poultry. 

While I am not in favor of breeding 
for beauty alone, I think it should not 
be entirely ignored. What fowl is more 
beautiful than a well-bred Indian game 
lien, the bright brown shaft and glossy 
green lacing making a beautiful con- 
trast. In them we have a fowl for the 
farmer, the broiler raiser, the egg pro- 
ducer, and the fancier. Anyone who 
has haldled game fowls is aware of 
their deceptive appearance. While slim 
in outline and small in stature, their 
wo'clit. \\lu-n r.>nipared with birds of 
' I' '"' Lrf-nerallv one-third 



High Hill . 



Poultry Yards 

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
Tnikf-y-- Hte bred fi-otii urlzn winners 
Hiid are winuers. utaUing almost clefLn 
sweep wheriviT sliown. Youiic Tophs 
$.")t>aeh; ['uUet.s, K 50 t,o$:i OOeaeh. My 
Kock-* aPB noierl fnr shape and oratitre 
COUired legs. 90 point (. o kercl.s. $;.r.O 
eacli; HI to 9214 point CMrl<er(ls$iOO: 
piieh Piiliei, Dot •.cored. »l 00 earh. 

Mrs. Wm. Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 



CROWELL'S 

Buff Orping t ons. 

Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. lid, 4th and 5. 
Hens I'it, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs, 
$.S.OO per 15, $.").00 per :iO. Two trios 
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 00 per 
trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. 

F. A. Croweil, Granger, Minn. 

Silver Lace Wvandottes 
White Wyandottes : : : 

, j^^j , Buff Leghorns 

Pekin Ducks... 

All first class stock. Eggs for sale. 
MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
Imperial, Neb. 

Barred Rock Eggs, 

—For Hatchlns;.— 

Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is 
What you want. Try mine this year. 
$1.50 for 15, $2.50 for ,S0, $3.00 iior 45. 

A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 



Bronze lufieys 



sale. Write for prii 



C. E. BROWNING, 

Falrbury, Nebr. 



ffi Black Minorcas. a 



No. 1 stock, up to weight and 



® 



the best of color. Eggs S2 per ® 
13. No stock for sale. ® 

® 



Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb. 



1 



DON'T SET HENSr 



umbUH, Npb. 



BU Y STOOK and EGGS from hiph scoring- 
WIlIl'E LAXIJSHANS and BTTKF KOCKS. 



e winter layer.s. Clieap for quality. Esrirs 
$1.50 per 1.";. Mrs. L. MUMi'OWKli. Duroc 
" ;ev rics. ■\V.Jj. MnMPOWER. 

Clulicnlhe. Mo, 



greater. 

This is a noble breed, and is destined 
to become one of the leading varieties 
when once their . merits are better 
known. MRS. E. CORDER. 

Grand River Valley Poultry Farm, 
Belton, Mo. 



Each season we leran something ne\? 
and maybe several things — tliat is, it is 
new to us. For a number of seasons 
I have operated from one to three in- 
cubators during the season and several 
different makes, and yet I don't know 
it all about running an incubator — lacl. 
One thing is, that with an incubator 
which has a nursery underneath the egg 
try it is unnecessary to open the ma- 
chine from the time the first egg is pip- 
ed until the hatch is completed. If there 
arc any chicks that cannot get out ot 
the shell alone, they better be left in, 
for they will never be worth anything 
anyway. 

."Vnd now aliout that "moisture ques- 
tion?" \\c run our incubator all last 
season and have took off two good 
hatches this season without the use of 
mo'sture. One hatch this season we 
had 87 chicks from 89 tested eggs. Our 
incunbators are not supposed to be non- 
moisture and are fitted up with moist- 
ure pans, etc. 

Query, if we can make good hatches 
without moisture in a dry season, how 
much moisture must we use during a 
wet season? R. R. FRENCH. 

Ford City, Mo. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
Free Barred Plymouth Rock 



19 



Circular telling about my su- 
perb Barred Rocks. Yards 
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prizewinners from 
prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00. 

PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 



The Richmond County Poultry As- 
sociation will hold its third annual show 
at Olney, 111., Jan. T, 8, 9 and 10, 190.3. 
Chas. McCIave, judge. The officers are 
H. I. Morse, president; Mrs. E. E. Ed- 
wards, vice-president; Geo. B. Hall, 
assistant secretary, all of Olney; Edw, 
E. Dalton, secretary-treasurer, Parkers- 
burg, 111. EDW. E. DALTON. 




You can Raise Chickeus 

— if you use — 

Pinkerton's Perfection 

Chick Food. 

The Critical Age of Small Chicks. 



bet 



llii- fourth 



Price 
Add 



Clay Center 



Mim- small chit 
and fiirhth days than any olber ten days of 
their ^Towth. 'Several thin;^'s have a tendency- 
to bowel trouble. The kind of food comes in 
for its share. It usually takes abi>ut four days 
t.. a-et sick and two to f.>ur days to die in. The 
first feeds are the important ones. Clean grain, 
seeds irrit and muscle irrt)wer ni.-iterial is what 
Ihev need. The liisl hn.l is lb,, volk which 
lh.-\ .ibsorb. This sli,,uM 1 ir ili.-ir entire feed 
the lirst iliirtv t.ililtv h.Hiis. I'lien Ulev are 
reailv for small f.-e,ls ,,l k ii m 1,1,-iiacks. The 
material-in nr- Pinker on- chick Food 
takes the place of frn-eii siuh. hi 
to the g'reatest decree possiMe 
anced ration for smalU hicks, rliicks twenty 
days old are practically raised. To saye a 
lafire per cent of them past eight days old is 
where the profits come in. Chicks can be raised 
without this food, but they can be raised more 

2s pound sack fjoes a long way with young- chicks. It is far more econom- 

and far more successful. Try a dollar sack ot this food. 

M. M. JOHNSON, Inventor Sure Hatch Incubator. 

25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $1.50; lOO lbs$3.00. 
ress MRS. Al^NA L. PINKERTON, 

Nebraska- 



rll bal- 



Troy, Mo., March 20, 1902. 
The Lincoln oCunty Poultry Associa- 
tion will hold its next show at Troy, 
Mo., Jan. 13-1.5, lfl03. The officers are 
as fololws: President, Geo. S. Town- 
send: secretary, Stuart L. Penn; treas- 
urer, J. L. Sbafer; supt., Jno. Kemper; 
Judge, J. W. Wale. Please put us on 
your list of show dates. Yours truly. 
STUART L PENN, Scc'y. 



Viola. 111. 
Anna L. Plnkerton, Clay Center, Neb. 
Dear Madam: — Received the 25 lbs. 
Chick Food, and I cannot praise it too 
much. Have not lost one from my 
last hatch. I never saw chicks grow 
so fast. I give your food the entire 
credit. Yours respectf ullyi, 

Mrs. Gilbert Chiirchil. 



HiQH Qi A^-^ RAf?P»=^P P. ROCKS 

"""" MILES STRAINS.! 

BLACK LAIMGSHANS 

We are selling all our this year's breeding hens at a bargain. Write us for 
description and prices. 

. . . BIG BARGAINS . . . 

MR. and3MRS. A. UPTON & SON, 

Former address Falrbury, Neb. MOHASKA, KAS. 



BUFF ROCKS. 
W. WYANDOTTES. 
BARRED ROCKS. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 



-s®- ®® ® ® e® ®® @- ® 



Eggs. 

Only $3.00 per SO or $5.00 per 100 from our 
white breeds. $4.00 per SO or $7.00 per 100 
from our best pens— Hawkins. Dustin. Felch 
strains. Bred to win and to plea.^e. We guar- 
antee our eggs to be as srood as the best and 
positively thoroug-hbred of the best stai.dard. 
The above low oflf.r is for this season only. 
Catalofrue free. Member of American Buflf 
Rock Club. 



JAMES Q. MYERS, 



Oaks, Pa. 



These Eggs Will Hatch 



aud snow 



cbiclcs that liHve lich yellow li- 
white plumage. 

White Plymouth Rocks. iri)'per'irf'r"or^peu':^o.''l;^l(i)Trrr '"'■ '' 

Mrs. M. C, Downing, ElkCjtj, Kao^ 



20 

LARGE PIGEON RANCH. 

According to recent reports publisli- 
c(l in several poultry and pigeon pa- 
l)ers and in several of the leading mag- 
azines of this coyntry, the largest pig- 
eon ranch in the world is located near 
l-os Angeles, Calif. About fifteen thou 
sand pigeons are kept on this ranch, 
which we believe is the only establish- 
ment of its kind in America. 

The pigeon ranch covers about eigiit 
acres of sandy ground and there i'- 
plenty of running water on the place. 
The main building is sixty feet in length 
and twenty feet high and contains five 
or six thousand nests. There are five 
other good sized pigeon houses on the 
place. At any time of the day these 
houses are literally covered with birds. 

The owner of this ranch sends about 
forty thousand squabs to market an- 
nually. The price per dozen for the 
birds is generally about $3.00, but some- 
times it runs up to $10. The gross in- 
come is estimated at about $9,000 per 
lannum. The expense of keeping the 
enormous flock of pigeons averages 
$5.00 a meal, the birds being fed three 
times a day. The amount of food con- 
sumed daily is about twelve sacks of 
screenings, eight sacks of wheat and a 
large amount of boiled meal. 

Once a week the houses and nests are 
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and 
the thousands of birds appear to be per- 
fectly healthy. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Drop me a postal card today asking for 
description of niatings and price of 
eggs for hatchiiif,'. 

W. S. RUSSELL, 

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 



We would like to see some of our 
Western fanciers take up the breeding 
of Pigmie Pouters. These little fellows 
are one of the most interesting breeds 
we have. 



GLEN RAVEN EGGG FARM 
NOTES. 

Written for The Investigator. 

The thorough poultry industry is a 
great and growing enterprise. The 
country is covered with fanciers of 
many classes. Selling eggs for hatch- 
ing is one of about the best paying 
branches of the business, and one of 
about the most vexing. There is :i 
great deal of disappointment experi- 
enced in this part of it. So inany 
breeders of limited range yard their 
fowls entirely too close, the stock bi;- 
come overfat and worn out of their 
prison that their vitality is worn out 
and they are "done for" for a life 
time. All the attention possible will 
not bring such stock back to their 
former health and vigor. This applies 
more to the heavy breeds than the 
light ones, but it can be found true of 
both classes. We all know full well 
that it is no more difficult to get a 
- ,'rl__)iatch frnni ' ■ ' .- i - i ''i' 
W e "w iIi'uu'unu^. „ 




OAKESii: 



^:^^im. 



the standards fur others. 
OUeH'Hjrdro Safely I.nnip75f- to #2.70, 
OnltPB* Imp. Uftfer ThtrmDHtnt, SI. 35. 
Oakea* New Aluminum R<>Eiilnlor. 



L. R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 Gth Street, Bloomlngton, 




aSUBS IS£:S THE lOOS 

Noxall Incubator 




IT HAS 



eRegtiUtlng, 

1 out bow 
a&ulogue 



VeDtllitiDgaod M 

_ tlfget ine'FREE! _- 

plvesa remedy for every known poultry discftae, 4c. (or poB- 
tBgo circular aod price llat Tree. * 

Noxall Incabntor Co., Q,ali>cy, 111, 



These are white, fine Wyandotte shape 
and heavy winter layer.s. Score 92 

, to !!.') by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb. 
State Show winners, $2.00 for l.">. 
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at 
reducid prices balance of season. 

CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb. 



Brown's Roup Remedy. 

For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won- 
derful antiseptic, soothing and heal- 
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup, 
cankered mouth, chicken pock and 
cholera. Invaluable for horses and 
cattle. Ouickly heals galls and pre- 
vents and removes proud flesh. Price 
3Sc per package. Sole proprietor and 
manufacturer. Aijents wanted in 
all the principal cities of the U. S. 

Robert Brown. Port RichmDnd 

Richmond Borough, N. Y 




J^ B^RG^IISr ... 

I have two pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks 
each containing one male and eight females. 
E^ B. Thompson stock, will sell at ... . 

. . $15.00 PER PEN . . 

if taken soon as 1 am obliged to move and 
cannot take them. The cockerels cost 
$10.00 each. All one year old, 

ph^kerton & CO , 

Clay Center, Neb 



tail's Practical Brooder. 

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications, 
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
your own use, for $1.00. These brooders work out doors or in; can be cleaned 
In two minutes, are cheap and will last a life time. They have a floor space 
of 2x0 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar. 



Pen No. 1. is headed by the 
Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d 



I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS. 

cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1000 

prize cockerel at Chicago, I'.IOl. These birds are mated to some of my choice 

females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, fl.OO per l.i. 

Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100. 



D. W. GRANT, 



Almena, Kan. 



THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 

FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 




Chalk 
Whito 
Wyandottes. 



Buff Orpingtons- 
Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
isfaction assured. 

GiB. CLARY ^ai••btt^y, Nebr. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 

winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, 
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92 
At three shows in last two years 
won II firsts, (i seconds,' 6 thirds 
and specials, Coci^erels for sale. 
Eggs $1.50 per setting 
J. F. Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. D&kota 
—Vice-President State Association,— 



When you write mention the Investigator 



Standard of Perfection 

Revised Edition, 1900. 



This work is issued by the American 
Poultry Association. It is a book of 
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
tains the only official descriptions of 
the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
this Standard that all poultry judges 
base their awards. Every experienced 
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
requirements to which his stock must 
be bred. 

Ttie Standard of Peffection 

— AND— 

Ttie Poultff InvEstigatof 

One Year, for $1.00 

Address, 

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 

CLAY CENTER, : : : : nKBRARKA 



White . 

Langshans 

Exclusively 



Eggs from 
stock scor- 
ing frotn 90 
to 95 points, 
$1.50 per 15; 
$2.75 per 30; 
this season 
only. Some 

good Ckls. for sale with score 
cards by Ben S. Myers. 

All Stock Farm Raised. 

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
Rock Port, - Missouri 



BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 

C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 

Eggs from the four best breeds in the 
country, at $1.25 per setting for next 
'Ml days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons 
and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few 
trios of B. Orpingtons for sale. 

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 



Black Langshansm — 

Of 30 of my prize-winning Black Lang- 
shans entered at State Fair and Neb. 
State Show the past 2 years, I won 
25 1st, ;i 2d, and 1 Sd; Eggs $2.00 for 
15, $3.59 t r 30. 

J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 



A RARE CHANCE . . 

To get a start in W. P. Rocks from 
as good stock as can be found in 
America. I will sell eggs from my 
noted prize winners the balance of 
the season for half price. Don't 
miss a bargain. 

M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kas. 



EGGS 

$3.50 for 15 
$4.50 for 30 
IMy aim, 
fertile e^gr, 
hardy 
duck, bred 
to win best 
to lay. 



STOPI 

«S- KCSE and SINGLE, -S* 
Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg- 
horns. Winners wherever shown. 
Only strong robust stock in my 
pens and you will not regret it if 
you send j'our order for eggs to 

Erie Aurollus, 
Perry, Lake ce. Ohio 



When you write mention the Invepiigator. 



If you want .... 

Belg:ian Hares 

Call on or write to 

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 

Old Orchard, Mo. 

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 

WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
100 Hares to choose from. 



®®(] 



Buff Orpingtons 

S AND 

I White Wyandottes 



W I never have failed to win in 

ffl largest shows. Birds score from 

® 90to95>^. 

i C ROCKHILL, 

$ Harvard, Nebraska. 



2i 

heavy breeds than of the light ones. 
I have purchased eggs from the lead- 
ing fanciers of the heavy breeds and 
I know how I came out, using "moth- 
er hen" all the time as an incubator. 
There are few of the leading fanciers 
of today vcho live with their fowls. If 
they trust the care of them to hired 
help it may be' well in some cases, but 
I venture it is poor attention in many 
instances. 

Most every one knows how to mate 
fowls, but how many make it their 
individual business to see to it that all 
conditions are favorable for best re- 
sults in the hatching and the progeny 
of their stock. Most everyone who 
has lived on a farm and paid any at- 
tention to fowls know that the farm 
range hens' eggs will produce a bet- 
ter per cent of chicks from the same 
number of eggs than the fanciers who 
yard their stock close year in and 
year out. Then if we would bring 
about best results we must so yard 
our breeding stock that they well 
have ample range to exercise, as does 
the farm hen. They don't need all 
outdoors for this purpose, but they do 
require room enough that they don t 
feel confined, and so that when a 
strange person enters the yards they 
can get out of the way, and not fly 
out of the pens. The grass should 
support the fowls, or, in other words, 
when the yards are kept bare all 
summer they are overstocked. I have 
known this a long time. I have 
tried both kinds of yards and have 
noted results. I have ample room to 
spread (although our land is worth 
$400 or $500 per acre) we are spread- 
ing out in the business about as fast 
as our business requires, our land is 
planted to fruit and our yards are in 
the orchards. Pears, cherries, plums, 
etc. The fowls are a benefit to the 
trees and the falling fruit the same 
to the fowls. 

We are running three incubators, 
one (lamp) brooder, and three hot 
water jug brooders at this writing. 
Keep five lamps burning all the time 
and 500 eggs in process of incubation, 
and it may be of interest to mention 
that we have one hot air and one 
hot water and one hot air and hot 
water combined incubators at work. 
We don't have much time to play mar- 
bles or go out pleasure seeking. 

Giving the stock more range means 
more steps each day for the attend- 
ant, but there is a whole lot of com- 
fort in it to know that when we set 
or sell eggs that there will be a sat- 
isfactory hatch come off. 

E. W. GEER. 
Farmington, Mo. 



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WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

l>iOw is the time and David City, Neb , 
is the place to buy epgs that will 
start you rijfht. (Kgg's are i atching- 
(food. Our birds were prize winners 
at the Nebraska State Show, 1902. 
Write for prices. 

J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr 




^iQUEEN CITYa^ 

BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

One of the leading^ schools of the west' 
Larg'e attendance. Great demand for 
its graduates. Expenses low. Address 

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

The kind that win and lay eggs. 
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 

Lock box 500. 

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 

Edson's Keslstered Strain, from a long line 
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them 
a spi'cliilty for 19 yeara. Now oCFerlnK fine 
pxlilblllon and grand bfpeding stock of both 
IWHiand 1901 hatch at moving price if tal<en 
Mion. t^rnd for illustrated circular with 
half-tnnes of meritorious birds. Address, 

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 



Pan-American Houdan Yards, 

— Wauseon, Ohio. — 

Breeder of yne exhibition Houdans. 
Breeders score from 92toi)534. Head- 
ed by cock 94 >2. Prices reasonable. 

Henry Weichmann, 

Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio. 



Eggs 



Thorouehbred Barred P. Rock eees 
two dullars per setting of fifteen, (iol 
den Sebright Kantatns, two dollars 
citing of fifteen. Col.>rcd Muscovy ducks, 
lollars per setting of eleven. My stock 
nil str.>iiii and vigorous and have farm 
e. All eirgs shipped will be strictly fr< 



Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. 

Clover liidge Poultry Kurm. Route No. 



Black Langshan, )yh''^J*A '*?<:''■ i^- 

" C. Buff Orpington 

W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
Pekin Uuck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at 
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
ribbons from 1 to 5. Poor hatches du- 
plicated at half price. 

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

EGG ORDEfiS. Book now fof Houston, 



p. R 2 mating.", score from 90 to 
_ O^'/z. Eggs $.'i. per I.'). $r> per 100. 
♦ Buff Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards 
solid buff wing and ami tail, eggs 
$,') per 1,'), $S per :)0 Buff Orping: 
ton;, 1 yaid, eggs Sli per 15, $5 
per 30 Buff' Orpingtons, 1 yard 
eggs S2 per 1,5, $5 per -lO. 

Winners wherever shown. 
Won more first and seconds than 
any other man. Guarantee good 
hatches, true to name and fresh. 



A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 



Please Let Me Tell You 

My BuiT Cochins have again won their 
share of the ribbons at tlie McUook SIiow. To 
make room for mv breeding pens 1 will sell 
trios, pens and -ingles at bargnins for the 
next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
Eggs In season. 

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 



Blue Barred ^ 
Plymouth Rocks 

Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per SO, $S.OO 

per 100. Our stock is first class. 
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr 

My Buff Orpingtons 

At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made 
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
you are going to buy eggs send for my 
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

JOHN A LING 

Harvard - - Nebraska 



Black Langshans— 

Tho winter layers, of standard 

weights, good colored plumage 

\S/_^ and eyes, well feathered shanks 

"Tl^" no scrube among them. Score 

9.3 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 



C U. Hurlburt, 



Fai.bury, Neb. 



SILVER WYANDOTTES 

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
eight State Shows and many other large 
shows, winning more premiums than all 
other competitors of this variety combined. 
(Jood birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens 
15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred 
stock, farmrange. lUO. $4. 

mps J. Ul. CAUSE, 

Empofia, I^an. 



Buff Rocks 
Pekin Ducks 
Toulouse Geese 
Bronze Turkeys. 



MRS. FLORA 
SHROYER, 

Perry, O. T. 



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Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 

BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively. 

Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00. 

Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb. 



Satisfied People. 

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Incubators and Brooders. 

If tht^y are not Balmtieil we rtfuurf thtir 
moDt-y. L&rgerbBlchea, pel feci BVHteai 
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Poultry Supplies 

Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
per 100. 

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, fl 
per 60. 

Standard of Perfection each $1. 

Spray Pumps each 75c. 

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 

Conkey's Roup Cure 50c land 1.00 a 
box. 

Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
100 pounds. 

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
Cure 50c and $1 a box. 

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 

Midland Poultry Food at factory 
prices. 

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
Center, $12. 

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
per 100 pounds $1.20 

Litne Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O* 
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 

Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 

Clay Center, Nebr, 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 



23 



For 




All kinds 
of fancy pg- 
eons. Prices 
reasonable. 



Toulouse g-eese eg-g-s 20c each. Rouen 
duck eg-ffs 18 for 11.00. White Hol- 
land Turkey eggs, $1..TO for 9. Also 
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-- 
horns, S. S. Hamburg's, C. I. Game;-, 
Buflf Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buif 
and Silver Laced Wy a ndottes. Poul- 
try eggs, 1.5 for $1.00. Yards score 
from 90 to 94J2 points. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. 

D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 



If you Succeed You musthave a Pull! 

Get it hy buying- eggs from Pinkerton 
and Go's Ring-let Strain of B. P. 
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown. 
Eg-gs per setting, $2.00. Two set 
tings for fn.SO. Address 

PINKERTON & Co. Clay Center, Neb. 

L,ock Box 24. 



Barred Plymoutli Kocks 



stock for sale. Prices rea- 
sonable. Egg.s 1st yard, 
$2.00 per IS. 2d yard, $1.00 
per 15, $4.00 per hundr d. 

Mrs. A. B. Jones, 

Abilene - . . - Kansas. 



POULTRY ff?. 



at CUT PRICEb 

CATALO0UK>'"Ki;i 

Ent. Co.Cnlumbui. C 



Morning Viewggoi 
Poultry Yards. 




.HAVE. 



..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
red, full above the eyes. 

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 

James M. Perkins, 

RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 



H.-. wW ORPINGTONS 
DVIII LEGHORNS 

a^nd Brown Leghorns 

Young or old stock, first class birds cheap 
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time 
M.& F. HERMAN. 

Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 



Conkey's 
Roup Cure 



Cure (iuaranteed! 

THE only remedy positively 
known to cure roup In all Its 
forma as loug^as-the-fowl can 
see to drink. For Oanker, es- 
pe ally In pigeons, this cure excels 
all others. Uno 50;cent package manes 35 gallons of medicine. Directions with 
cTerv package. If It falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small sIzb 50c. large $1. 
Conkey's Louse Killer never falls to Hll. Try It. 35 cents per package, and 
I.T cents ext' a for postage 

Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonlo will keep your fowls In perfect 
health, and pro. uce uiorv eggs than any -.linll:.r prenaratlnn. 25 cents per package 
and I.'i cenis extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY <S. CO.. Clevelcvnd, O. 

Faclfl ■ roast agi^tits; Petaluma Incubator Co.. I'etaluma. (Jal. Eastern wholesale 
office; .No.s Park Place, New York City and S,H. I. Co., t^hiy Center. Nehr. Knr 
s:ile liy all pcmltry supply houses. ^?-AirHnIs wanted. 



Union Lock Poultry Fence. 

For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 




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Stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 

Your dealer should handle this line — if not, -write us for 
prices. Catalogue free. 

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\ FRANK MYERS, 
(Free Port, III., U.S. A. 

S Box 20. 

i Breeder "f * — 

I Barred Plymouth Rocks 

%Thpy are Barred Rlsht and eood 
5 size. KefTs 15 for I3. 30 for |:t.50. 
5 50 for 4.00. 100 for 7.00. 




Also manufacturer of| 
Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 



Band 



The acknowledged leader. 12 fors 
15c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 for ( 
75c. Samples and circular. of t 
Barred Kocks mailed t 

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lY. «/« Cheney f ^ 

Breeder of 
Thoroughbred Pouhry, 

BOX 68-^ ~trCVBK, MO 



Varieties.— B. P. Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan- 
andottes. Partridge Cochins. S. C. B. Minorcas. S, C. 
W. Lee-horns, S. and R. C. B. Leehorns. PeUin Ducks. 
Euffs tor hatching. «1 00 per setting, $3.00 for SO. 

Write for my new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
quotes prieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 



W. J. CHENEY. 

Crawford Co. 



-^%r-CUBA, MO 




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our prices on your work. Address, 

Poultry Investigator 

Clay Center, Neb. 



POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 

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Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale 
vou can positively check the mortality by using : : : : 

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a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it 
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Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
or money refunded. Testimonials on 
applicatior Reference: Rising City 
Bank. 

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MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 

■ c^ii BPP.p.np.pg op r:^ ,„ 

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
Pekin Ducks. 

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d 

cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne- 

braska;State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 

pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel - 

a first prize on every bird entered. 

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 

FRIEND, .... NEBRASKA. 



RARRFII B'^^^^^'^ Bros. 

ROCKS. 



New York winners 
is what my flock is built from. Win- 
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. 



</. R, Hendarson, 

Sta. B. Route i. 

Columbus, Om 



Mines' Liquid Lice Killer. 

Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when 
used in conjunction with Hlties' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg 
basket. Directions for making 2.5c each. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs 
$1.00 for IS. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs $1.00 per 9. 

Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut., Kan. 



Golden Wyandottes. 

Highest Grade, Healthy Vlgor- 

ousji Stock, from careful 

Matlngs. 

S. p. VAN NORT, S.'igsS*'"'' 



1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
94-9234: -91 34 and 91, ■4' by Butterfield. 
3 seconds at same show 1900. Ist 
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
or sale. Write for full information 



Meyer's Langshans 




80 good 
ones to 



ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
Score iSgJ^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 



o^o^o^o^ 



L. E. Meyers, 

Bowling Green, Missouri. 



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' MRS. PilNl^ERTON'S 
•t CMJCK FOOD ^ 



You can raise Chickens I Silver Laced Wyandottes. 



— If you use — 

Pinkerton's Perfection 

CHICK 
FOOD. 

It contains everything that is essential 
to the chick's life. Not a pound of 
material in it that is not the best 
the market afiord?. It is equal to 
any chick food now on the market. 

Price 25 lbs $1.00. 50 lbs $1.50. 100 lbs $3.00 
Manufactured by 

MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON, 
Clay Center, - Nebr. 



GREER'S PEDIGREED 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

are in my breedme yens for 190: 
ers get esfi« from Ih" 

Pftiiltry Btliihits Proptily Judged 



EiT'-'s from my birds never fail to produce Prize Win- 
neks. The best place to bay eggs is from a breeder 
who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird," 
•Lady Blue" and the best I have raised for three years 
Every bird a beauty and barred to the skin. My custom- 
hens I use for myself. Send tor booklet of matings. 

0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Inl 



BUFF ORPINGTONS. 



Write for Circular. 



H, H. CAMPBELL, 



Winners 1, S, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show^, 1902 against 
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per 
15, 2nd, pen, $2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per 15. 



Osceola, Nebr* 



If your hens do not lay try our Grits. 

We have several tons that MUST BE 
I DISPOSED OF and we will ship you 
at our ton rates F. O. B.: 100 lbs. Pearl 
Mica Grit, 75c ; 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam 
Shell Grit, 75c ; lOO lbs. Limestone Grit, 
65c ; or all three to one address, $2.00. At this 
price you can ship 1000 miles, as they go fourth 
class freight. Our Pearl Mica will make your egg 
shells perfect— a great thing when you ship eggs 
long distance. 

THE TIFFANY COMPANY. Lincoln, Neb. 



ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way, 

and let lice kill them on the nest. 

Tiffany's Sure Death to Lice Powder 

will kill al ! vermin, and your hen will bring 
herbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para- 
gon Lice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill 
all lice and niitea. Instantly kills lice on 
colts,calves, and hogs. By using our Sprayer a very 
littlegoesagreatway. Penetrates all cracks. Spray 
bottom of house for spider I ice. It is a poinr/ul distn- 
fertavf. |1 per gal. can ; 65c ^ gal. Onegallonand 
I Sprayer, $1.50. Can get it free where no agents by a 
I little work for us. The Tiffany Co., Lincoln, Neb, 




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Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
Fine scoring 

Albert Lisius> Lake Mills. Wis- 

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Nebraska Queen. 

•First Prlxe Hen. WaIgM B Ibm. 



Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
late State Show Judge Myers said 
she was the tjest one he had seen 
this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
at the above show. 20 years a 
breeder of this variety exclusively. 
Write your wants. Af'dress 

F. C. HIISMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 

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Wyandottes are bred from 
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E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 

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CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 

Breeder of Light Brahinas Exclusively, 

Now is the time to beautify and im- 
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Eggs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some 
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J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb 

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GOOD MORNING SISTER 

f., I am ready fnr Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed. Dey and Always 

1/ REiT.V K.IK C.NE, LiTTLK (iOES I.ON.l WaV. 

No Bowel Trouble wlii-n Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. It is the fine . 
mlilure in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For Incubator chicks, for tU'r^}, 
'c chicks until 5 months old. 

V FACTORY PRICE, I 00 Lbs. S2.S0. 50 Lbs. S 1 .50. 30 Lbs. $ 1 .00.'^^ 

For the Broiler ftlan, (he Fancier and the Farmer. Sates Time and Money. 

Chambsriain's Hen Fead will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00.':^ 

Factory and Shipping Depof, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, f 

Freight chargps adflod to facton' price at all distributing points. Ordpr from vour nearest agent and savptinie and freight. ' 
FOB SILE «T S2.75 PER 100 IBS . BY SnraEue Torn. Co.. Chioaeo. Ills.: .1. Wil 'o . Cincinnati. Ohio; Iowa Seed Co.. Des Moines. Iowa- Wermick 

Seed Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.: K A. Pike & Co.. Minneapolis. Minn.: B. A. Pe?le. In. Neh : Huntine & Pace. Indianapolis Ind : Ripley Hardware 

Co., Grafton. Ills.: Alexander Seed Co.. Aucusta. (ia.: Norton Poultry Yards. Dal .s. Tex^i. $3 40 per KiO Ihs: H McK Wilson & Co . Aeents for St. Louis. 
Wo. H friends of my feed in the eaBt have trouble gettinB my feed, write direct to me for prices \N. F. CHAMBERLAIN, KIRKWOOD. MO. 





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HARES 

BY 

THE 

HUNDREDS 



From such Fashionable Strains as th e following Champions; 

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash, 
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malttn Mystery, Pal- 
ace Queen, Lord Britain, Etc 



Our Stud Bucks are; 



Fashoda Star 

Score 90 by Judge Altnond, im- 
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 

Viscount 

Score 9.) by Judge Finlev, im- 
ported. 

Lythcdale 

Score 04 by Judg'e Finlev, im- 
ported 

Sir Crabtree 

Score 93)4 by Judge Crabtree, 

and other domestic bucks 

that will sc ore 94 to 00. 



RUFUS]IED^BELGIAN HARES 

At prices ranging from $i to 
$75 per head. reed 

market stock, good color and 
size, $2 to $3 per pair. Hardy 
as nk Belgians (good to use 
pairurse does) at $3 to $5 per 
High scoring pedi- 
greed stock at moderate 
prices. Will refund money 
pay return express 
charges if hares purchased 
are not as represented. Write 
for free booklet and further 
particulars. Rabbitries at 
Maplewood and Fayette. 



IMPORTED^ 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 




ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 







A Book Beautiful. 



Prairie State Incubator Company 

lLa\. it. :" liilli-'iu'tMlntedplritcd, 
i-irial palntliiKs, 
: ■«« niu^tratlons. 



PralneSlaloIri:!). Co., Homer City, P«. 



Smith's Mattimoth Pekin Ducks aad White Wyandottes Win. 

Thirteen 1st, 5 2iids, at Nebraska state, Kansas state. Missouri state, Des Moines 
Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Xebr. state show 
and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen. 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re- 
port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners. 



Lincoln. Neb.. Box 456 



E. E. SMITH 



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